Macalester College BA in Philosophy

16 Bachelor's Degrees Awarded

Philosophy is a concentration offered under the philosophy major at Macalester College. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in philosophy, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, and more.

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Undergraduate Cost
Online Learning
Student Diversity
References

How Much Does a Bachelor’s in Philosophy from Macalester Cost?

$58,478 Average Tuition and Fees (In-State)

Macalester Undergraduate Tuition and Fees

In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at Macalester was $1,820 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.

	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.

Does Macalester Offer an Online BA in Philosophy?

Online degrees for the Macalester philosophy bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Macalester Online Learning page.

Macalester Bachelor’s Student Diversity for Philosophy

16 Bachelor's Degrees Awarded

37.5% Women

25.0% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

There were 16 bachelor’s degrees in philosophy awarded during the 2019-2020 academic year. Information about those students is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 37.5% of the philosophy students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 38.8%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in philosophy at Macalester in 2019-2020, 25.0% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 32%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	9
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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*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.