Mathematics at Macalester College

Every mathematics school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the math program at Macalester College stacks up to those at other schools.

Macalester is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota and has a total student population of 2,049. In 2021, 56 math majors received their bachelor's degree from Macalester.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Mathematics section at the bottom of this page.

Macalester Mathematics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Math

Macalester Mathematics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the math progam at Macalester compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The math major at Macalester is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Mathematics. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	3
Best Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	22
	24
Most Popular Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	84
Most Popular Mathematics Schools	132

How Much Do Math Graduates from Macalester Make?

The median salary of math students who receive their bachelor's degree at Macalester is $60,896. This is 41% higher than $43,164, which is the national average for all math bachelor's degree recipients.

Math Student Demographics at Macalester

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the math majors at Macalester College.

Macalester Mathematics Bachelor’s Program

The math program at Macalester awarded 56 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 54% of these degrees went to men with the other 46% going to women. The typical math bachelor's degree program is made up of only 39% women. So female students are more repesented at Macalester since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Macalester College with a bachelor's in math.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	21
International Students	23
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Macalester also has a doctoral program available in math. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Math Grads May Go Into

A degree in math can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MN, the home state for Macalester College.

Occupation	Jobs in MN	Average Salary in MN
High School Teachers	20,940	$64,610
Natural Sciences Managers	1,490	$125,780
Statisticians	820	$95,930
Mathematical Science Professors	730	$80,870

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
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Appraiser under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.