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Macalester College Scholarships

1600 Grand Ave Tuition In/Out-State: $42,021 / $42,021 Total Fall Enrollment: 2,033
Saint Paul , MN 55105-1899 Books and Supplies: $1,010 Applicants Admitted: 35%
(651) 696-6000 On-campus Room and Board: $9,396 Receiving Aid of Some Type: 83%
http://www.macalester.edu Undergraduate Application Fee: $40 Receiving Institutional Aid: 78% , $26,959 on average
Source: National Center for Education Statistics

  • Macalester College General Information

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    Address 1600 Grand Ave, Saint Paul, MN 55105-1899
    Phone Number (651) 696-6000
    Web Address http://www.macalester.edu
    Mission Statement -
    Type of School Four or more years, Private not-for-profit
    Religious affiliation Presbyterian Church (USA)
    Highest degree offered Bachelor's
    Calendar Semester
    Setting Large city
    Distance learning opportunities No

    Macalester College Size

    Total enrollment 2,033
    Enrolled full time 1,987
    Enrolled part time 46

    Macalester College Student Body

    Men enrolled full time 825
    Women enrolled full time 1,162
    American Indian/Alaskan Native 1%
    Asian/Pacific Islander 8%
    Black/Non-Hispanic 4%
    Hispanic 4%
    White/Non-Hispanic 66%
    Non-Resident Alien 11%
    Race/ethnicity unknown 5%

  • Macalester College Admission Basics

    Admissions office phone number -
    Open admission policy No
    Undergraduate Application fee $40
    Applied 6,111
    Admitted 2,137
    Enrolled 478
    Admitted % 35%

    Macalester College Admission factors

    Admission test scores Required
    Secondary school GPA Recommended
    Secondary school rank Recommended
    Secondary school record Required
    TOEFL Required
    Completion of college preparatory program Neither required nor recommended
    Recommendations Required
    Formal demonstration of competencies Neither required nor recommended

    Macalester College Admission statistics

    Students submitting SAT 62%
    SAT 1 Verbal 25th percentile score 650
    SAT 1 Verbal 75th percentile score 740
    SAT 1 Math 25th percentile score 630
    SAT 1 Math 75th percentile score 710
    Students submitting ACT 58%
    ACT Composite 25th percentile score 28
    ACT Composite 75th percentile score 32

  • Macalester College Cost

    In-State Tuition, Full-time Undergraduates $41,800
    Out-of-state Tuition, Full-time Undergraduates $41,800
    Books and Supplies $1,010
    On-campus room and board $9,396
    Off-campus room and board -

    Macalester College Financial Aid

    Students Receiving Aid 83%
    Receiving Federal Grants 18% , $6,464 on average
    Receiving Institutional Aid 78% , $26,959 on average
    Receiving Student Loans 62% , $5,730 on average

  • Macalester College Programs & Majors

    Graduates in 2009/2010 academic year.

    Area, Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender Studies Bachelor
    Area Studies, Other 0
    Asian Studies/Civilization 2
    Latin American Studies 4
    Women's Studies 7
    Biological and Biomedical Sciences Bachelor
    Biology/Biological Sciences, General 40
    Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs Bachelor
    Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric 0
    Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services Bachelor
    Computer and Information Sciences, General 9
    Education Bachelor
    Education, General 0
    English Language and Literature/Letters Bachelor
    Creative Writing 9
    English Language and Literature, General 15
    Foreign languages, literatures, and Linguistics Bachelor
    Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General 11
    French Language and Literature 2
    German Language and Literature 1
    Japanese Language and Literature 6
    Linguistics 5
    Russian Language and Literature 2
    Spanish Language and Literature 6
    History Bachelor
    History, General 13
    Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities Bachelor
    Humanities/Humanistic Studies 22
    Mathematics and Statistics Bachelor
    Mathematics, General 12
    Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor
    Intercultural/Multicultural and Diversity Studies 14
    International/Global Studies 26
    Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other 2
    Neuroscience 5
    Natural Resources and Conservation Bachelor
    Environmental Studies 13
    Philosophy and Religious Studies Bachelor
    Philosophy 2
    Religion/Religious Studies 3
    Physical Sciences Bachelor
    Chemistry, General 17
    Geology/Earth Science, General 10
    Physics, General 8
    Psychology Bachelor
    Psychology, General 36
    Social Sciences Bachelor
    Anthropology 22
    Economics, General 44
    Geography 26
    Political Science and Government, General 43
    Sociology 13
    Urban Studies/Affairs 0
    Visual and Performing Arts Bachelor
    Art History, Criticism and Conservation 4
    Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General 8
    Fine/Studio Arts, General 5
    Music, General 1

  • Macalester College Deadlines

    Regular Admissions

    Regular application deadline January 15
    Priority application deadline -
    Fall application deadline January 15
    SAT Reasoning / ACT scores due January 15
    SAT Subject score report due -
    College will notify student by March 30
    Student must reply to acceptance by May 1
    Deadline for housing deposit May 1

    Financial Aid

    Financial aid priority deadline February 8
    Financial aid deadline March 1
    College will notify student of financial aid decisions on or about May 15
    Student must reply to financial aid decision by within 2 week(s) of notification

    Early Decision/Action

    Early decision deadline November 15
    College will notify student of early decision by December 15
    Early action deadline -
    College will notify student of early action by -

    Transfer Students

    Transfer priority application deadline -
    Transfer priority financial aid deadline -
    Transfer application closing date April 15
    Transfer deadline for filing financial aid forms -
    College will notify student of transfer decision by May 15

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    Macalester CollegeNames and Abbreviations

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Merit Scholarships Available:

 Amount F R T G
DeWitt Wallace Distinguished Scholarships - R
DeWitt Wallace Scholarships $3,000 R
3M Scholarship $25,000
Admiral Lewis L. Strauss Scholarship $14,125
Admirer of Wallace Scholarship $25,000
Agnes E. Meyer Scholarship $9,000
Albert Dorne Scholarship $12,034
Alex F. Osborn Scholarship $2,500
American Friends of the Middle East Scholarship $11,270
Anstice T. Abbott Scholarship $11,420
Arthur Bristow Hood Scholarship $3,945
Arthur E. Griffiths Scholarship $15,400
Baldwin Paper Company Scholarship $14,000
Barry T. Leithead Endowed Scholarship $13,000
Bernard F. Gimbel Scholarship $25,200
Blake Clark Scholarship $5,000
Bruce Barton Scholarship $21,750
Burlington Northern Scholarship $25,000
Carl A. and Katharine D. Dreves Scholarship $25,000
Carl Bertram Myers Scholarship $2,500
Carlo M. Paterno Scholarship $5,000
Cass Canfield Scholarship $5,000
Catharine Lealtad Scholarships $3,000 - $5,000
Catherine L. O'Brien Scholarship $17,500
Charles A. Rheinstrom Scholarship $7,800
Charles Edison Scholarship $19,500
Charles H. Brower Scholarship $10,500
Charles Hattauer Scholarship $8,000
Chemical Bank Scholarship $25,000
Church Vocation Scholarship $24,125
Clarence D. Baker–Dr. James Wallace Scholarship $12,500
Class of 1927 Scholarship $6,190
Class of 1962 Scholarship $3,039
Class of 1963 Eugene Craven Memorial Scholarship $8,206
Colby Mitchell Chester Scholarship $11,809
Colgate-Palmolive Company Scholarship $12,500
Colonel and Mrs. Edward P. F. Eagan Scholarship $12,500
D. Fraad, Jr. Scholarship $8,000
David C. Primrose Scholarship $13,457 R
David Sarnoff Scholarship $25,000
DeWitt Wallace Scholarship $11,225
DeWitt Wallace–Lila Acheson Wallace Honor Fund Scholarship $17,977
Dorothy and Robert T. Stevens Scholarship $25,000
Douglas M. Black Scholarship $6,000
Dr. and Mrs. Kano Ikeda Scholarship $5,739
Dr. Douglas L. Guy 1949 Scholarship $5,000
Dr. William H. Kendall Scholarship $2,500
E. A. Webb Scholarship $3,044
E. H. Little Scholarship $13,500
Edward Everett McCabe Scholarship $2,500
Edward J. Peterson, Jr. Scholarship $26,070
Edwin Kagin Scholarship $24,377 R
Edwin V. Coulter Scholarship $14,250
Edythe B. Follett Scholarship $7,756
Eric Johnston Scholarship $17,500
Estimated Financial Aid Packages -
Ettinger Foundation Scholarship $5,000
Eugene R. Black Scholarship $3,250
Financial Aid for Study Away -
First Presbyterian Church of Lake Crystal Scholarship $3,150
Frances M. and Milton G. Walls Scholarship $14,000
Frank M. Bitetto Scholarship $2,500
Frank M. Smith Scholarship Scholarship $15,537
Frank Stanley Beveridge Scholarship $5,000
Fred A. Waterous Scholarship $5,000
Frederick H. Ecker Scholarship $6,500
Frederick O. Bohen Scholarship $5,000
Gardner Cowles Scholarship $24,000
Gene Tunney Scholarship $5,000
General Foods Fund Scholarship $25,000
General Robert E. Wood Scholarship $5,000
George and Margarita Delacorte Foundation Scholarship $750
George Champion Scholarship $7,000
George E. Scotton Scholarship $24,487
George W. Davis Scholarship $8,091
George W. Romney Scholarship $5,100
Gordon W. Reed Scholarship $20,131
Grace B. Whitridge Scholarship $13,338
Grace Presbyterian Church Scholarship $2,850
H. B. Silliman Scholarship $2,500
Harry J. Rudick Scholarship $13,750
Harry Scherman Scholarship $16,000
Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. Scholarship $20,400
Henry H. Henley, Jr. Scholarship $10,500
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Scholarship $20,000
Henry J. Taylor Scholarship $6,000 R
Henry N. Flynt Scholarship $12,500
Hobart and Edith Lewis Scholarship $7,000
Homer P. Cochran Scholarship $10,000 R
Horace M. Albright Scholarship $5,000
Howard A. Johnston Scholarship $7,700
Hugh S. Alexander Scholarship $4,166
International Paper Scholarship $27,500
Ira L. Crawford Scholarship $2,500
Isabelle Strong Allen Scholarship $17,500
J. B. Williams Company, Inc. Scholarship $25,000
James A. Michener Scholarship $5,000
James Guy Scholarship $2,500
James Mulvey Memorial Scholarship $12,500
James R. Kirby Scholarship $8,100
James S. Will Scholarship $6,265
Janet D. Wallace Scholarship $14,750
John C. Cornelius Scholarship $5,700
John P. Hall Scholarship $14,738
John W. Hanes Scholarship $22,500
Julia M. Johnson Scholarship $8,215
Julius Klein Scholarship $5,000
Justus Baldwin Lawrence Scholarship $10,325
Kurt E. Volk Scholarship $16,000
Lawrence E. Spivak Scholarship $6,753
Lee H. Bristol Memorial Scholarship $13,695
Lois and James Monahan Scholarship $8,500
Louis F. Weyand Scholarship $6,841
Lowell Thomas Scholarship $18,000
Macalester College Grants and DeWitt Wallace Grants -
Macalester College National Merit Scholarships -
Malcolm Muir Scholarship $5,000
MANDO Scholarship $6,000
Marcia Brady Tucker Foundation Scholarship $15,000
Margaret M. Doty Scholarship $15,943
Margaret Weyerhaeuser Driscoll Scholarship $7,025
Marie Wunderlich Scholarship $10,000
Marsh and McLennan Scholarship $10,000
Martin Wunderlich Scholarship $25,000
Marvin J. Hofius Scholarship $5,928
Mary Frances Johnstone Kagin Memorial Scholarship $23,570 R
Mary M. Coulter Scholarship $10,000
Mary S. and Thomas E. Young Scholarship $21,000
Mary Woodard Lasker Scholarship $13,500
Max Schuster Scholarship $7,500
May Davie Scholarship $4,916
Mead Corporation Scholarship $10,000
Milo R. Perkins Scholarship $13,500
Mobil Scholarship $25,000
Moore–Middle East Scholarship $16,666
Mrs. Charles Allen Ward Scholarship $11,111
Mrs. William H. Leonard Scholarship $16,725
National Presbyterian Scholarships $1,400
Need-Based Financial Aid -
Norman H. McRae and Loren R. Jestus Scholarship $10,811
O. J. Weldon Scholarship $7,700
Ordway Family Scholarship $15,000
Oveta Culp Hobby Scholarship $11,000
Peavey Company Foundation Scholarship $25,000
Pendleton Dudley Scholarship $19,000 R
Ralph and Antoinette Reinhold Scholarship $20,175
Raoul H. Fleischmann Scholarship $10,000
Renewing Need-Based Financial Aid -
Rexall Drug Company Scholarship $5,000
Richard U. Jones Scholarship $20,353
Ridley Watts Scholarship $10,000
Robert and Jean Gilruth Scholarship $5,000
Robert B. Gile–Middle East Scholarship $10,000
Robert Lehman Scholarship $10,000
Robert R. Young Scholarship $8,556
Roger Milliken Scholarship $15,520
Roswell Magill Scholarship $5,000
Roy C. Abbott Scholarship $2,500
Ruth and Fred Guinzburg Scholarship $5,000
Samuel E. Lowe Scholarship $7,060
Samuel F. Pryor Scholarship $5,000
Samuel Goldwyn Scholarship $10,000
Samuel Wesley Raudenbush Memorial Scholarship $5,000 R
Sara Lee Corporation Scholarship $25,000
Satisfactory Academic Progress -
Siblings in College -
Sidney J. Weinberg Scholarship $10,000
St. Paul Presbytery Scholarship $2,500
Stanley Resor Scholarship $5,050
Stella Louise Wood Scholarship $24,036
Stephen W. Royce Scholarship $14,230
Student Employment -
Thomas S. Lamont Scholarship $10,000
Thomas Shaw Scholarship $3,044
Tobin-Smith Scholarship $20,000
Walter A. Lienke Scholarship $9,560
Walter F. Dillingham Scholarship $25,000
Walter H. Judd Scholarship $11,000
Walter Knott Scholarship $20,000
Warren C. Hunter, Jr. Scholarship $10,954
White Bear Lake Presbyterian Centennial Scholarship $15,100
White-Olds Scholarship $16,264
Wilfred Funk Scholarship $10,000
William Benton Scholarship $26,000
William E. Robinson Scholarship $5,000
William H. and Helen Hoye Mahle Scholarship $24,469
William R. Adams Scholarship $5,000
William R. Angell Foundation Biology Scholarship $17,400
William Rogers Coe Scholarship $12,500
William S. Paley Scholarship $5,000
William T. Grant Scholarship $20,000
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