General Education at Macalester College

Every general education school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the education program at Macalester College stacks up to those at other schools.

Macalester is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota and has a total student population of 2,049. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 students received a bachelor's degree in education from Macalester.

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

Macalester General Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Education

Macalester General Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the education progam at Macalester compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The education major at Macalester is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Education. 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 General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	84
Most Popular General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	118
Most Focused General Education Schools	314
Most Popular General Education Schools	426

Education Student Demographics at Macalester

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

Macalester General Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 9 students who earned a bachelor's degree in General Education from Macalester in 2020-2021, 11% were men and 89% were women.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in education at Macalester are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% more racial-ethnic minorities in its education bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Macalester College with a bachelor's in education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Concentrations Within General Education

General Education 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
General Education	9

Related Majors

Careers That Education Grads May Go Into

A degree in education 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
Education Professors	1,120	$74,010

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.