Psychology at Macalester College

If you plan to study psychology, take a look at what Macalester College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Macalester is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota and has a total student population of 2,049. In 2021, 33 psychology majors received their bachelor's degree from Macalester.

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

Macalester Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Macalester Psychology Rankings

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

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 psychology major at Macalester is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Psychology. 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 Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	533
Most Popular Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	772
Most Popular Psychology Schools	1,043

Psychology Student Demographics at Macalester

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

Macalester Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 33 psychology students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Macalester, about 12% were men and 88% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	17
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Concentrations Within Psychology

Psychology majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. 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
Child Development & Psychology	33

Related Majors

• Communication & Journalism
• Education
• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• History
• Social Sciences

Careers That Psychology Grads May Go Into

A degree in psychology 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
Managers	9,350	$128,590
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	3,220	$85,860
Psychology Professors	710	$86,380
Psychologists	440	$93,310

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.