Macalester College Overview

Located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Macalester College is a private not-for-profit institution. The location of Macalester is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

What Is Macalester College Known For?

• Students who want to work more closely with their professors have an easier time at Macalester since the student to facuty ratio is 10 to 1.
• The highest award offered at Macalester is the bachelor's degree.
• In a recent academic period81% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Macalester makes roughly $63,878 a year. This is 57% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.
• On average, it takes about 4.1 years for students from Macalester to earn a bachelor's degree. This is excellent when compared to the average of 4.4 years.

Where Is Macalester College?

Contact details for Macalester are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1600 Grand Ave, Saint Paul, MN 55105-1899
Phone:	651-696-6000
Website:	www.macalester.edu

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How Do I Get Into Macalester?

You can apply to Macalester online at: www.macalester.edu/admissions/apply/

Admission Requirements for Macalester

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	5
High School Rank	5
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	5
Recommendations	1
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Macalester?

The acceptance rate at Macalester is 28%, which means the school is highly selective when deciding who will be admitted and who won't. Even if you have great grades and test scores, that may not be enough. So be sure to look for ways to make your application memorable.

Approximately 38% of accepted students are men and 62% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 26%, and the acceptance rate for women is 30%.

Average Test Scores

About 33% of students accepted to Macalester submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 670 and 750. Math scores were between 670 and 750.

Macalester received ACT scores from 30% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 30 and 35. Math scores were between 27 and 0. Composite scores were between 30 and 34.

Can I Afford Macalester College?

The overall average net price of Macalester is $44,767. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Macalester, approximately 47% of students took out student loans averaging $6,714 a year. That adds up to $26,856 over four years for those students.

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Macalester College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,049 undergraduate students at Macalester, with 2,012 being full-time and 37 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,012 full-time undergraduates at Macalester, 41% are male and 59% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Macalester College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	172
Black or African American	98
Hispanic or Latino	216
White	1,070
International Students	284
Other Races/Ethnicities	172

Geographic Diversity

Minnesota students aren't the only ones who study at Macalester College. At this time, 43 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 82 countries are represented at Macalester. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and Vietnam.

Macalester College Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	TOTAL
Computer Information Systems	72	72
Mathematics	63	63
Economics	61	61
General Biology	49	49
Political Science & Government	43	43
Child Development & Psychology	41	41
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	35	35
Natural Resources Conservation	31	31
International Studies	28	28
Geography and Environmental Studies	21	21
Physics	21	21
Communication & Media Studies	16	16
Philosophy	16	16
Writing Studies	15	15
Sociology	14	14
Geological & Earth Sciences	13	13
Fine & Studio Arts	13	13
Chemistry	12	12
Anthropology	12	12
History	11	11
Area Studies	10	10
East Asian Languages	10	10
Music	10	10
General Education	9	9
Romance Languages	9	9
Multicultural & Diversity Studies	9	9
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	8	8
General English Literature	7	7
Religious Studies	5	5
Drama & Theater Arts	5	5
Germanic Languages	4	4
Classical Languages & Literature	3	3
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages	3	3
Ethnic Studies	2	2
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	2	2
Computational Science	1	1
TOTAL	684	684

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Appraiser under License

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