the college announced that it was resetting the sticker price of tuition for the 2020–21 academic year by 30% to $31,500. The college made this decision in an effort to make its pricing more transparent and to attract students that may have been deterred by the high listed tuition.
=== Rankings ===
Carthage College was tied for 37th among Regional Universities Midwest in the 2025 U.S. News & World Report rankings of Best Colleges. The Institute for International Education placed Carthage 4th among baccalaureate institutions for student participation in short-term study abroad in 2013–2014. In The Princeton Review's 2016 rankings, Carthage was among 159 schools listed as a Best Midwestern College.
From 2008 through 2016, 17 students from the college won Fulbright fellowships. In 2016, the college was named a top Fulbright producer.
== Traditions ==
=== The Old Main Bell ===
For decades, the Old Main Bell sat in the tower at the top of Old Main, the first building on the campus in Carthage, Illinois. After …
