#148, overall score 42.75/100
Fun Fact:
The president of the college serves ice cream to the senior class annually on Founder’s Day.
CAMPUS INFORMATION
- Location: South Hadley, Mass.
- Region: New England
- Campus type: College town
- Public/Private: Private
- Liberal Arts: Yes
- Undergraduate enrollment: 2,199
- Jewish undergraduate enrollment: 100
- Jewish population share: 5%
- Student origin: 47% in-state / 53% out-of-state
- Student newspaper: The Mount Holyoke News
- NCAA Division: III
- NCAA team: Lyons
- Ultimate Frisbee team: Daisy Chains
COST & AID Score: 5/15
- Score: 5/15
- Tuition: $47,940
- Room & board costs: $14,060
- Average annual scholarship/grant package: $34,625
- Average loan debt: $23,827
- Starting median salary: $48,800
ACADEMICS Score: 11.67/20
- Score: 11.67/20
- Acceptance rate: 51%
- Student/faculty ratio: 9:1
- Median SAT range: 1270-1463
- Jewish Studies program: Yes
- Jewish Studies major: Minor
- Hebrew major: No
ISRAEL Score: 10/20
- Score: 10/20
- Size of Birthright trip: 3
- Israel Studies center: No
- Israel-related clubs: None
- BDS vote in last four years: Never introduced
SAFETY Score: 9.67/11
- Score: 9.67/11
- Anti-Semitic incidents in 2017: 0
- Campus crime rate: 11.6/1,000 students (high)
- City crime rate: 15.55/1,000 people (low)
- LGBT center: Yes
JEWISH LIFE Score: 6.42/34
- Score: 6.42/34
- Hillel: Jewish Student Union
- Chabad: Chabad at the Four Colleges
- OU-JLIC: No
- Jewish sororities: No
- Synagogues within 10 miles: 3 (1 Orthodox, 1 Conservative, 1 Reform)
- Eruv: No
- Most famous Jewish alum: Wendy Wasserstein
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