by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
Mount Holyoke College was awarded 41 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is political science & government.
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Mt. Holyoke is ranked #283 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 15% of all schools in the nation.
Mt. Holyoke is also ranked #20 out of 63 schools in Massachusetts.
If you're applying to Mount Holyoke College you'll face some tough competition, since the school's acceptance rate is only 52%. Definitely don't wait until the last minute to submit your application, since applying early may be in your favor.
About 24% of students accepted to Mt. Holyoke submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 660 and 750. Math scores were between 640 and 760.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at Mt. Holyoke it is much better at 10 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Mount Holyoke College is 92%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Mount Holyoke College has a freshmen retention rate of 91%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Mt. Holyoke the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 79%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,915 undergraduates at Mt. Holyoke with 1,892 being full-time and 23 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $13,957 | $13,907 | $16,248 | $24,407 | $39,400 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Mt. Holyoke, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Mt. Holyoke, approximately 47% of students took out student loans averaging $5,100 a year. That adds up to $20,400 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Mt. Holyoke is 1.5%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
See which majors at Mount Holyoke College make the most money.
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Contact details for Mt. Holyoke are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 50 College Street, South Hadley, MA 01075-1489 |
| Phone: | 413-538-2000 |
| Website: | https://www.mtholyoke.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/mountholyokecollege |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/mtholyoke |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Child Development & Psychology | 61 | NA |
| General Biology | 46 | $28,160 |
| General English Literature | 40 | NA |
| Economics | 34 | $56,625 |
| International Relations & National Security | 28 | $39,377 |
| Computer Science | 28 | NA |
| Romance Languages | 27 | $30,356 |
| Mathematics | 27 | NA |
| Political Science & Government | 25 | $42,150 |
| Fine & Studio Arts | 24 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 124 students took at least one online class at Mount Holyoke College. This is a decrease from the 2,040 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 124 | 108 |
| 2019-2020 | 2,040 | 2,033 |
| 2018-2019 | 83 | 71 |
| 2017-2018 | 81 | 71 |
| 2016-2017 | 98 | 77 |
Footnotes
*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.
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