During the 2025-26 academic year, 27 Macalester departments offered 70 courses with civic engagement components taught by 51 different professors. As an institution, Macalester students completed 70,642 hours of civic engagement, including community-based learning courses, study away, internships, athletics, and the work of our department with community partners.
On average, 90% of students engage in these activities throughout their time at Mac. In 2024, Macalester earned All In to Vote’s “Highly Established Action Plan Seal” for our democratic engagement plan Mobilize Mac, recognized as among the best in the country for promoting civic learning, political engagement, and student voter participation. Additionally, in the 2016 and 2018 elections, the Macalester voting rate matched the high point of the overall range across all 1,100+ participating NSLVE institutions.
