General Mathematics at Macalester College

If you plan to study general mathematics, take a look at what Macalester College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Macalester is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota and approximately 2,049 students attend the school each year.

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

Macalester General Mathematics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mathematical Sciences

Macalester General Mathematics Rankings

The mathematical sciences major at Macalester is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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.

Mathematical Sciences Student Demographics at Macalester

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

Macalester General Mathematics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 59% of mathematical sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 41% went to women. The typical mathematical sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 37% women. So female students are more repesented at Macalester since its program graduates 4% 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 mathematical sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	30
International Students	24
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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Careers That Mathematical Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in mathematical sciences 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.