Sociology 224 - Fall 2000 - Project 1 - Enrollment at Mount Holyoke College

Our project focused on the compilation of data from annual course catalogues found in the main reference room of the library. We divided the years from 1837-2000 and individually recorded the numbers for both total enrollment and class enrollment whenever possible. The compilation of this information displayed an overall increase in enrollment at Mount Holyoke since its founding in 1837.

Compiled by: Jenny Simon, Grace Schulz, Abby Blachly, Lillie Bookman, Cheri Sobolik

Enrollment at Mount Holyoke College: from the founding of the Seminary in 1837 to 1999

Year/Enrol	Year/Enrol	Year/Enrol	Year/Enrol	Year/Enrol	Year/Enrol
1837 116	1865 287	1893 300	1921 795	1949 1261	1977 1852
1838 103	1866 280	1894 327	1922 781	1950 1256	1978 1905
1839 119	1867 263	1895 331	1923 958	1951 1263	1979 1934
1840 113	1868 268	1896 339	1924 992	1952 1243	1980 1906
1841 172	1869 270	1897 401	1925 1024	1953 1230	1981 1930
1842 183	1870 276	1898 441	1926 1032	1954 1242	1982 1941
1843 205	1871 274	1899 542	1927 1006	1955 1247	1983* .
1844 249	1872 271	1900 550	1928 1030	1956 1337	1984 1904
1845 182	1873 301	1901 611	1929 1040	1957 1379	1985 1858
1846 188	1874 290	1902 671	1930 1048	1958 1395	1986 1862
1847 235	1875 284	1903 674	1931 1019	1959 1467	1987 1864
1848 221	1876 262	1904 674	1932 1006	1960 1473	1988 1863
1849 224	1877 247	1905 714	1933 968	1961 1506	1989 1838
1850 244	1878 273	1906 720	1934 958	1962 1667	1990 1741
1851 252	1879 226	1907 712	1935 987	1963 1647	1991 1703
1852 258	1880 251	1908 748	1936 1014	1964 1699	1992 1670
1853 278	1881 268	1909 761	1937 1020	1965 1765	1993 1752
1854 292	1882 289	1910 754	1938 1024	1966 1728	1994 1776
1855 275	1883 289	1911 771	1939 1094	1967 1707	1995 1795
1856 266	1884 270	1912 755	1940 1091	1968 1788	1996 1798
1857 275	1885 297	1913 772	1941 1068	1969 1778	1997 1763
1858 276	1886 315	1914 796	1942 1044	1970 1794	1998 1988
1859 260	1887 314	1915 791	1943 1056	1971 1793	1999 2192
1860 288	1888 300	1916 824	1944 1157	1972 1844
1861 254	1889 272	1917 858	1945 1149	1973 1917
1862 301	1890 267	1918 874	1946 1191	1974 1858
1863 343	1891 289	1919 815	1947 1196	1975 1888
1864 289	1892 311	1920 787	1948 1188	1976 1879

*NOTE: There is record for1983 because the course catalogue was not available for that year in the library and enrollment information could not be ascertained through other sources. As to the other data, each year represents the year at the start of the academic year (i.e. 1995 data represents the academic year 1995-96).