Mount Holyoke College

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Mount Holyoke College is a private liberal arts women's college in South Hadley, Massachusetts, and a founding member of the Seven Sisters.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf higher education institution
private liberal arts college
women's college
academicAffiliation Annapolis Group
Oberlin Group
accreditation New England Commission of Higher Education
athleticsBrand Mount Holyoke Lyons
athleticsConference New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference
athleticsDivision NCAA Division III
campusSize approximately 800 acres
campusType rural
country United States
endowmentCurrency USD
founder Mary Lyon
foundingDate 1837
foundingMemberOf Seven Sisters colleges
genderAdmissionPolicy primarily women
hasBotanicGarden Mount Holyoke College Botanic Garden
hasLibrary Williston Memorial Library
hasMuseum Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
hasNotableAlumni Emily Dickinson
Frances Perkins
Sucheta Kriplani
Virginia Apgar
Wendy Wasserstein
isNonProfit yes
knownFor pioneering women's higher education
strong liberal arts curriculum
languageOfInstruction English
locatedIn Hampshire County, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
New England
South Hadley, Massachusetts
mascot The Lyons
memberOf Five College Consortium
Seven Sisters colleges
motto That our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace
mottoLanguage English
nearbyInstitution Amherst College
Smith College
University of Massachusetts Amherst
offersDegree Bachelor of Arts
offersProgram graduate programs
undergraduate liberal arts
offersResidentialLife yes
presidentTitle President of Mount Holyoke College
religiousAffiliation historically Protestant
schoolColors blue
white
type liberal arts college


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