Enrollment Trends at MHC

The student population at Mount Holyoke College is 2,275 (2,178 undergraduate and 97 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 60 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at MHC is 95.74% which is increased by 52 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 8 and it has been increasing.

96 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 380.00% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,289 where 2,275 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

95.74% of total students is undergraduate students and 4.26% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 52 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 8 over past 10 years.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Mount Holyoke College since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,215	2,126	1	2,125	89	12	77
2016-17	2,327 112	2,199 73	1	2,198 73	128 39	14 2	114 37
2017-18	2,334 7	2,210 11	3 2	2,207 9	124 -4	18 4	106 -8
2018-19	2,335 1	2,208 -2	3	2,205 -2	127 3	21 3	106
2019-20	2,300 -35	2,190 -18	2 -1	2,188 -17	110 -17	14 -7	96 -10
2020-21	2,040 -260	1,915 -275	3 1	1,912 -276	125 15	17 3	108 12
2021-22	2,342 302	2,220 305	2 -1	2,218 306	122 -3	16 -1	106 -2
2022-23	2,392 50	2,193 -27	2	2,191 -27	199 77	28 12	171 65
2023-24	2,330 -62	2,209 16	0 -2	2,209 18	121 -78	22 -6	99 -72
2024-25	2,275 -55	2,178 -31	0	2,178 -31	97 -24	14 -8	83 -16
Average	2,289	2,165	2	2,163	124	18	107

Mount Holyoke College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,165 where 2,178 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Mount Holyoke College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,126	2,095	0	2,095	31	1	30
2016-17	2,199	2,162	0	2,162	37	1	36
2017-18	2,210	2,161	0	2,161	49	3	46
2018-19	2,208	2,177	0	2,177	31	3	28
2019-20	2,190	2,157	0	2,157	33	2	31
2020-21	1,915	1,892	0	1,892	23	3	20
2021-22	2,220	2,200	0	2,200	20	2	18
2022-23	2,193	2,172	0	2,172	21	2	19
2023-24	2,209	2,191	0	2,191	18	0	18
2024-25	2,178	2,169	0	2,169	9	0	9
Average	2,165	2,165	0	2,138	2,165	2	26

Mount Holyoke College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 124 where 97 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Mount Holyoke College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	89	36	5	31	53	7	46
2016-17	128	32	4	28	96	10	86
2017-18	124	20	2	18	104	16	88
2018-19	127	16	1	15	111	20	91
2019-20	110	19	2	17	91	12	79
2020-21	125	20	3	17	105	14	91
2021-22	122	15	3	12	107	13	94
2022-23	199	20	4	16	179	24	155
2023-24	121	15	4	11	106	18	88
2024-25	97	18	4	14	79	10	69
Average	124	124	3	18	124	14	89

Mount Holyoke College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 52.62%. The percentage was 45.60% 10 years ago and MHC still has a high percentage of white students. 6.42% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.41% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 10.37% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 45.60% to 52.62%. Asian enrollment declined from 9.39% to 6.42%. Black student enrollment decreased from 6.32% to 5.41%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 7.58% to 10.37%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7025 which indicates that quite diverse. This decreased from 0.7722 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Mount Holyoke College over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	2	208	140	168	2	1,010	81
2016-17	2	233	124	175	1	1,087	77
2017-18	4	220	123	161	1	1,098	81
2018-19	3	217	104	171	4	1,097	94
2019-20	2	185	107	175	2	1,099	97
2020-21	1	145	116	189	2	929	88
2021-22	3	161	107	201	3	1,193	97
2022-23	2	156	161	206	2	1,206	107
2023-24	1	160	126	217	0	1,197	113
2024-25	2	146	123	236	2	1,197	122
Average	2	183	123	190	2	1,111	96

Mount Holyoke College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

96 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 4% of total students. The number of online students has increased 380.00% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Mount Holyoke College from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,215	20	29	2,166
2016-17	2,327	36	53	2,238
2017-18	2,334	77	21	2,236
2018-19	2,335	71	10	2,254
2019-20	2,300	71	12	2,217
2020-21	2,040	2,033	7	0
2021-22	2,342	108	16	2,218
2022-23	2,392	147	27	2,218
2023-24	2,330	120	1	2,209
2024-25	2,275	96	0	2,179
Average	2,289	278	18	1,994

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Enrollment Trends at MHC

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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