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How Well Is Macalester College Ranked?

2023 Rankings

College Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.

Macalester College was awarded 164 badges in the 2023 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is biological and biomedical sciences.

Overall Quality

According to College Factual's 2023 analysis, Macalester is ranked #128 out of 2,241 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This puts it in the top 10% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Macalester held the #147 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.

Macalester is also ranked #4 out of 55 schools in Minnesota.

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How Much Money Do Macalester Graduates Make?

Yearly salaries vary depending on what you major in, but on average, bachelor's degree recipients from Macalester make around $57,134 per year during the early years of their employment. This is good news for future Macalester graduates since it is 34% more than the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year.