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Macalester College Catalog 2007-2008

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Enrollment and Graduation Statistics 2006–2007

Men Women Total
Degree Seeking Students  794  1111 1905
Non-Degree Seeking Students 4 9 13
Total 798 1120 1918
 
Number of Number of
Full-Time Part-Time
Students Students Total
Degree Seeking First Time Freshmen 501 0 501
Other Degree Seeking Students 1383 21 1404
Non-Degree Seeking Students  0 13 13
Total 1884 34 1918
 

Racial/Ethnic Background—Fall Term 2006

Number of Number of
Full-Time Part-Time  Percentage of
Students Students Student Body
White American 1357 25 72.0
International  213 3 11.3
Asian American 145 3 7.7
Black American 83 0 4.3
Hispanic American  70 2 3.8
Native American  16 1 0.9
Total 1884 34 100.0
 

Students By Age—Fall 2006

Number of Number of
Full-Time Part-Time Percentage of
Students Students Student Body
Under 18 40 5 2.3
18–19 886 3 46.3
20–21 844 9 44.5
22–24 112 13 6.5
25–29 1 1 0.1
30–34  1 0 0.1
35–39 0 2 0.1
40–49 0 1 0.1
50–64 0 0 0.0
65 and over 0 0 0.0
Total 1884 34 100.0
 

Geographical Distribution—Fall Term 2006

Number of Percentage of
Students Student Body
Ramsey County (Minnesota) 96 5.0
Hennepin County (Minnesota) 127 6.6
Minnesota (outside Twin Cities) 177 9.2
U.S. (excluding Minnesota) 1302 67.9
Foreign Countries 216 11.3
Total 1918 100.0
 

Home States of Students—Fall Term 2006

Alabama-1 Louisiana-3 Ohio-33
Alaska-6 Maine-13 Oklahoma-10
Arizona-23 Maryland-38 Oregon-63
Arkansas-1 Massachusetts-64 Pennsylvania-34
California-88 Michigan-26 Puerto Rico-1
Colorado-35 Minnesota-400 Rhode Island-6
Connecticut-15 Mississippi-3 South Carolina-4
District of Columbia-12 Missouri-31 South Dakota-20
Florida-8 Montana-17 Tennessee-11
Georgia-14 Nebraska-17 Texas-39
Guam-1 Nevada-4 Utah-6
Hawaii-5 New Hampshire-10 Vermont-14
Idaho-5 New Jersey-30 Virgina-22
Illinois-108 New Mexico-18 Washington-67
Indiana-23 New York-95 West Virginia-2
Iowa-34 North Carolina-16 Wisconsin-143
Kansas-15 North Dakota-12 Wyoming-2
Kentucky-4
 

Home Countries of Foreign Students by Citizenship—Fall Term 2006

Germany-3{tb}Pakistan-6
Afghanistan-1 Ghana-1 Peru-2
Albania-3 Greece-1 Philippines-2
Angola-1 Guatemala-1 Poland-1
Antigua and Barbuda-1 Honduras-1 Republic of Singapore-3
Argentina-2 Hong Kong-1 Romania-2
Australia-2 Hungary-2 Senegal-3
Bangladesh-3 India-23 Sierra Leone-2
Belarus-1 Israel-1 Slovakia-2
Bolivia-1 Italy-1 South Korea-11
Botswana-2 Jamaica-15 Spain-1
Bulgaria-8 Japan-8 Sri Lanka-1
Burkina Faso-1 Jordan-2 Sudan-2
Burundi-1 Kazakhstan-1 Swaziland-1
Canada-4 Kenya-1 Sweden-11
China-11 Latvia-1 Taiwan-5
Colombia-3 Malaysia-1 Tanzania-4
Costa Rica-1 Mexico-1 Thailand-3
Croatia-2 Mongolia-1 Trinidad and Tobago-1
Cyprus-10 Montenegro-1 Turkey-3
Denmark-2 Myanmar-1 Ukraine-3
Ecuador-2 Nepal-1 United Kingdom-1
Egypt-1 New Zealand-1 Uruguay-1
Estonia-2 Nigeria-1 Vietnam-5
Ethiopia-2 Norway-1 Zimbabwe-1
Germany-3 Pakistan-6
 

Class of 2006 B.A. Degrees by Department/Program

(includes double majors)
American Studies-6 Humanities, Media, Cultural Studies-11
Anthropology-24 Individually Designed-1
Art-11 International Studies-21
Asian Studies-4 Japanese Language and Culture-5
Biology-31 Latin American Studies-4
Chemistry-14 Linguistics-6
Classics-9 Mathematics-20
Cognitive and Neuroscience Studies-9 Music-4
Communication Studies-1 Philosophy-6
Computer Science-15 Physics-10
Economics-48 Political Science-47
English-42 Psychology-28
Environmental Studies-14 Religious Studies-15
French and Francophone Studies-8 Russian Studies-2
Geography-27 Sociology-13
Geology-3 Theater and Dance-8
German Studies-4 Urban Studies-6
Hispanic Studies-16 Women's, Gender, Sexuality Studies-2
History-17
 

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 2000 86%
For all freshmen entering the college in 1999 85%
For all freshmen entering the college in 1998 81%
For all freshmen entering the college in 1997 82%


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