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Music at Macalester College

Music at Macalester College

If you are interested in studying music, 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 Music section at the bottom of this page.

Macalester Music Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Music

Macalester Music Rankings

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

Music Student Demographics at Macalester

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

Macalester Music Bachelor’s Program

30% Women
20% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 70% of music bachelor's degrees went to men and 30% went to women.

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About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music 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 music.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 8
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Concentrations Within Music

The following music concentations are available at Macalester College. 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 Music 3

Careers That Music Grads May Go Into

A degree in music 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
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 2,030 $78,950
Music Directors and Composers 200 $88,570
Sound Engineering Technicians 170 $42,840

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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