{"id":26101,"date":"2024-09-24T14:08:26","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T14:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/160-news\/?p=26101"},"modified":"2026-03-13T16:50:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T16:50:29","slug":"u-s-news-niche-and-others-once-again-rank-macalester-college-among-nations-top-liberal-arts-colleges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/2024\/09\/u-s-news-niche-and-others-once-again-rank-macalester-college-among-nations-top-liberal-arts-colleges\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. News, Niche and others once again rank Macalester College among nation\u2019s top liberal arts colleges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/best-colleges\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">U.S. News &amp; World Report<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> has again ranked Macalester College among the top liberal arts colleges in the nation, including #26 among National Liberal Arts Colleges and #25 in Best Value for 2024. The college received an overall A grade from <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.niche.com\/colleges\/macalester-college\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Niche<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and is #4 on their list of Best Colleges with No Application Fee in America. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.princetonreview.com\/college\/macalester-college-1022689?ceid=ctpyb\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Princeton Review<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> also included Macalester among its Best Value Colleges for 2024, and ranked the college #14 on its list of Top 20 Best Schools for Making an Impact (Private Schools) and #33 in its list of Top 50 Green Colleges. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">These are just some of the top rankings and accolades Macalester has received in recent national assessments of colleges and universities that measure a wide range of variables, from academics and financial aid to social mobility and public service.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We are very proud to see Macalester recognized as one of the country&#8217;s top liberal arts colleges. Our academic distinction, vibrant metropolitan location, and emphasis on global citizenship make the Mac experience extraordinary; it&#8217;s gratifying to see this reflected in the national rankings,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201d said President Suzanne Rivera.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">US News &amp; World Report\u2019s annual rankings assess various metrics, including graduation and retention rates, social mobility, and faculty resources. Macalester College\u2019s top USNWR <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/best-colleges\/macalester-college-2358\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">rankings<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for 2024-2025 include:&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">National Liberal Arts Colleges (#26)<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Best Value &#8211; National Liberal Arts Colleges (#25)<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Social Mobility &#8211; National Liberal Arts Colleges (#33)<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Undergraduate Teaching &#8211; National Liberal Arts Colleges (#17)<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Most Innovative Schools &#8211; National Liberal Arts Colleges (#18)<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Study Abroad (#14)<\/span><b><br><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.niche.com\/colleges\/macalester-college\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Niche<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, a popular college search tool used by prospective students around the world, gives annual report cards with grades for 12 indicators, including academics, student life, and diversity. Macalester College\u2019s overall grade for 2024 was an A, with an A+ for academics and A\u2019s for diversity and location. The college was also <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.niche.com\/colleges\/search\/best-colleges\/s\/minnesota\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ranked<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> #1 on the list for Best Colleges in Minnesota, #4 on Niche\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.niche.com\/colleges\/search\/colleges-with-no-application-fee\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Best Colleges Without an Application Fee in America<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and #21 among the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.niche.com\/colleges\/search\/best-liberal-arts-colleges\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Best Liberal Arts Colleges in America<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.niche.com\/colleges\/search\/best-small-colleges\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Best Small Colleges in America<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.princetonreview.com\/college\/macalester-college-1022689\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Princeton Review<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> ranks the top 25 colleges in 50 categories based on student surveys. In 2024, Macalester was ranked #14 on the list of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.princetonreview.com\/college-rankings?rankings=top-20-best-schools-for-making-an-impact-private-schools\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Top 20 Schools for Making an Impact<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (Private Schools) and #33 on their Top 50 Green Colleges <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.princetonreview.com\/college-rankings\/?rankings=top-50-green-colleges\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">list<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Washington Monthly\u2019s annual <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/2024-college-guide\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">rankings<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> incorporate social mobility, research, and promoting public service with the goal of assessing how colleges contribute to the public good. For 2024, Macalester <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/2024-college-guide\/liberal-arts\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ranked<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> #16 among liberal arts colleges overall and was #3 in its Service Rank.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/money.com\/best-colleges\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Money<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> rates colleges based on quality, affordability, and student outcomes. Macalester <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/money.com\/best-colleges\/profile\/macalester-college\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">received<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> 4.5 out of 5 stars and was named to the magazine\u2019s list of America\u2019s Best Colleges.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Learn more about Macalester College at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">macalester.edu<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Macalester&#8217;s rankings include 14th in study abroad and 26th on a list of National Liberal Arts Colleges, among others.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":875,"featured_media":25937,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-newswire","mediatype-articles"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"fields":{"article_type":[8],"flickr_photoset_id":"","youtube_id":"","square_thumbnail":false,"press_photos":false,"story_title":"","story_caption":"","rotations":false,"maps":false,"marker_title":"","marker_text":"","geographic_location":false,"feature_embed":"","custom_link_url":"","news_icon_name":"","image_options":false,"main_feature_story":"","custom_image":false,"custom_feature_title":"","custom_feature_caption":"","custom_markup":"","custom_markup_link":"","custom_markup_title":"","custom_markup_caption":"","byline":"","post_thumbnail_style":"default","press_downloads":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/875"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26101"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29551,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26101\/revisions\/29551"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}