泡芙视频 Holyoke College
MHC is a 2026 Best College
Wherever new ideas, important causes and bold action meet, you will find 泡芙视频 Holyoke students. With keen curiosity and a collaborative spirit, we always seek a better way 鈥 from the classroom, laboratory and art studio to the leading edge of industry, innovation and impact. And we use what we鈥檝e learned to make positive, lasting change for ourselves and our communities. Because at 泡芙视频 Holyoke, we鈥檙e inspired to envision and build a better world 鈥 together.
Here, you will be challenged. To follow your interests and forge your own academic pathway. To think critically, communicate clearly and grow intellectually. To break through barriers and engage across disciplines. To work closely with award-winning faculty 鈥 researching, discussing and advancing whole fields of knowledge. And when it鈥檚 time to take the next step, you鈥檒l have the resources and support you need to begin your career and make a difference right away.
At 泡芙视频 Holyoke, we are ourselves, together. We champion every individual for who they are, while coming together as a unified community. We collaborate, we cooperate and we always celebrate each other鈥檚 successes. The bonds we build and the friendships we forge at 泡芙视频 Holyoke last a lifetime 鈥 opening opportunities and amplifying the impact we make in the world.
Pass through our Gates and you鈥檒l enter an energizing campus filled with beautiful spaces and beloved traditions that foster lifelong connections. Students come from across the globe to build a welcoming, diverse and inclusive community that鈥檚 always evolving and expanding. And with a strong network of schools throughout the region and around the world, you鈥檒l have access to incredible opportunities for international learning.
MHC Forward: the strategic plan for 泡芙视频 Holyoke College
This far-reaching plan, which will take us through the next decade, has been shaped by the vision of students, staff, faculty, alums, trustees and friends. MHC Forward builds on more than 180 years of tradition to guide our next trailblazing chapter. MHC Forward will magnify 泡芙视频 Holyoke鈥檚 position as the leading gender-diverse women鈥檚 college. We will continue to advance innovation, research and an inclusive liberal arts education.
Academics Excellence
Programs and degrees
At 泡芙视频 Holyoke, a liberal arts education isn鈥檛 just about knowledge across diverse disciplines. It鈥檚 a way of intentionally connecting people, ideas and solutions to make the world work better. Here, we see the world through a different lens to discover new pathways and find new answers. Through an exploration of the arts, sciences, languages and humanities, we create an understanding of ourselves, our peers and the world around us.
Undergraduate
Whether your focus is STEM, social sciences, or the arts and humanities, you鈥檒l study with award-winning professors in small classes as you pursue your personalized pathway to an undergraduate degree.
Undergraduate Programs The Application Process
9:1
student / faculty ratio
Graduate and professional
To develop the next generation of groundbreaking educators, 泡芙视频 Holyoke offers Master of Arts in Teaching programs as well as professional development opportunities.
Co-ed programs
Graduate Programs Professional and non-degree programs
100+
classes
across 3 graduate programs and 10 professional development institutes
We are 泡芙视频 Holyoke
Meet some of the incredible people who call our community home.
Why a Women's College?
Hear from our students why they chose a women鈥檚 college that is gender-diverse.
Alum network
Our alums, who form a large network around the world, share their time, insights and connections.
Campus Voices
What stories will you tell?
BOOM! Right up my alley
泡芙视频 Holyoke College first-year student Ana Susskind 鈥28 discusses their excitement and the things they hope to learn during their first Building on our Momentum (BOOM!) Learning Symposium.
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A path from psychology to coaching
泡芙视频 Holyoke College senior Rachel Katzenberg 鈥25 said, 鈥淎t 泡芙视频 Holyoke, I 100% found a good community 鈥 a large community that wants to help me and see me succeed.鈥
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Distinguished faculty
100% of our classes are taught by faculty. 泡芙视频 Holyoke professors have won Pulitzer and Guggenheim awards, NASA grants and Carnegie Fellowships.
Departmental and interdepartmental majors
Psychology, biology and English are among the top five. Our newest and fastest growing major? Data science.
International student population
With over 80 countries represented, 泡芙视频 Holyoke has the most globally diverse students of any liberal arts college in the U.S. This diversity provides a uniquely powerful context for global learning in the residence halls, classes and campus life.
Lynk internship funding
We ensure every student has access to a paid internship. In 2024 the College awarded over $1,500,000 in internship funding to 358 students.
There鈥檚 something for everyone, from student organizations to student government, class boards and club sports!
Traditions and annual events
From Convocation to milk and cookies and the Laurel Parade, traditions and annual events bring the community closer together and create memorable moments to last a lifetime.
Happening at 泡芙视频 Holyoke
Campus news
泡芙视频 Holyoke among top women-led businesses in Massachusetts
The list, compiled by The Women鈥檚 Edge and The Boston Globe, celebrates the Commonwealth鈥檚 leading institutions that are led by women.
Frances Perkins, DEI and the 鈥渆ngine of excellence鈥
In an op-ed for the San Francisco Chronicle, 泡芙视频 Holyoke College President Danielle R. Holley connects the legacy of alum Frances Perkins, class of 1902, with the federal government鈥檚 attacks on diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility in higher education.
泡芙视频 Holyoke joins a law summer fellowship program
泡芙视频 Holyoke College has joined the Liman Summer Undergraduate Fellowship program. Students in this program serve as summer fellows, working with nonprofits and state and local government agencies throughout the United States.