Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley, Massachusetts
- Private nonprofit
- Suburb
- 2,169 undergrads
- Women's college
- Admit rate
- 36%Source: College Scorecard
- Average net price
- $30,861per year, after grantsSource: College Scorecard
- Graduation rate
- 83%within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $66,11710 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
What's special
Mount Holyoke College is a women's college that is gender diverse.
Mount Holyoke's Lynk program provides internship funding and career resources to every sophomore and junior.
Source: Career-Focused Curriculum (The Lynk) - Mount Holyoke College
Getting in
- Admit rate
- 36%About 4 in 10 applicants get in.Source: College Scorecard
- Test policy
- Test-optionalScores are considered if you send them, but not required.Source: College Scorecard
- SAT (middle 50%)
- 1380–1530Reading + math, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
- ACT (middle 50%)
- 32–35Composite, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
Where you'd stand
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Sources: College Scorecard. Test ranges describe enrolled students who sent scores.
What it really costs
Most families pay less than the sticker price. Net price is what's left after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $30,861full-time first-years who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $88,644sticker price incl. housing, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition
- $68,054Source: College Scorecard
After you enroll
- Graduation rate
- 83%first-time, full-time students finishing within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Came back for year two
- 89%full-time first-year studentsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $66,11710 years after starting, for students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at graduation
- $20,984federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Students
- Undergraduates
- 2,169Source: College Scorecard
- Receive Pell grants
- 26%a sign of economic diversitySource: College Scorecard
- First-generation students
- 19%parents didn't go beyond high schoolSource: College Scorecard
Similar schools
Similar, and easier to get into
- Stonehill College Easton, MA — admits 66%
- Simmons University Boston, MA — admits 70%
- Wheaton College (Massachusetts) Norton, MA — admits 68%
- Assumption University Worcester, MA — admits 83%
Also worth a look
- Clark University Worcester, MA — admits 40%
- Brandeis University Waltham, MA — admits 41%
- Gettysburg College Gettysburg, PA — admits 39%
- Furman University Greenville, SC — admits 43%
- Dickinson College Carlisle, PA — admits 42%
- Whitman College Walla Walla, WA — admits 38%
Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Mount Holyoke College, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. We last pulled the data on November 4, 2026. Different measures cover different years; here's how each one works.
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