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History at Mount Holyoke College

Mount Holyoke College graduates about 19 history majors a year, 3% of its graduating class. That puts it 77th of 692 schools we score for history, a standout program at 80 out of 100. Its current catalog lists 74 undergraduate courses in the field, more than 50% of the schools we've counted.

80/100Standout#77 of 692 for history →
Graduates a year193% of the class
Courses in the catalog74more than 50% of schools
Median pay 4 years out$23,000
Admit rate36%whole school
SAT middle 50%1350–1540whole 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 history happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Williston Memorial Library.

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 history ranking

  1. University of Massachusetts–Amherst 80
  2. Boston University 80
  3. The University of the South 80
  4. Smith College 80
  5. Denison University 80
  6. Case Western Reserve University 80
  7. University of Florida 79
  8. Marquette University 79

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 history. It weighs the school's overall strength; how many students graduate in the major and what share of the class they are; research spending in the field (NSF); early pay against the same major nationally; how many courses the catalog lists; and test scores. 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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