Graduating Class Destination Data

Career Development Center

Walk in Appointments
Summer Hours
Monday through Thursday
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Scheduled Appointments
Phone: 651-696-6384
cdc@macalester.edu

Office Hours
Summer Hours
Monday through Thursday
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Kagin Commons
1600 Grand Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55105

Phone: 651-696-6384
Fax: 651-696-6131

The Class of 2011 was surveyed online approximately 2 weeks prior to graduation; approximately 65% of the class had responded by graduation day.

To request destination data for other years, contact Denise Ward, Associate Dean for Student Services.

Partial List of Employers Class of 2011

Microgrants	Midwest Health Center
Analysis Group	Glacier Gardens
Macalester College	Provision Kinetics
MATCH Charter School	Grand Aspirations
Duke TIP	Nat. Institute on Alcohol Abuse & Addiction
Wildlife Rehabilitation Center	Riverdale Country School
Peace Corps	Alliance for a Better Minnesota
Health Partners	National Academies-Institute of Medicine
Grassroots Soccer	Target
Apple, Inc.	Media Arts Lab (MAL)
The Cedar Cultural Center	Disney Consumer Products
Missoula Children’s Theatre	Language Link Russia
GrowNYC	University of Minnesota
Admission Possible	Doctors Care
EPIC	Intuitive Surgical
Americorps	US Department of State
Teach for America	Minneapolis Institute of Art
American Solar Living	JET Program
Consensus Council	Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Gleaners Food Bank	Deloitte Consulting
The Fund for Public Interest	Canrig Drilling Technologies
Heartland Alliance	Best Buy
Colorado Dept. of Human Services	Congress Bundestag
Mayo Clinic	Ernst & Young
Highline Medical	Sixth Chamber Used Books
National Geographic	National Institutes of Health
UBS Investment Bank	Credit Suisse
Macy’s	NY Storyboard Oral History Program
YMCA	Boy Scouts of America
Academie d’Amiens

19.6% applied to graduate/professional school
88.4% who applied were accepted by one or more programs
16.1% will be attending graduate/professional school in Fall 2011
69.4% plan to attend within five years

Examples of schools attending Fall 2011

University of California – San Francisco	University of Michigan
Johns Hopkins University	University of Oregon
CalTech	University of Minnesota
Stanford University	Yale University
Washington University	University of California – Berkely
University College of London – London	Bard College
University of Virginia	College of William and Mary
Vanderbilt University	Freie/Humboldt University – Berlin
Oklahoma University	Northwestern University
Graduate Institute of Geneva	Mankato State
Columbia University	Loyola University
Princeton University	University of California – Los Angeles
University of North Carolina	University of Wyoming
University of New Mexico	Hamline University
University of the West Indies	George Washington University

88.8% indicated that they had received information on cover letter and resume writing from Macalester
87% indicated they had used Macalester Career Development Center resources
96.5% agreed or strongly agreed that they were able to understand, create, and connect their liberal arts experience to personal goals
87% agreed or strongly agreed that they have acquired the skills to conduct a successful job search or apply to graduate/professional school