Macalester College

Saint Paul, MN
1600 Grand Ave, Saint Paul, MN 55105-1899
651-696-6000

Macalester College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. Founded in 1874, Macalester is exclusively an undergraduate four-year institution and enrolled 2,174 students in the fall of 2013 from 50 U.S. states and 90 countries. It is one of the oldest and most selective colleges in the Midwest and is known for its highly competitive academic environment.

Macalester College was founded in 1874 by Rev. Dr. Edward Duffield Neill and Mr. John Macalester. The college was built on the site of the former Highland Park Seminary, which was founded in 1852 and closed in 1869. The first class of Macalester College consisted of seven men and three women.

Macalester is an undergraduate four-year institution and enrolled 2,174 students in the fall of 2013 from 50 U.S. states and 90 countries. The college offers 34 majors and 25 areas of concentration. Macalester is one of the oldest and most selective colleges in the Midwest and is known for its highly competitive academic environment. The college has an endowment of $1.02 billion, as of June 30, 2014.

Macalester College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and is a member of the Association of American Colleges and Universities. The college is also a member of the Minnesota Private College Council and the Council of Independent Colleges.

Macalester College is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, on a 110-acre (0.45 km2) campus. The campus is situated on Summit Avenue, a few blocks from the Mississippi River. The college has five residence halls: Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center, John B. Davis Hall, Markim Hall, Old Main, and Wallace Hall.

The college also has an off-campus apartment complex, Macalester Court, which houses approximately 125 upper-class students. Macalester College also owns a 75-acre (300,000 m2) nature preserve, Macalester College Ecological Park, which is located in Dakota County.

Macalester College has a student-to-faculty ratio of 10:1 and an average class size of 17. The college offers 34 majors and 25 areas of concentration. Macalester is one of the oldest and most selective colleges in the Midwest and is known for its highly competitive academic environment.

The college has an endowment of $1.02 billion, as of June 30, 2014. Macalester College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and is a member of the Association of American Colleges and Universities. The college is also a member of the Minnesota Private College Council and the Council of Independent Colleges.



Quick Facts

Enrollment: 2049

Acceptance Rate: 38.69%

Type: Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above

Main Website: https://www.macalester.edu/

Financial Aid: https://www.macalester.edu/financialaid/

Annual Costs

Total Cost In-State On-Campus: $73771

Total Cost Out-State On-Campus: $73771

Return on Investment Rating

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The estimated cost for four years as an undergraduate at Macalester College is $266059.16. This includes the average cost of attendance for four years plus the interest on the average loan over a ten year repayment minus the average of grants and scholarships per student.

We then contrast this figure with average early-career and mid-career average incomes of graduates of four year programs at Macalester College. For graduates of Macalester College, we saw an average early-career income of $57300.00 and mid-career income of $103700.00. We then ranked the school's value based on how many years of mid-career income it takes to repay the educational costs.