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Art & design at Mount Holyoke College

Mount Holyoke College graduates about 28 art & design majors a year, 4% of its graduating class. That puts it 313th of 828 schools we score for art & design, a solid program at 60 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $36,000 four years out, below the national figure for the same major (0.81×).

60/100Solid#313 of 828 for art & design →
Graduates a year284% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$36,0000.81× the same major nationally
Research in the field$130Ka year, NSF
Admit rate36%whole school
SAT middle 50%1365–1485whole school

Around Mount Holyoke College

Pump House at Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley Massachusetts
Pump House at Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley MAPhoto: John Phelan · CC BY 4.0 · source
A remaining pier of a former footbridge on the Mount Holyoke College campus, see
Former bridge pier on Mount Holyoke campus, April 2019Photo: Charles Fulton · CC BY 2.0 · source
Mount Holyoke College Upper Dam, South Hadley Massachusetts
Mount Holyoke College Upper Dam, South Hadley MAPhoto: John Phelan · CC BY 4.0 · source
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Isabelia pulchella (6408060743)Photo: chipmunk_1 from Boston, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source

Where art & design happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Art Building and Museum.

Named buildings on the campus map: Dorm 16 · Academic 11 · Arts 4 · Offices 2 · Library 2 · Chapel 2.

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Nearby in the art & design ranking

  1. University of North Florida 60
  2. The University of Texas–Dallas 60
  3. University of the Pacific 60
  4. University of California, Riverside 60
  5. Russell Sage College 60
  6. Biola University 60
  7. Adelphi University 60
  8. Saint Joseph's University 60

Other strong majors at Mount Holyoke College

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Mount Holyoke College with every school we score in art & design. It weighs what graduates earn four years out against the same major nationally (25%), research spending in the field (20%, NSF), how many undergraduate courses the department lists (20%), the student body's test scores (20%) and the size of the program (15%, capped so size alone can't win). 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.

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