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Macalester College Catalog 2009-2011

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Enrollment and Graduation Statistics 2008– 2009

Enrollment—Fall Term 2008

Men Women Total

Degree Seeking Students 790 1081 1871

Non-Degree Seeking Students  10   19   29

Total 800 1100 1900

Number of Number of

Full-Time Part-Time

Students Students Total

Degree Seeking First Time Freshmen  479    0  479

Other Degree Seeking Students   1379   13 1392

Non-Degree Seeking Students    0   29   29

Total  1858   42 1900

Racial/Ethnic Background—Fall Term 2008

Number of Number of

Full-Time Part-Time Percentage of

Students Students Student Body

White American 1314   28  70.6

International  205    7  11.2

Asian American  165    4   8.9

Black American   70    0   3.7

Hispanic American   84    3   4.6

Native American   20    0   1.0

  Total 1858   42 100.0

Students By Age—Fall 2008

Number of Number of

Full-Time Part-Time Percentage of

Students Students Student Body

Under 18   41    8   2.6

1819  868    1  45.7

2021  864    9  45.9

2224   81   13   5.0

2529    4    2   0.3

3034    0    4   0.2

3539    0    2   0.1

4049    0    1   0.1

5064    0    2   0.1

65 and over    0    0   0.0

  Total 1858   42 100.0

Geographical Distribution—Fall Term 2008

Number of Percentage of

Students Student Body

Ramsey County (Minnesota)   87   4.6

Hennepin County (Minnesota)  121   6.4

Minnesota (outside Twin Cities)  181   9.5

U.S.(excluding Minnesota) 1299  68.4

Foreign Countries  212  11.2

  Total 1900 100.0

Home States of Students—Fall Term 2008

Alaska-5 Maine-6 Oklahoma-6

Arizona-16 Maryland-39 Oregon-52

Arkansas-1 Massachusetts-74 Pennsylvania-31

California-102 Michigan-25 Puerto Rico-1

Colorado-55 Minnesota-389 Rhode Island-7

Connecticut-19 Mississippi-2 South Carolina-1

District of Columbia-5 Missouri-28 South Dakota-17

Florida-13 Montana-10 Tennessee-11

Georgia-16 Nebraska-10 Texas-40

Hawaii-6 Nevada-3 Utah-2

Idaho-4 New Hampshire-12 Vermont-11

Illinois-106 New Jersey-22 Virgina-29

Indiana-15 New Mexico-13 Washington-52

Iowa-36 New York-118 West Virginia-1

Kansas-24 North Carolina-14 Wisconsin-159

Kentucky-6 North Dakota-12 Wyoming-2

Louisiana-1 Ohio-26

Home Countries of Foreign Students by Citizenship—Fall Term 2008

Albania-4 France-1 Norway-1

Angola-1 Georgia-1 Pakistan-9

Argentina-3 Germany-4 Paraguay-1

Australia-1 Ghana-3 Peru-1

Austria-1 Greece-1 Philippines-1

Bangladesh-1 Guatemala-1 Romania-1

Belarus-2 Honduras-1 Russia-2

Bosnia-Herzegov-1 Hong Kong-1 Senegal-2

Botswana-1 Hungary-1 Serbia-1

Bulgaria-4 India-22 Sierra Leone-3

Burkina Faso-1 Israel-3 Singapore-2

Burundi-1 Italy-1 Slovakia-2

Canada-3 Jamaica-12 South Korea-14

China-29 Japan-4 Spain-1

Colombia-2 Jordan-3 Sri Lanka-2

Costa Rica-1 Kenya-1 Sweden-6

Croatia-5 Latvia-1 Taiwan-2

Cyprus-6 Malaysia-1 Tanzania-5

Czech Republic-2 Mexico-2 Turkey-1

Ecuador-3 Mongolia-1 Ukraine-1

Estonia-3 Montenegro-1 Vietnam-3

Ethiopia-3 Netherlands-3 Zimbabwe-2

Finland-1 Niger-1

Class of 2008 B.A. Degrees by Major

(includes double majors)

American Studies-14 Humanities, Media, Cultural Studies-13

Anthropology-17 Individually Designed-1

Art-18 International Studies-26

Asian Studies-6 Japanese Language and Culture-12

Biology-36 Latin American Studies-3

Chemistry-16 Linguistics-7

Classics-11 Mathematics-20

Cognitive and Neuroscience Studies-9 Music-12

Computer Science-6 Philosophy-10

Economics-55 Physics-11

English-37 Political Science-49

Environmental Studies-17 Psychology-35

French and Francophone Studies-2 Religious Studies-12

Geography-25 Russian Studies-5

Geology-8 Sociology-16

German Studies-9 Theater and Dance-8

Hispanic Studies-16 Women’s, Gender, Sexuality Studies-4

History-16

Graduation Rates

(Definition of student cohorts and computational methods determined by the Student Right-to-Know Act)

Six year graduation rate:

For all freshmen entering the college in 2002 87%

For all freshmen entering the college in 2001 86%

For all freshmen entering the college in 2000 86%

For all freshmen entering the college in 1999 85%


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