School Carroll College - Helena - MT

Best in the Northwest

Carroll is a private, Catholic, liberal arts and preprofessional college in Montana's capital city of Helena. Carroll College has earned top national and regional awards for its academic programs, including its flagship biology, civil engineering, nursing, and mathematics departments. Graduates enjoy excellent job placement nationwide and admissions to the most selective graduate schools. Carroll pre-med students consistently post an 85% acceptance rate to medical and dental schools.

Professors at Carroll are leaders in their fields, winning prestigious Fulbright Scholarships and awards from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts. Undergraduate research and facilities on campus are funded by many sources, including the M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust, the E.L. Wiegand Foundation, the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Education.

In volunteer service work, Carroll students have won national and international recognition from organizations including St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Engineers Without Borders, Rotary International and the American Society of Civil Engineers. In extracurricular competitions, the college's Talking Saints forensics team is ranked 15th in the nation and has reigned as Northwest Champions for 19 straight years.

Carroll Facts

    * QuickNotesEnrollment: 1,400
    * Male/Female: 43%/57%
    * Montana/Out-of-State: 68%/32%
    * Catholic/Other Denomination: 66%/34%
      (Of students reporting religious preference)
    * International Students: 23
    * Number of Countries Represented: 10
    * Average Incoming GPA:  3.51
    * Average incoming ACT: 25