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 <nil>, 80% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from Macalester with a bachelor's degree make about $62,762 a year. That's 54% more than those who graduate from other schools.
• 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

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	Recommended
High School Rank	Recommended
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Recommended
Recommendations	Required
SAT or ACT Scores	Considered but not required
TOEFL	Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Macalester?

You'll need to do what you can to make your application stand out if you plan to apply to Macalester. The school screens its applicants carefully and has a fairly low acceptance rate of 31%. So, don't just throw your admission packet together at the last minute!

Approximately 41% of accepted students are men and 59% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 31%, and the acceptance rate for women is 32%.

Average Test Scores

About 35% 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 680 and 750. Math scores were between 660 and 765.

Macalester received ACT scores from 39% 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 32. Composite scores were between 29 and 33.

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 50% of students took out student loans averaging $6,264 a year. That adds up to $25,056 over four years for those students.

Macalester College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,244 undergraduate students at Macalester, with 2,206 being full-time and 38 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,206 full-time undergraduates at Macalester, 43% are male and 57% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	175
Black or African American	108
Hispanic or Latino	220
White	1,211
International Students	296
Other Races/Ethnicities	196

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.

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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