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Macalester College

Macalester College
1600 Grand Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55105-1899

Official telephone: (651) 696-6000
Website: https://www.macalester.edu/
Screen last updated on: September 2025
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
Calendar system: semester system (two terms comprise academic year)

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Percent of full-time freshman students who returned for sophomore year: 92%
Total faculty: 106 men, 142 women
Full-time faculty: 85 men, 113 women
Part-time faculty: 21 men, 29 women
Graduation rate: 87% within six years

LIST OF MAJORS
Bachelor's Degrees

  • Anthropology, General
  • Art History, Criticism and Conservation
  • Asian Studies/Civilization
  • Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  • Chemistry, General
  • Chinese Language and Literature
  • Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General
  • Computational Science
  • Computer and Information Sciences, General
  • Creative Writing
  • Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General
  • Dramatic/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft, Other
  • Econometrics and Quantitative Economics
  • Education, General
  • English Language and Literature, General
  • Environmental Studies
  • Fine/Studio Arts, General
  • French Language and Literature
  • Geography
  • Geography and Environmental Studies
  • Geology/Earth Science, General
  • German Language and Literature
  • History, General
  • Intercultural/Multicultural and Diversity Studies
  • International/Globalization Studies
  • Japanese Language and Literature
  • Latin American Studies
  • Linguistics
  • Mass Communication/Media Studies
  • Mathematics, General
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other
  • Music, General
  • Neuroscience
  • Philosophy
  • Physics, General
  • Political Science and Government, General
  • Religion/Religious Studies
  • Research and Experimental Psychology, Other
  • Russian Language and Literature
  • Sociology, General
  • Spanish Language and Literature
  • Women's Studies

ADVANCED CREDIT/PLACEMENT
Credit placement options:
  • credit for CEEB Advanced Placement
  • credit for international baccalaureate

CERTIFICATES OFFERED
  • False
 
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