Mount Holyoke College
A good fit for students who prefer a mid-size campus. no major red flags in the data. strong 84% graduation rate; generous financial aid cuts net price well below sticker.
About This School
Mount Holyoke College is a private nonprofit institution located in South Hadley, Massachusetts with approximately 2,169 undergraduate students enrolled. The school is moderately selective, accepting approximately 36% of applicants. The average net price after financial aid is $26,441 per year. The graduation rate is 84%, and the typical graduate earns $53,900 within 10 years of enrollment.
Mount Holyoke College is a private women's liberal arts college in South Hadley, Massachusetts, United States. It is the oldest member of the historic Seven Sisters colleges, a group of historically women’s colleges in the Northeastern United States. The college was founded in 1837 as the Mount Holyoke Female Seminary by Mary Lyon, a pioneer in education for women. Mount Holyoke is part of the Five College Consortium in Western Massachusetts.
Founded in 1837 as the oldest of the Seven Sisters, this women's liberal arts college offers a genuinely distinctive environment — small (2,198 undergrads), academically serious, and connected to four neighboring colleges through the Five College Consortium, which meaningfully expands course and social options. The numbers are encouraging: an 85% graduation rate, low median debt of $18,258, and a net price of ~$29,562/year suggest students are completing degrees without being buried financially. The one honest caveat is that median earnings of $53,900 a decade out are modest relative to some peer institutions, so students should think carefully about career planning — though this figure often understates outcomes for liberal arts grads who pursue graduate school.
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Will This School Pay Off?
Solid return. Earnings outpace debt, though major choice matters.
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Student Body
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (2,169 undergraduates).
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Primary data source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. Accessed via automated sync. Latest values may come from different reporting years depending on the metric.
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- Earnings figures are institution-level averages, not major-specific.
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