Chemistry at Macalester College

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

Macalester is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota and approximately 2,049 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 students received a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Macalester.

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

Macalester Chemistry Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry

Macalester Chemistry Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The chemistry major at Macalester is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Chemistry. 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 Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools	116
Most Focused Chemistry Schools	131
Most Popular Chemistry Schools	462

Chemistry Student Demographics at Macalester

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

Macalester Chemistry Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 chemistry majors earned their bachelor's degree from Macalester. Of these graduates, 64% were men and 36% were women.

About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in chemistry 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 chemistry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	7
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Geological & Earth Sciences
• Physics

Careers That Chemistry Grads May Go Into

A degree in chemistry 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
Chemists	2,010	$88,400
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	1,780	$74,880
Natural Sciences Managers	1,490	$125,780
Chemistry Professors	380	$86,150

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.