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Mount Holyoke College | Mount Holyoke College
Mount Holyoke College
Congratulations admitted students!
Celebrate and learn more about what to expect and how to enroll.
Lead with curiosity
Wherever new ideas, important causes and bold action meet, you will find Mount Holyoke students. With keen curiosity and a collaborative spirit, we always seek a better way — from the classroom, laboratory and art studio to the leading edge of industry, innovation and impact. And we use what we’ve learned to make positive, lasting change for ourselves and our communities. Because at Mount Holyoke, we’re inspired to envision and build a better world — together.
Why Mount Holyoke?
Let's build a better world. Together.
Let's build a better world. Together.
94%
of our graduates are
employed, in school or participating in an internship six months post-graduation.
Discover your purpose
Here, you will be challenged. To follow your interests and forge your own academic pathway. To think critically, communicate clearly and grow intellectually. To break through barriers and engage across disciplines. To work closely with award-winning faculty — researching, discussing and advancing whole fields of knowledge. And when it’s time to take the next step, you’ll have the resources and support you need to begin your career and make a difference right away.
What will you discover?
What will you discover?
Build a lasting community
At Mount Holyoke, we are ourselves, together. We champion every individual for who they are, while coming together as a unified community. We collaborate, we cooperate and we always celebrate each other’s successes. The bonds we build and the friendships we forge at Mount Holyoke last a lifetime — opening opportunities and amplifying the impact we make in the world.
Alums leading the way
The alum network will be with you for life.
The alum network will be with you for life.
40K+
alums
Alums of women’s colleges arguably constitute the most influential professional women’s networks on the globe.
Engage with the world
Pass through our Gates and you’ll enter an energizing campus filled with beautiful spaces and beloved traditions that foster lifelong connections. Students come from across the globe to build a welcoming, diverse and inclusive community that’s always evolving and expanding. And with a strong network of schools throughout the region and around the world, you’ll have access to incredible opportunities for international learning.
Join our global community.
Join our global community.
150
study abroad opportunities
Programs that give you a powerful personal and intellectual experience
MHC Forward: the strategic plan for Mount Holyoke College
This far-reaching plan, which will take us through the next decade, has been shaped by the vision of students, staff, faculty, alums, trustees and friends. MHC Forward builds on more than 180 years of tradition to guide our next trailblazing chapter. MHC Forward will magnify Mount Holyoke’s position as the leading gender-diverse women’s college. We will continue to advance innovation, research and an inclusive liberal arts education.
Explore the elements of the strategic plan
Academics Excellence
Programs and degrees
At Mount Holyoke, a liberal arts education isn’t just about knowledge across diverse disciplines. It’s a way of intentionally connecting people, ideas and solutions to make the world work better. Here, we see the world through a different lens to discover new pathways and find new answers. Through an exploration of the arts, sciences, languages and humanities, we create an understanding of ourselves, our peers and the world around us.
Find Your Program
Undergraduate
Whether your focus is STEM, social sciences, or the arts and humanities, you’ll study with award-winning professors in small classes as you pursue your personalized pathway to an undergraduate degree.
Undergraduate Programs
The Application Process
Students discuss opportunities to get involved with faculty research
Students discuss opportunities to get involved with faculty research
9:1
student / faculty ratio
Graduate and professional
To develop the next generation of groundbreaking educators, Mount Holyoke offers Master of Arts in Teaching programs as well as professional development opportunities.
Co-ed programs
Graduate Programs
Professional and non-degree programs
Hear from some of our recent graduate students about the flexibility of our graduate programs.
Hear from some of our recent graduate students about the flexibility of our graduate programs.
100+
classes
across 3 graduate programs and 10 professional development institutes
The Mount Holyoke Experience
Why Mount Holyoke?
Here, our diverse and inclusive environment empowers you to build bonds and break through barriers like nowhere else.
Explore your interests
We are Mount Holyoke
Meet some of the incredible people who call our community home.
Why a Women's College?
Hear from our students why they chose a women’s college that is gender-diverse.
Alum network
Our alums, who form a large network around the world, share their time, insights and connections.
Campus Voices
What stories will you tell?
Activism and Social Justice
BOOM! Right up my alley
Mount Holyoke College first-year student Ana Susskind ’28 discusses their excitement and the things they hope to learn during their first Building on our Momentum (BOOM!) Learning Symposium.
Ana Susskind ’28
they/them
Athletics
A path from psychology to coaching
Mount Holyoke College senior Rachel Katzenberg ’25 said, “At Mount Holyoke, I 100% found a good community … a large community that wants to help me and see me succeed.”
Rachel Katzenberg ’25
she/her
BOOM! is more critical than ever
Miki Lin ’27
she/they
Ramadan away from home
Sehaam Tahir ’29
she/her
The continuous work of being in community
Reva Babbar ’28
she/her
Explore Stories
Get to know us
For over 180 years, Mount Holyoke has been an extraordinary, collaborative community of people opening new pathways of discovery and forging deep connections with each other.
Fast Facts
200+
Distinguished faculty
100% of our classes are taught by faculty. Mount Holyoke professors have won Pulitzer and Guggenheim awards, NASA grants and Carnegie Fellowships.
40+
Departmental and interdepartmental majors
Psychology, biology and English are among the top five. Our newest and fastest growing major? Data science.
20%
International student population
With over 80 countries represented, Mount Holyoke has the most globally diverse students of any liberal arts college in the U.S. This diversity provides a uniquely powerful context for global learning in the residence halls, classes and campus life.
$1.5M
Lynk internship funding
We ensure every student has access to a paid internship. In 2024 the College awarded over $1,500,000 in internship funding to 358 students.
130+
Student-run clubs and organizations
There’s something for everyone, from student organizations to student government, class boards and club sports!
Traditions and annual events
From Convocation to milk and cookies and the Laurel Parade, traditions and annual events bring the community closer together and create memorable moments to last a lifetime.
Happening at Mount Holyoke
Campus news
Fighting food insecurity in memory of her grandmother
Mount Holyoke College student Oluwafadeyemi Testimony Akinkuolie-Ibidapo ’27 is an awardee of this year’s Project for Peace grants from Middlebury College. She will launch a year-round food pantry in her hometown.
Tags:
Activism and Social Justice
Alum
Awards and Honors
BIPOC
Fellowships
International
Staff
Student
Understanding science in English and Spanish
Cerebro 101 is an initiative led by Mount Holyoke College faculty Marta Sabariego and Nieves Romero-Díaz that teaches dual-language elementary students about neuroscience and behavior.
Tags:
Academic Excellence
Alum
BIPOC
Community-based learning
Diversity and Inclusion
Faculty
Humanities
MHC Forward
Science & Technology
Student
Beverly Guy-Sheftall named Mount Holyoke’s Commencement speaker
Trailblazing Black feminist scholar Beverly Guy-Sheftall will be the primary speaker at the Mount Holyoke College Commencement. Two extraordinary Mount Holyoke alums, Leslie Anne Miller ’73 and Maria Z. Mossaides ’73, will also be honored.
Tags:
Academic Excellence
Alum
BIPOC
Commencement
Traditions and Annual Events
Women’s College
Explore all News
Quick links
Visit Mount Holyoke
Request Information
Apply
Mount Holyoke College
Congratulations admitted students!
Celebrate and learn more about what to expect and how to enroll.
Lead with curiosity
Wherever new ideas, important causes and bold action meet, you will find Mount Holyoke students. With keen curiosity and a collaborative spirit, we always seek a better way — from the classroom, laboratory and art studio to the leading edge of industry, innovation and impact. And we use what we’ve learned to make positive, lasting change for ourselves and our communities. Because at Mount Holyoke, we’re inspired to envision and build a better world — together.
Why Mount Holyoke?
Let's build a better world. Together.
Let's build a better world. Together.
94%
of our graduates are
employed, in school or participating in an internship six months post-graduation.
Discover your purpose
Here, you will be challenged. To follow your interests and forge your own academic pathway. To think critically, communicate clearly and grow intellectually. To break through barriers and engage across disciplines. To work closely with award-winning faculty — researching, discussing and advancing whole fields of knowledge. And when it’s time to take the next step, you’ll have the resources and support you need to begin your career and make a difference right away.
What will you discover?
What will you discover?
Build a lasting community
At Mount Holyoke, we are ourselves, together. We champion every individual for who they are, while coming together as a unified community. We collaborate, we cooperate and we always celebrate each other’s successes. The bonds we build and the friendships we forge at Mount Holyoke last a lifetime — opening opportunities and amplifying the impact we make in the world.
Alums leading the way
The alum network will be with you for life.
The alum network will be with you for life.
40K+
alums
Alums of women’s colleges arguably constitute the most influential professional women’s networks on the globe.
Engage with the world
Pass through our Gates and you’ll enter an energizing campus filled with beautiful spaces and beloved traditions that foster lifelong connections. Students come from across the globe to build a welcoming, diverse and inclusive community that’s always evolving and expanding. And with a strong network of schools throughout the region and around the world, you’ll have access to incredible opportunities for international learning.
Join our global community.
Join our global community.
150
study abroad opportunities
Programs that give you a powerful personal and intellectual experience
MHC Forward: the strategic plan for Mount Holyoke College
This far-reaching plan, which will take us through the next decade, has been shaped by the vision of students, staff, faculty, alums, trustees and friends. MHC Forward builds on more than 180 years of tradition to guide our next trailblazing chapter. MHC Forward will magnify Mount Holyoke’s position as the leading gender-diverse women’s college. We will continue to advance innovation, research and an inclusive liberal arts education.
Explore the elements of the strategic plan
Academics Excellence
Programs and degrees
At Mount Holyoke, a liberal arts education isn’t just about knowledge across diverse disciplines. It’s a way of intentionally connecting people, ideas and solutions to make the world work better. Here, we see the world through a different lens to discover new pathways and find new answers. Through an exploration of the arts, sciences, languages and humanities, we create an understanding of ourselves, our peers and the world around us.
Find Your Program
Undergraduate
Whether your focus is STEM, social sciences, or the arts and humanities, you’ll study with award-winning professors in small classes as you pursue your personalized pathway to an undergraduate degree.
Undergraduate Programs
The Application Process
Students discuss opportunities to get involved with faculty research
Students discuss opportunities to get involved with faculty research
9:1
student / faculty ratio
Graduate and professional
To develop the next generation of groundbreaking educators, Mount Holyoke offers Master of Arts in Teaching programs as well as professional development opportunities.
Co-ed programs
Graduate Programs
Professional and non-degree programs
Hear from some of our recent graduate students about the flexibility of our graduate programs.
Hear from some of our recent graduate students about the flexibility of our graduate programs.
100+
classes
across 3 graduate programs and 10 professional development institutes
The Mount Holyoke Experience
Why Mount Holyoke?
Here, our diverse and inclusive environment empowers you to build bonds and break through barriers like nowhere else.
Explore your interests
We are Mount Holyoke
Meet some of the incredible people who call our community home.
Why a Women's College?
Hear from our students why they chose a women’s college that is gender-diverse.
Alum network
Our alums, who form a large network around the world, share their time, insights and connections.
Campus Voices
What stories will you tell?
Activism and Social Justice
BOOM! Right up my alley
Mount Holyoke College first-year student Ana Susskind ’28 discusses their excitement and the things they hope to learn during their first Building on our Momentum (BOOM!) Learning Symposium.
Ana Susskind ’28
they/them
Athletics
A path from psychology to coaching
Mount Holyoke College senior Rachel Katzenberg ’25 said, “At Mount Holyoke, I 100% found a good community … a large community that wants to help me and see me succeed.”
Rachel Katzenberg ’25
she/her
BOOM! is more critical than ever
Miki Lin ’27
she/they
Ramadan away from home
Sehaam Tahir ’29
she/her
The continuous work of being in community
Reva Babbar ’28
she/her
Explore Stories
Get to know us
For over 180 years, Mount Holyoke has been an extraordinary, collaborative community of people opening new pathways of discovery and forging deep connections with each other.
Fast Facts
200+
Distinguished faculty
100% of our classes are taught by faculty. Mount Holyoke professors have won Pulitzer and Guggenheim awards, NASA grants and Carnegie Fellowships.
40+
Departmental and interdepartmental majors
Psychology, biology and English are among the top five. Our newest and fastest growing major? Data science.
20%
International student population
With over 80 countries represented, Mount Holyoke has the most globally diverse students of any liberal arts college in the U.S. This diversity provides a uniquely powerful context for global learning in the residence halls, classes and campus life.
$1.5M
Lynk internship funding
We ensure every student has access to a paid internship. In 2024 the College awarded over $1,500,000 in internship funding to 358 students.
130+
Student-run clubs and organizations
There’s something for everyone, from student organizations to student government, class boards and club sports!
Traditions and annual events
From Convocation to milk and cookies and the Laurel Parade, traditions and annual events bring the community closer together and create memorable moments to last a lifetime.
Happening at Mount Holyoke
Campus news
Fighting food insecurity in memory of her grandmother
Mount Holyoke College student Oluwafadeyemi Testimony Akinkuolie-Ibidapo ’27 is an awardee of this year’s Project for Peace grants from Middlebury College. She will launch a year-round food pantry in her hometown.
Tags:
Activism and Social Justice
Alum
Awards and Honors
BIPOC
Fellowships
International
Staff
Student
Understanding science in English and Spanish
Cerebro 101 is an initiative led by Mount Holyoke College faculty Marta Sabariego and Nieves Romero-Díaz that teaches dual-language elementary students about neuroscience and behavior.
Tags:
Academic Excellence
Alum
BIPOC
Community-based learning
Diversity and Inclusion
Faculty
Humanities
MHC Forward
Science & Technology
Student
Beverly Guy-Sheftall named Mount Holyoke’s Commencement speaker
Trailblazing Black feminist scholar Beverly Guy-Sheftall will be the primary speaker at the Mount Holyoke College Commencement. Two extraordinary Mount Holyoke alums, Leslie Anne Miller ’73 and Maria Z. Mossaides ’73, will also be honored.
Tags:
Academic Excellence
Alum
BIPOC
Commencement
Traditions and Annual Events
Women’s College
Explore all News
Quick links
Visit Mount Holyoke
Request Information
Apply