Carthage College
School info
3.4
Overall Quality
Reputation
3.7
Food
2.6
Clubs
3.7
Facilities
3.8
Internet
2.3
Location
4.1
Opportunities
3.7
Safety
3.4
Social
3.5
Happiness
3.8
Basic Information
Location
- Waukesha, WI
Institution Overview
- Public/Private: Private college
- Established: January 22, 1847; 177 years ago (1847-01-22)
- Founder: Lutheran pioneers in education
Academic information
Degree Courses
- More than 75
Key Area
- Natural and Social Sciences
- Arts and Humanities
- Professional Studies
- Business and Economics
- Space Sciences
Student and Staff Numbers
- Students: 2,667 (fall 2022)
- Undergraduates: 2,559 (fall 2022)
- Postgraduates: 108 (fall 2022)
- Academic Staff: 150
Notable Alumni
- John Hay
- Laura Kaeppeler
- Alden W. Clausen
- Caroline Bartlett Crane
- Jon Kukla
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Good reviews
Overall 5
Carthage is awesome! I love the faculty, and the student community is authentic and welcoming. Faculty genuinely care about helping students develop professionally and personally. Extracurriculars are fantastic and the Aspire career services program is stellar. The campus and lake views are beautiful. Cannot recommend Carthage enough. Go Firebirds!
Overall 4.9
Heard nothing but great things about this school and they didn’t lie. Teachers care, everyone helps you, classes challenge you, socially you can find what you’re looking for (greek life, involvement, inner circles), and dorms have lake view rooms. No gripes!
Overall 4.9
I love this school! It's small so professors get to know you, and you get more help and attention. They helped me find my career path. I made a great circle of lifelong friends. Awesome campus, right on the lake and cleaner than other campuses we toured. Food is decent, I hear much better than it used to be. Overall, happier than I've ever been!
Overall 4.8
I feel safe and happy here. great place to be, highly recommend Carthage. the professors are phenomenal, I've had 0 bad experiences.
Overall 4.6
Great people. If you don't like it here you need to try to get out of your comfort zone more.
Overall 4.5
The food is great. It's pretty consistent which gets old after a while, but what's there is top notch.
Overall 4.5
Carthage is a very nice school. The campus is beautiful, Most professors are great, The other students are very friendly and easy to make friends with, Its a very tight knit group. If you are searching for a school, this is the one to pick!
Overall 4.4
Loved it so far
Overall 4.4
I am forever grateful that I ended up at Carthage. I have been given countless amazing opportunities and have made some amazing friends!
Overall 4.3
Carthage is a very nice and safe school, despite it being a small campus, there are opportunities everywhere, you just have to be outgoing and seek them.
Bad reviews
Overall 0.9
Run. Don't come here. High school all over again except now you have to live with them.
Overall 1.5
This is one of the worst schools. The school is desperate to get new students to enroll in the college. The college fails to inform prospective students that they will have a hard time getting into the required classes they need to graduate. You’ll be lucky if you have an advisor who does their job correctly.
Overall 1.6
Left after a semester. Hated everything about it. Just no.
Overall 1.6
Just Like High School All Over again.....
Overall 1.9
You aren’t getting your moneys worth and faculty don’t seem to care about the students. Good luck getting even the financial aide office to answer your emails. It pretends to be welcoming to first gen and diverse students but once you get there it’s a different story. On top of this, Kenosha is not a safe place for college students.
Overall 1.9
While almost all of my professors were fantastic, the actual school is a mess. Administration does NOTHING security does NOTHING, no food for those with allergies, cant get off campus, everyone leaves on the weekends etc. the dorms are awful unless you pay extra to live in the Oaks
Overall 2
Rarely any virtual learning opportunities unlike other schools. Not a good fit for working adults and if you have medical conditions. My associates at a different school was a lot more relaxed and everyone was a lot more supportive. They had great programs for the students whereas here youre expected to do everything on your own and not work.
Overall 2
For what its worth, if it weren't for the faculty and the opportunities they give us, this place is WAAAAYYYYY over priced. So if you don't care about research or anything like that, I would look else where