Mount Holyoke College

Carnegie Foundation Classification

Baccalaureate Colleges — Arts & Sciences

General Characteristics

Highest offering	Master's degree
Calendar System	Semester
Years of college work required	N/A
Variable Tuition

Special Learning Opportunities

Distance Learning
ROTC — Army / Navy / Air Force	— / /
Study Abroad
Weekend College
Teacher Certification

Mount Holyoke College Academics

Mount Holyoke College is unique in its study options. There’s never a reason to feel alone in your studies either, since there are academic support services like Reduced Course Load, Study Skills Assistance, Tutoring and Writing Center. Specifically, the university has a Cross-Registration, Double Major, Independent Study, Internships, Liberal Arts/Career Combination, ROTC, Air Force, ROTC, Army, Semester At Sea, Student-Designed Major, Study Abroad, Teacher Certification, Visiting/Exchange Student Program and Washington Semester. The university has disability services as well, so be sure to inquire about them if needed. Furthermore, when any student is looking for some counseling or other types of support, Adult (re-entering) student services, Alcohol/Substance Abuse Counseling, Campus Ministries/Chaplain, Career Counseling, Employment Service, Financial Aid Counseling, Freshman Orientation Program, Health Services, Minority Student Services, Personal Counseling, Placement Service and Women’s Services can help.

The following are the types of degrees and majors offered at Mount Holyoke College.

Philosphy and Religion:

Philosophy, Religion/Religious Studies

Psychology:

Psychology – General

Physical Sciences:

Astronomy, Chemistry, Geology, Physics

Computer Science:

Computer Science

Education:

Education – General

Biological and Biomedical Sciences:

Biochemistry, Biology

School of Visual and Performing Arts:

Art – General, Dance, Drama/Theater Arts, Music – General

Social Sciences:

Anthropology, Economics, Geography, International Relations, Political Science/Government, Sociology

Mathematics:

Mathematics – General, Statistics

Popular majors:

twenty-seven percent social sciences, eleven percent biology, eleven percent psychology, seven percent area and ethnic studies, seven percent interdisciplinary studies, six percent english, six percent visual and performing arts

Foreign Language and Literature:

Classics, French, ancient, Italian, Latin, Romance Languages, Spanish

History:

History – General

English Language and Literature:

English

Multiple or Interdisciplinary:

Ancient Studies/Civilization, Medieval/Renaissance Studies, Neuroscience

Are you an international student? The Fall application deadline for international students is the 15th of January. The cost per credit hour (overall) was $1,065 Cost & Savings Calculator Financial Aid International students eligible for need-based aid last fall.

Mount Holyoke College Admissions

This school requires an application fee consisting of sixty dollars regular application fee, sixty dollars out-of-state application fee, Free online application fee and point zero . Transfer student are not ignored. In particular, there were two hundred and seven total number of transfer students who applied and fifty-three total number of transfer students who were admitted. Admission policy is currently Percent applicants admitted: 52% and Percent of students who return for sophomore year: 94%. Remember that this can change at any time.

Regardless of which application you submit, this school will notify you by the 1st of April. SAT and ACT score reports are due the 15th of January and Moreover, make sure that if you are a transfer student and are participating in a financial aid program, your financial aid application is in by the 31st of May. Priority financial aid applications for transfer students are due the 1st of February. Will you make it in time? Make sure to know when all the due dates and deadlines take place. The regular application is due the 15th of January. It is also very important to submit financial aid applications as quickly as possible, and make sure they are in by the 1st of February. For all student applicants, the Fall application deadline is the 15th of January. For priority students, financial aid applications are due no later than the 15th of January. the SAT subject section score is due the 15th of January. Transfer students must apply no later than the 15th of May, with priority applications due on the 15th of February. If you wish to apply early, your application will be do no later than the 15th of November, of which you should hear back from the university no later than the 1st of January.

Mount Holyoke College Financial Aid

Financial aid distribution is at seventy-five percent scholarships per grants and twenty-five percent loans per jobs. Likewise, need based financial aid distribution is determined through Academics and Leadership. Financial aid for students is readily accessible at this school. Financial aid forms are Business/farm supplement, CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE, FAFSA, Noncustodial (divorced/separated) Parents Statement and Noncustodial PROFILE. If you are not a need based student, non-need distribution for financial aid is determined by Academics and Leadership.

Mount Holyoke College Students

The university is a Private, Liberal Arts College, Four-year, Women only, where 52 percent of the applicants were admitted, Regionally accredited and College Board member. Mount Holyoke College offers Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees. Again, the student body consists of twenty percent in-state students, eighty percent out-of-state students, one hundred percent women, one percent american indian per alaskan native, fifteen percent asian per pacific islander, four percent black per non-hispanic, five percent hispanic, fifty-two percent white per non-hispanic, sixteen percent non-resident alien, seven percent race per ethnicity unreported, fifty-one percent in top 10th of graduating class, eighty percent in top quarter of graduating class, ninety-five percent in top half of graduating class, thirty-eight percent had h.s. gpa of 3.75 and higher, twenty-nine percent had h.s. gpa between 3.5 and 3.74, seventeen percent had h.s. gpa between 3.25 and 3.49, ten percent had h.s. gpa between 3.0 and 3.24 and six percent had h.s. gpa between 2.5 and 2.99. The school’s size is approximately two thousand and sixty-four degree-seeking undergrads, four hundred and ninety-seven first-time degree-seeking freshmen and two graduate enrollment. Furthermore, it is part of an Suburban setting, Large town (10,000 – 49,999) and Residential campus.

Students should note the housing policies: Guaranteed On-Campus Housing For All Undergraduates, one hundred percent of first-year students live in college housing, ninety-two percent of all undergraduates live in college housing, Women’s Housing, Apartments For Single Students, Special Housing For Disabled Students, fifteen-MAY deadline for housing deposit, two hundred dollars amount of housing deposit, point zero , and First-time first-year students allowed to have car. In sum, the school is located 10 miles from Springfield, 90 miles from Boston.Again, the university has many unique facilites such as nuclear accelerator, nuclear magnetic resonance equipment, electron microscope, bronze-casting foundry, solar greenhouse, Japanese meditation garden and tea house, equestrian center, language learning center with satellite communication and interactive video, child study center, environmental literacy center, leadership center, center for global initiatives, greenhouse and botanical garden, Kosher/Halal dining facility. This school features the Suburban setting, Large town (10,000 – 49,999) and Residential campus.

Mount Holyoke College Athletics

The Lyons are a member of NCAA. The following sports can be found here:

• Women’s NCAA Division III and Women’s Intercollegiate Basketball
• Women’s NCAA Division III and Women’s Intercollegiate Cross_country
• Women’s NCAA Division III and Women’s Intercollegiate Golf
• Women’s NCAA Division III and Women’s Intercollegiate Soccer
• Women’s Intercollegiate Track_and_field
• Women’s NCAA Division III Track_indoor
• Women’s NCAA Division III Track_outdoor
• Women’s NCAA Division III and Women’s Intercollegiate Volleyball