Mount Holyoke College

South Hadley, MA · Private (nonprofit)
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Acceptance rate
38.4%
1,774 admitted
SAT · 50th
1420
Range 1365–1485
6-yr grad
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Retention 92.4%
Undergrads
2,135
9.11:1 S-F
Admissions
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48.4% / 50.1%
in-state / out-of-state
admit rate spread
Applications4,619
Overall admit rate38.4%
In-state admit rate48.4%
Out-of-state admit rate50.1%
Enrolled536 · 30.2% yield
Admitted from waitlist9 of 474
Very important factorsGPA, Application essay, Character, Recs, Rigor of HS record
Important factorsExtracurriculars, Talent
Selection factors from CDS §C7 (Basis for selection).
Test scores
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1420
SAT composite · 50th %ile
range 1365–1485 · 15.0% submitted
SAT
255075
R&W700730755
Math640690755
Comp136514201485
ACT
255075
Comp303232
Cost & aid
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$71,178
tuition (full-time)
Tuition$71,178
Fees$272
Room & board$21,596
Books$1,000
Avg need-based grant$58,046
% need met100.0%
Avg debt at graduation$24,305
Academics
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9.11 : 1
student-faculty ratio
92.4% retention
Student-faculty9.11 : 1
Retention92.4%
Enrollment
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2,135
undergraduates
76.6% out-of-state · 129 intl freshmen
Total undergraduates2,135
First-year536
Full-time100%
Female100%
Out-of-state76.6%
International (freshmen)129
Rankings
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#29
U.S. News & World Report
Best National Liberal Arts Colleges
SourceListRankYr
U.S. News & World ReportBest National Liberal Arts Colleges#2926
U.S. News & World ReportTop Performers on Social Mobility — National Liberal Arts Colleges#6926
NicheBest Colleges in America#13526
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Computer Science Programs#13626
ForbesAmerica's Top Colleges#23726
WSJ/College PulseBest Colleges in the U.S.#47926
Rankings are the property of their respective publishers (Forbes, Niche, U.S. News & World Report, WSJ/College Pulse). Ranks as published; methodologies vary.
Classifications & designations
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Liberal Arts College
Carnegie Classification
114 member schools
SourceGroupMembers
Carnegie ClassificationLiberal Arts College114
Federal designationWomen's College9
Athletic conferenceNew England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference8
Athletic divisionNCAA D3105
Institutional controlPrivate (nonprofit) college211
Geographic groupingMassachusetts colleges25
Groups derived from CDS + IPEDS fields. Curated national memberships (AAU, HBCU, Common App, etc.) being added — see task queue.
Application timeline & requirements
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$0
application fee
waivable
Regular decision1/15 → 1-Apr → 1-May
Early decision11/15 → Late December · binding
Early decision 21/5
Deferred admissionAllowed
Test policyConsidered but not required
Admissions URLhttps://www.mtholyoke.edu/admission
Admissions emailadmission@mtholyoke.edu
Admissions phone413-538-2023
Deadlines and requirements from the school's Common Data Set §C3–C6 (Deadlines & Notification, ED/EA, HS Coursework).
Peers by the numbers
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Smith College
closest algorithmic match
across selectivity, size, profile
SchoolAdmitSATSize
Smith College MA · Private (nonprofit)21.0%1480—
Wellesley College MA · Private (nonprofit)14.8%15002K
Bryn Mawr College PA · Private (nonprofit)—1380—
Barnard College NY · Private (nonprofit)8.0%15003K
Vassar College NY · Private (nonprofit)20.9%14902K
Skidmore College NY · Private (nonprofit)23.8%14002K
Connecticut College CT · Private (nonprofit)39.2%12801K
Peer set computed algorithmically from CDS metrics (admit rate, SAT/ACT band, size) plus IPEDS classification. Not measured cross-application behavior.

Official Common Data Set Documents — Mount Holyoke College

8 years of Mount Holyoke College's officially published CDS, archived by CollegeNumbers. PDF and spreadsheet originals exactly as the school filed them.