Physics at Macalester College

If you are interested in studying physics, you may want to check out the program at Macalester College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Macalester is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota and has a total student population of 2,049. Of the 585 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Macalester College in 2021, 11 of them were physics majors.

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

Macalester Physics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physics

Macalester Physics Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The physics major at Macalester is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Physics. 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 Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	55
Most Focused Physics Schools	63
Most Popular Physics Schools	310

Physics Student Demographics at Macalester

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

Macalester Physics Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 physics majors earned their bachelor's degree from Macalester. Of these graduates, 73% were men and 27% were women. The typical physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% women. So female students are more repesented at Macalester since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in physics 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 physics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Geological & Earth Sciences
• Chemistry

Careers That Physics Grads May Go Into

A degree in physics 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
Physics Postsecondary Professors	260	$99,980
Physicists	190	$155,140

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.