Mount Holyoke College acceptance rate and your odds of getting in

Mount Holyoke College, a private college in Massachusetts, reports a 36% acceptance rate and sits in the selective band. In practice that means it admits a minority of applicants, so a strong application is judged against an applicant pool that is already self-selected.

Use this page to see what Mount Holyoke College weighs, where it ranks among Massachusetts schools, and how a profile like yours is likely to land. Admitted students post a 75th-percentile SAT around 1380, a useful checkpoint for where your scores sit, though it is a reference range and not a cutoff.

What are my chances at Mount Holyoke College with a 3.5 GPA and a 1460 SAT?

About 61% (Likely), by CollegeCalcAI's deterministic model, for an applicant with a 3.5 unweighted GPA and a 1460 SAT, the middle of Mount Holyoke College's admitted range, applying Regular Decision without a hook. A 3.8 GPA with a 1530 SAT comes out near 72%. Courses, activities, essays and the application round move the number; the free calculator includes them.

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There is no formula that guarantees a spot at Mount Holyoke College, but the applicants who get in tend to do the same four things. Here is what the numbers say each one looks like.

Mount Holyoke College admitted 1,926 of the 5,030 students who applied for fall 2023, which works out to 38.3%. 587 enrolled. Only about 30% of admitted students enrolled, so the school admits several students for every seat it expects to fill, which is why its acceptance rate reads higher than its selectivity feels. Mount Holyoke College enrolls about 2,169 undergraduates in total, 100% of them women, with a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, IPEDS 2023 admissions and enrollment.

The middle 50% of admitted students at Mount Holyoke College scored between 1380 and 1530 on the SAT (average 1463). On the ACT the middle 50% runs from 32 to 35. A score above 1530 puts you in the top quarter of admits and turns the test into an asset; a score below 1380 puts you in the bottom quarter, where the rest of the application has to carry more weight. Mount Holyoke College is test-optional: scores are considered if you submit them but not required. Send a score at or above the middle of the admitted range; otherwise apply without one and let your transcript lead.

Source: College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), release 2026-06-10.

The factors that carry the most weight at Mount Holyoke College are rigor of secondary school record, academic GPA, and application essay. Solid grades in a challenging schedule do most of the work here, with the rest of the application providing context. These ratings come from Mount Holyoke College's reported Common Data Set, so the full chart below reflects what the school itself says it values, not a generic guess.

Mount Holyoke College's published cost of attendance, before any aid, is roughly $84,926 per year. Tuition and fees alone are $67,018. What families actually pay is different: the average net price after grants and scholarships is $26,441 a year, and it ranges from $10,882 for families earning under $30,000 to $38,561 for families earning over $110,000. 22% of undergraduates receive a federal Pell Grant.

Source: College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), release 2026-06-10. Net price is what students receiving aid paid after grants, by family income.

Ten years after enrolling, the median Mount Holyoke College student who received federal aid earns $58,418 a year, up from $48,590 at six years. 84% of first-time, full-time students graduate within six years, and 89% return for a second year. Among graduates who borrowed, median federal debt at graduation is $22,902; 44% of undergraduates take federal loans.

Source: College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), release 2026-06-10. Earnings cover students who received federal aid.

Among the 36 Massachusetts schools we track, Mount Holyoke College ranks #13 most selective by acceptance rate. Schools like Harvard University (4%) and Northeastern University (5%) sit nearby, which makes Massachusetts a useful frame for calibrating a balanced list.

Applicants targeting Mount Holyoke College often weigh Case Western Reserve University, Connecticut College, and Brescia University, which sit at a similar level. Running the same profile against each one in the free calculator is the fastest way to see where you are a reach, a match, or a likely.

Acceptance rate, application counts, admitted test ranges, cost, and outcomes reflect publicly reported federal data (U.S. Department of Education: IPEDS 2023 and the College Scorecard) and each school's Common Data Set; figures are rounded and lag the current cycle by one to two years, so confirm deadlines and policies on the school's own site. The typical-admit GPA and SAT are CollegeCalcAI's modeled estimates. Estimates from CollegeCalcAI are a planning tool computed by a fixed, transparent model, not a guarantee of any admission decision.