Private nonprofit · Saint Paul, Minnesota
Macalester College: cost, debt and earnings by major
11 programs with reported graduate earnings. Click one for net cost, payback and 10-year return.
- Average net price, all families
- $27,851
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Odds of finishing
- 91%
- Within 150% of normal time · Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Admission rate
- 29%
- Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
- Undergraduates
- 2,131
- Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
- Median debt of graduates
- $21,500
- NSLDS FY2024, FY2025 pooled cohorts
- Borrowers in default after 2 years
- ≤ 2%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-2019, 2019-2020
Net price by family income
| $0–30,000 | $15,715 |
|---|---|
| $30,001–48,000 | $4,569 |
| $48,001–75,000 | $15,825 |
| $75,001–110,000 | $28,539 |
| $110,000+ | $43,770 |
What families paid per year after grants, AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26.
Bachelor's programs (11)
- Computer and Information Sciences, General$109,457
- Mathematics$91,979
- Economics$85,593
- Political Science and Government$58,555
- Biology, General$56,141
- International/Globalization Studies$56,091
- Geography and Cartography$52,557
- Natural Resources Conservation and Research$45,632
- Neurobiology and Neurosciences$37,802 (1 yr)
- Chemistry$32,245 (1 yr)
- Research and Experimental Psychology$24,786 (1 yr)