Saint Paul, Minnesota · Private Non-Profit
Geography and Environmental Studies at Macalester College
Read the reported program-share signal, school-wide price, and outcome proxy before comparing peer schools in this field. The enrollment proxy is about 87 students when that share is applied to current enrollment.
Program snapshot
4.1% reported share makes this a focused program signal in federal data.
This major
- Program signal
- 4.1%
- Enrollment proxy
- ~87
- Schools with reported signal
- 37
Admissions
- Acceptance rate (school)
- 28.5%
- Graduation rate
- 87.1%
Cost
- Avg net price (school)
- $32,149/yr
- 4-year cost (est.)
- $128,596
- Median debt
- $23,000
Outcomes
- Median earnings 10y
- $63,878/yr
- ROI grade (school)
- D
College Scorecard reports school-wide earnings and price, not per-major outcomes for individual colleges. Program share is a concentration signal, not a promise of department quality. Use it as a proxy, then verify department-level outcomes with the school.
Value among peer schools
Compared with 37 schools that report this field.
This page treats cost and earnings as school-wide context, not department-level outcomes. The reported share is 6.9x the national average concentration; the school-wide net price is higher than the peer average ($14,334 above), and ten-year median earnings are higher than the peer average ($591 above). That combination produces a D value grade and a top 97% ROI position within this field set.
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Peer schools below also report a positive program-share signal and are sorted by value grade.
Dalton State College Dalton, GA · 0.7% reported share · $5,012 net A+ University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA · 0.2% reported share · $12,548 net A+ 
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL · 0.1% reported share · $14,355 net A University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA · 0.3% reported share · $14,091 net A 
Brigham Young University Provo, UT · 0.0% reported share · $15,564 net A SUNY Buffalo State University Buffalo, NY · 0.3% reported share · $11,346 net A Questions about this program
How big is the program signal?
Geography and Environmental Studies accounts for 4.1% of reported programs at Macalester College, which is bigger than 97% of schools in this field set and 6.9x the national average concentration. The enrollment proxy is about 87 students when that share is applied to current enrollment.
How should I read the cost number?
Macalester College's average net price is $32,149 per year, about $128,596 over four years. That is $14,334 above the $17,815 peer average, before your own aid package changes the final bill.
Are the earnings major-specific?
No. The $63,878 median earnings figure is school-wide ten years after entry. It is $591 above the $63,287 average among schools reporting this field, so treat it as an outcomes proxy rather than a department guarantee.
What should I compare next?
Start with program share, net price after aid, graduation rate, location, and whether the department publishes placement or licensure outcomes. EduGradify ranks Macalester College #36 of 37 schools in this field set by school-wide ROI proxy.