General Computer & Information Sciences at Macalester College

Every general computer and information sciences school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the computer and information sciences program at Macalester College stacks up to those at other schools.

Macalester is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota and approximately 2,049 students attend the school each year. Of the 47 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Macalester College in 2021, 47 of them were general computer and information sciences majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Computer & Information Sciences section at the bottom of this page.

Macalester General Computer & Information Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer and Information Sciences

Macalester General Computer & Information Sciences Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the computer and information sciences progam at Macalester compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The computer and information sciences major at Macalester is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Computer & Information Sciences. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	12
Best General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	23
	26
Best General Computer Science Schools	27
	50
Most Focused General Computer Science Schools	51
Most Popular General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	124
Most Popular General Computer Science Schools	209
Best Value General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	213
Best Value General Computer Science Schools	300

Computer and Information Sciences Student Demographics at Macalester

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computer and information sciences majors at Macalester College.

Macalester General Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Program

Of the 47 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in computer and information sciences from Macalester in 2021, 47% were men and 53% were women. The typical computer and information sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 23% women. So female students are more repesented at Macalester since its program graduates 30% more women than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Macalester College with a bachelor's in computer and information sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	16
International Students	17
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Macalester also has a doctoral program available in computer and information sciences. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Computer and Information Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer and information sciences can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MN, the home state for Macalester College.

Occupation	Jobs in MN	Average Salary in MN
Computer Systems Analysts	18,710	$92,920
Computer and Information Systems Managers	9,510	$143,300
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	7,610	$85,620
Computer Workers	6,200	$81,650
Computer Network Architects	3,150	$110,330

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Appraiser under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.