Enrollment Trends at MHC

The student population at Mount Holyoke College is 2,392 (2,193 undergraduate and 199 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 141 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at MHC is 91.68% which is increased by 10 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 131 and it has been increasing.

147 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 950.00% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,279 where 2,392 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

91.68% of total students is undergraduate students and 8.32% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 10 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 131 over past 10 years.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Mount Holyoke College since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,251	2,183	2	2,181	68	10	58
2014-15	2,255 4	2,189 6	1 -1	2,188 7	66 -2	9 -1	57 -1
2015-16	2,215 -40	2,126 -63	1 0	2,125 -63	89 23	12 3	77 20
2016-17	2,327 112	2,199 73	1 0	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 0	2,205 -2	127 3	21 3	106 0
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 0	2,191 -27	199 77	28 12	171 65
Average	2,279	2,163	2	2,161	116	16	100

Mount Holyoke College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,163 where 2,193 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Mount Holyoke College since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,183	2,151	0	2,151	32	2	30
2014-15	2,189	2,161	0	2,161	28	1	27
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
Average	2,163	2,163	0	2,133	2,163	2	29

Mount Holyoke College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 116 where 199 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Mount Holyoke College since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	68	37	8	29	31	2	29
2014-15	66	37	6	31	29	3	26
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
Average	116	116	4	21	116	12	79

Mount Holyoke College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 50.42%. The percentage was 47.71% 10 years ago and MHC still has a high percentage of white students. 6.52% of enrolled students is Asian and 6.73% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Mount Holyoke College over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	1	188	129	182	1	1,074	68
2014-15	1	222	137	173	1	1,065	72
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
Average	2	194	125	180	2	1,086	86

Mount Holyoke College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

147 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 6% of total students. The number of online students has increased 950.00% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Mount Holyoke College from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	2,255	14	9	2,232
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
Average	2,282	286	20	1,975

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