Computer Science at Mount Holyoke College

If you plan to study computer science, take a look at what Mount Holyoke College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Mt. Holyoke is located in South Hadley, Massachusetts and approximately 2,040 students attend the school each year. Of the 28 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Mount Holyoke College in 2021, 28 of them were computer science majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Computer Science section at the bottom of this page.

Mt. Holyoke Computer Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science

Mt. Holyoke Computer Science Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks computer science programs across the country. The following shows how Mt. Holyoke performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The computer science major at Mt. Holyoke is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Computer Science. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	84
Most Focused General Computer Science Schools	142
Most Popular General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	263
Most Popular General Computer Science Schools	332

Computer Science Student Demographics at Mt. Holyoke

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computer science majors at Mount Holyoke College.

Mt. Holyoke Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 28 computer science majors earned their bachelor's degree from Mt. Holyoke. Of these graduates, 0% were men and 100% were women. The typical computer science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 23% women. So female students are more repesented at Mt. Holyoke since its program graduates 77% more women than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Mount Holyoke College with a bachelor's in computer science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	16
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Mt. Holyoke also has a doctoral program available in computer science. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Careers That Computer Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer science can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MA, the home state for Mount Holyoke College.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Software Applications Developers	29,110	$109,130
Systems Software Developers	25,540	$117,760
Computer and Information Systems Managers	17,820	$156,620
Computer Workers	11,190	$92,110
Computer Programmers	4,420	$95,380

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Daderot under License

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