by our College Data Analytics TeamForeign Languages & Linguistics is a program of study at Macalester College. The school offers a bachelor’s degree in the area. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in foreign languages and linguistics, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, and more.
You can jump to any section of this page using the links below:
In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. The foreign languages and linguistics major at Macalester is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Foreign Languages & Linguistics. 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.
Here are some of the other rankings for Macalester.
Part-time undergraduates at Macalester paid an average of $1,820 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $58,248 | $58,248 |
| Fees | $230 | $230 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,213 | $1,213 |
| On Campus Room and Board | $13,084 | $13,084 |
| On Campus Other Expenses | $996 | $996 |
Learn more about Macalester tuition and fees.
Macalester does not offer an online option for its foreign languages and linguistics bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Macalester Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in foreign languages and linguistics in 2019-2020, 63.8% of them were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 70.6%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 27.7% of the foreign languages and linguistics bachelor’s degrees at Macalester in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 36%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 1 |
| Black or African American | 3 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 3 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 32 |
| International Students | 2 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 6 |
Foreign Languages & Linguistics students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Linguistics & Comparative Literature | 11 |
| East Asian Languages | 11 |
| Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages | 3 |
| Germanic Languages | 4 |
| Romance Languages | 12 |
*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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
