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Physics at Macalester College

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.

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

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.

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

38% Women
14% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 62% of physics bachelor's degrees went to men and 38% went to women. The typical physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at Macalester since its program graduates 13% more women than average.

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About 52% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in physics at Macalester are white. This is typical 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.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 11
International Students 7
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

Concentrations Within Physics

If you plan to be a physics major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Macalester College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Physics 11

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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