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Languages at Mount Holyoke College

Mount Holyoke College graduates about 33 languages majors a year, 6% of its graduating class. That puts it 82nd of 586 schools we score for languages, a standout program at 82 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $34,000 four years out, below the national figure for the same major (0.63×).

82/100Standout#82 of 586 for languages →
Graduates a year336% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$34,0000.63× the same major nationally
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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Where languages happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Williston Memorial Library, Ciruti Center for Foreign Languages.

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 languages ranking

  1. University of Minnesota–Twin Cities 82
  2. The Pennsylvania State University–University Park 82
  3. Rutgers University–New Brunswick 82
  4. University of Pittsburgh 82
  5. Whitman College 82
  6. Brigham Young University 81
  7. University of California, Santa Barbara 81
  8. The Ohio State University 81

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 languages. 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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