Religious Studies at Macalester College

Every religious studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the religion 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 the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students received a bachelor's degree in religion from Macalester.

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

Macalester Religious Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Religion

Macalester Religious Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks religion programs across the country. The following shows how Macalester performed in these rankings.

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 religion major at Macalester is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Religious Studies. 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 Popular Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	95
Most Focused Religious Studies Schools	124
Most Popular Religious Studies Schools	154

Religion Student Demographics at Macalester

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

Macalester Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 religion majors earned their bachelor's degree from Macalester. Of these graduates, 13% were men and 88% were women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at Macalester since its program graduates 54% more women than average.

About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religion at Macalester are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Philosophy

Careers That Religion Grads May Go Into

A degree in religion 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
Philosophy and Religion Professors	540	$74,360
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	260	$86,000

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.