Astronomy & Astrophysics at Mount Holyoke College

If you are interested in studying astronomy and astrophysics, you may want to check out the program at Mount Holyoke College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Mt. Holyoke is located in South Hadley, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 2,040. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 students received a bachelor's degree in astronomy from Mt. Holyoke.

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

Mt. Holyoke Astronomy & Astrophysics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Astronomy

Mt. Holyoke Astronomy & Astrophysics Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The astronomy major at Mt. Holyoke is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Astronomy & Astrophysics. 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 Astronomy & Astrophysics Schools	19
Most Popular Astronomy & Astrophysics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	56
Most Popular Astronomy & Astrophysics Schools	63

Astronomy Student Demographics at Mt. Holyoke

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

Mt. Holyoke Astronomy & Astrophysics Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 students earned a bachelor's degree in astronomy from Mt. Holyoke. About 100% of these graduates were women and the other 0% were men. The typical astronomy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% women. So female students are more repesented at Mt. Holyoke since its program graduates 59% 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 astronomy.

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

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

Related Majors

• Geological & Earth Sciences
• Physics
• Chemistry

Careers That Astronomy Grads May Go Into

A degree in astronomy 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
Natural Sciences Managers	4,040	$183,490
Physics Postsecondary Professors	550	$116,470
Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Professors	420	$137,740
Physicists	360	$150,170

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.