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Economics at Macalester College

Economics at Macalester College

If you are interested in studying economics, 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 Economics section at the bottom of this page.

Macalester Economics Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Economics

Macalester Economics Rankings

The economics major at Macalester is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Economics. 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.

Economics Student Demographics at Macalester

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

Macalester Economics Bachelor’s Program

38% Women
23% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 62% of economics bachelor's degrees went to men and 38% went to women. The typical economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% women. So female students are more repesented at Macalester since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

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About 51% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in economics 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 economics.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 5
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 31
International Students 16
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

Concentrations Within Economics

Economics 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
Econometrics & Quantitative Economics 57

Careers That Economics Grads May Go Into

A degree in economics 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
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 14,850 $74,300
Managers 9,350 $128,590
Economics Professors 300 $110,060
Economists 250 $81,720

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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