Graduation, Transfer-out, and Retention Rate Trends at Macalester

Graduation Rate Changes

The average graduation rate of the last 11 years is 89.00% where the current academic year rate is 87%.

The following table and chart show the changes of graduation rate at Macalester College over the past 10 years (2015-2025).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	90%	88%	91%
2016-17	88%	84%	91%
2017-18	87%	87%	87%
2018-19	90%	86%	92%
2019-20	90%	88%	92%
2020-21	92%	91%	92%
2021-22	89%	87%	90%
2022-23	87%	88%	87%
2023-24	90%	88%	91%
2024-25	87%	84%	89%
Average	89.00%	87.10%	90.20%

Transfer-out Rate Changes

The average transfer-out rate of the last 11 years is 3.00% where the current year rate is 8%. The following table and chart illustrate the change of transfer-out rate at Macalester College from 2018 to 2025.

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Retention Rate Changes

The average retention rate of the last 11 years is 93.40% for full-time students and 10.00% for part-time students.

The following table shows the changes of retention rate at Macalester from 2015 to 2025.

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Student to Faculty Ratio Changes

The average student to faculty ratio over the last 11 years is 10.00 to 1 where the current academic year ratio is 10 to 1. The following table and chart illustrate the change of student to faculty ratio at Macalester College since 2025.

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