Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley, Massachusetts · Private nonprofit
At a glance
- Admission rate
- 36%
- Total (middle 50%)
- 1380–1530
- Undergraduates
- 2,169
- Setting
- Suburb: Large
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard - Most Recent Institution-Level Data
Test policy
Test optional Applicants may choose whether to send a score.
Mount Holyoke is test-optional: applicants choose whether to submit SAT or ACT scores; scores are required only for home-schooled applicants on an exclusively self-study/online curriculum. For international applicants SAT/ACT is optional, while English proficiency evidence is due Nov 26 (ED I) / Jan 5 / Jan 15. Page does not name an entry term. (Verified on the official admissions website on 2026-11-06.)
Policy source: mtholyoke.edu
SAT scores
- Total (middle 50%)
- 1380–1530
- Reading and Writing
- 710–760
- Math
- 670–770
- Average total
- 1463
- ACT composite (middle 50%)
- 32–35
The middle 50%: a quarter of admitted students who sent scores scored below the first number, a quarter above the second. The total adds up the two sections' ranges, so it's approximate.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard - Most Recent Institution-Level Data
Admissions
Application deadlines
Official page lists ED I Nov 15, ED II Jan 5, RD Jan 15 (financial aid deadlines the same) with no year or cycle label.
Source: School's page (mtholyoke.edu), checked November 6, 2026
- Accepts
- Common App, Coalition with ScoirApply with either the Common Application or the Coalition Application on Scoir (submit only one); fee not stated on pages read.
- Phone
- (413) 538-2000
- Admissions email
- admission@mtholyoke.edu
Source: School's page (mtholyoke.edu), checked November 6, 2026
Cost
- Tuition
- $68,054per year
- Average net price
- $30,861What students who get federal aid pay on average after grants and scholarships, per year.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard - Most Recent Institution-Level Data
Outcomes
- Graduation rate
- 82%
- First-year retention
- 89%
- Median earnings 10 years after entry
- $66,117
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard - Most Recent Institution-Level Data
Degrees and programs
Degree levels: bachelor, master
Show all 41 programs
- Natural Resources Conservation and Research · bachelor
- Architecture and Related Services, Other · bachelor
- Area Studies · bachelor
- Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies · bachelor
- Computer Science · bachelor
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas · master
- Education, Other · bachelor, master
- Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics · bachelor
- Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics · bachelor
- English Language and Literature, General · bachelor
- Biology, General · bachelor
- Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology · bachelor
- Neurobiology and Neurosciences · bachelor
- Mathematics · bachelor
- Statistics · bachelor
- Medieval and Renaissance Studies · bachelor
- Classical and Ancient Studies · bachelor
- Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis · bachelor
- Data Science · bachelor
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other · bachelor
- Philosophy · bachelor
- Religion/Religious Studies · bachelor
- Astronomy and Astrophysics · bachelor
- Chemistry · bachelor
- Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences · bachelor
- Physics · bachelor
- Research and Experimental Psychology · bachelor
- Anthropology · bachelor
- Economics · bachelor
- Geography and Cartography · bachelor
- International Relations and National Security Studies · bachelor
- Political Science and Government · bachelor
- Sociology · bachelor
- Social Sciences, Other · bachelor
- Dance · bachelor
- Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft · bachelor
- Film/Video and Photographic Arts · bachelor
- Fine and Studio Arts · bachelor
- Music · bachelor
- Visual and Performing Arts, Other · bachelor
- History · bachelor
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard - Most Recent Data by Field of Study
Sources
Numbers on this page come from these sources, as of the year shown. Schools change policies and deadlines - check the school's own website before you apply.
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard - Most Recent Institution-Level Data Data released 2026-11-02; admissions, SAT/ACT, enrollment and test policy: Fall 2024 (IPEDS 2024-25); tuition: 2025-26; net price: 2024-25; graduation rate: 150% completion for the Fall 2019 cohort; retention: Fall 2023 cohort; median earnings 10 years after entry: measured 2022-2023 (2024 dollars)
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard - Most Recent Data by Field of Study Released 2026-10-15; programs (CIP 2020, 4-digit) by credential level as reported to IPEDS completions for award years 2022-23 and 2023-24
- NCES IPEDS Institutional Characteristics - Directory information (HD2024) - phone and admissions URL — as of 2024-25 collection
- NCES College Navigator profile — as of IPEDS
- Official admissions website - SAT/ACT policy — as of 2026-11-06
- Official admissions website - deadlines — as of 2026-11-06
- Official admissions website - how to apply — as of 2026-11-06
- Official admissions website - contact — as of 2026-11-06
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