South Hadley, MA · Private nonprofit
36%
Acceptance rate
1,422
SAT Average
$29,562
Avg net price
2,198
Enrollment
| All fields, 2024-25Bachelor’s 592Master’s 64 |
| Bachelor’s 114Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 92Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 63Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 48Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 44Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 31Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 30Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 29Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 28Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 27Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 23Master’s 64 |
| Bachelor’s 19Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 15Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 11Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 9Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 9Master’s None reported |
NCAA program details
- Primary division
- Division III
- Primary conference
- New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference
Projected sponsored sports11
Early Decision I
Binding · FAFSA, CSS Profile due Nov 15
Early Decision II
Binding · FAFSA, CSS Profile due Jan 5
Regular Decision
FAFSA, CSS Profile due Jan 15
· Apply with Common App or Coalition
Published on-campus price, 2024–25
- Tuition
- $66,780
- Required fees
- $238
- Food and housing
- $19,684
- Books and supplies
- $1,000
- Other expenses
- $1,400
- Total
- $89,102
- $69,5782019–2019–20
- $74,6382020–2120–21
- $75,0982021–2221–22
- $77,6782022–2322–23
- $84,9802023–2423–24
- $89,1022024–2524–25
Net price by family income, 2022–23
Students of all incomes paid $29,562 on average. Grants and scholarships covered the rest of the cost.
Net price covers first-time, full-time students who received federal aid.
Need-based aid, 2025–26
- First-years with need-based aid
- 67%
- Average share of need met
- 100%
- Average need-based grant
- $60,742
- Required forms
- FAFSA, CSS Profile, and CSS Noncustodial Profile
Sources
- IPEDS Institutional Characteristics · National Center for Education Statistics · 2025–26
- IPEDS Admissions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03
- Application process · College websites · 2026–27
- NCAA Projected Sports Sponsorship by School · National Collegiate Athletic Association · 2025–26
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- IPEDS Completions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- IPEDS Student Charges · National Center for Education Statistics · 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
Every figure below is read directly from Mount Holyoke College’s own reported data, with no scores, ratings, or estimates added. Derived from 5 Common Data Set filings (2021–22 to 2025–26).
Mount Holyoke College admitted of applicants, a admit rate. Of those, enrolled, a yield, across 5 years of Common Data Set filings.
Mount Holyoke College runs two binding Early Decision rounds. ED applicants were admitted at versus for the regular pool, a edge, and ED admits fill of the class.
The enrolled class is roughly international, and about of its domestic students come from out of state. Mount Holyoke College admits in-state applicants at 48.4%, out-of-state applicants at 50.1%, and international applicants at 19.9%.
Enrolled first-years by geography
536 first-years
Admit odds by pool
Test scores are considered but not required. SAT or ACT scores must arrive by Jan 15. Of enrolled first-years, submitted an SAT, down from 24% in 2021–22, and an ACT, down from 11%.
Some students submit both an SAT and an ACT, so the two shares overlap. They don’t add up to a single “submitted a test” rate.
SAT composite
15% of the class submitted an SAT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
ACT composite
2% of the class submitted an ACT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
Mount Holyoke College’s enrolled first-years averaged a high-school GPA, among the 85.4% who submitted one. ranked in the top tenth of their high-school class, among the 33% who submitted class rank.
High-school GPA
shares of all enrolled first-years
Average 3.88
High-school class rank
Among the 33% of first-years who submitted class rank. Shares are cumulative — students in the top tenth also count in the top quarter and top half.
Mount Holyoke College rates 4 factors "very important." Each column reads strongest first.
Academic
- Rigor of secondary school record
- Very important
- Academic GPA
- Very important
- Application essay
- Very important
- Recommendation(s)
- Very important
- Class rank
- Important
- Standardized test scores
- Considered
Nonacademic
- Interview
- Important
- Extracurricular activities
- Important
- Talent / ability
- Important
- Character / personal qualities
- Important
- Volunteer work
- Important
- Work experience
- Important
- First generation
- Considered
- Alumni/ae relation
- Considered
- Geographical residence
- Considered
- Level of applicant's interest
- Considered
- State residency
- Not considered
- Religious affiliation/commitment
- Not considered
Mount Holyoke College’s sticker drops once grant aid is applied, and what a family actually pays depends on income. of first-years received need-based aid; a family with no aid pays the full sticker. The school meets of demonstrated need, split into .
What aid recipients pay, by income
net price
Bars read against the $94,046 sticker. Each figure averages only families who received federal aid in that income band (College Scorecard); $29,562 across all aid recipients. Aid share: 359 of 536 first-years in the 2025–26 Common Data Set.
How need-based aid is determined
Cost of attendance − expected family contribution = demonstrated need
Forms a family files to be considered
What that meant in 2025–26
Cost of attendance $94,046
Averages among the 359 first-years awarded need-based aid.
Merit aid reached of the class, or of enrolled first-years. For international applicants, Mount Holyoke College offers both need-based and merit aid: nonresidents received aid, averaging .
Mount Holyoke College admitted students off the waitlist, about of the class.
89.7% of Mount Holyoke College’s first-years return for a second year and 85% graduate within six. Median earnings ten years out are against of median federal debt, roughly a earnings-to-debt ratio.
Sources
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03