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General Physics at Macalester College

General Physics at Macalester College

Every general physics school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the general physics 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.

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

Macalester General Physics Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in General Physics

Macalester General Physics Rankings

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

General Physics Student Demographics at Macalester

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

Macalester General Physics Bachelor’s Program

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

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About 52% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general 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 general 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

Careers That General Physics Grads May Go Into

A degree in general 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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