{"id":33137,"date":"2026-08-04T15:29:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T15:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/?p=33137"},"modified":"2026-08-04T16:58:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T16:58:53","slug":"macalester-recognized-in-moneys-best-colleges-in-america-2026-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/2026\/08\/macalester-recognized-in-moneys-best-colleges-in-america-2026-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Macalester Recognized In Money\u2019s Best Colleges in America 2026 List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Macalester College received a four-star rating in <a href=\"https:\/\/money.com\/best-colleges\/\"><em>Money<\/em>\u2019s Best Colleges in America 2026<\/a>, a list that recognizes colleges and universities for delivering a high-quality education, financial accessibility, and post-graduation success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Money<\/em> evaluated hundreds of colleges and universities to help students and families identify schools that deliver an outstanding combination of educational quality, affordability, and post-graduation success. The ratings consider graduation rates, costs, financial aid, student debt, alumni earnings, and other factors to identify colleges that provide exceptional value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/money.com\/best-colleges\/profile\/macalester-college\/\">Macalester\u2019s four-star rating<\/a> affirms its standing as one of the nation\u2019s leading liberal arts colleges, recognized for its excellence and commitment to student success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That commitment extends to ensuring that a Macalester education remains accessible to talented students from all income levels. Beginning this fall, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/financial-aid\/policies\/macalester-tuition-promise\/\">Macalester Tuition Promise<\/a> will ensure that domestic students from families with incomes below $100,000 and typical assets receive a full-tuition scholarship. This initiative builds on Macalester\u2019s longstanding commitment to access and affordability by meeting 100% of demonstrated financial need for all admitted students.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The rating affirms Macalester&#8217;s standing as one of the nation\u2019s leading liberal arts colleges.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":875,"featured_media":33139,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-newswire"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"fields":{"main_feature_story":"","custom_image":false,"custom_link_url":"","custom_feature_title":"","custom_feature_caption":"","custom_markup":"","custom_markup_link":"","custom_markup_title":"","custom_markup_caption":"","byline":"","article_type":false,"post_thumbnail_style":"default","flickr_photoset_id":"","youtube_id":"","square_thumbnail":false,"press_downloads":false,"press_photos":false,"story_title":"","story_caption":"","rotations":false,"maps":false,"marker_title":"","marker_text":"","geographic_location":false,"feature_embed":"","news_icon_name":"","image_options":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33137","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=33137"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33143,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33137\/revisions\/33143"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}