COFHE

Consortium on Financing Higher Education

Mount Holyoke College is a member of the Consortium on Financing Higher Education (COFHE). Established in 1974, COFHE was originally established to examine financial issues although its mission has now expanded to include many other aspects of higher education. Currently, thirty-one private colleges and universities belong to COFHE and participate actively in the research and other projects of the Consortium.

COFHE coordinates surveys among the member institutions; some annually and some on a periodic basis. Mount Holyoke College participates in the COFHE Senior Survey annually, the Enrolled Student Survey, and most other periodic COFHE surveys. Occasionally, COFHE coordinates a Cycles Survey which allows Mount Holyoke access to student satisfaction data from institutions outside the Five College Consortium in those years.

Download Surveys

• 2007 COFHE Parent Survey (PDF)
• 2005 COFHE Alumni Survey (PDF)
• 2002 COFHE Parent Survey (PDF) (DOC)

Download Reports
The following reports are available to faculty and staff at Mount Holyoke College who have received a password from the Office of Institutional Research. All others who wish access to this information should contact Alison Donta.

• 2002 Parents Survey: A Comparison of Mount Holyoke to COFHE Women’s and Co-ed Colleges (xls)
• Now That You Asked...”: An Analysis of the Open-ended Responses from the 2002 Parents Survey (PDF) (DOC)
• Checking in with the Classes of 1984, 1994, and 1999: Analysis of the 2005 Alumnae Survey (PDF) (DOC)
• Class of 1994: A Comparison of Mount Holyoke Alumnae with COFHE Female Alumnae--Alumnae Survey, 2005
  • Alumnae Relations (PDF) (DOC)
  • Children of Alumnae (PDF) (DOC) 
  • Demographics Then and Now (PDF) (DOC)
  • Emphasis of Alma Mater (PDF) (DOC)
  • Employment and Career Path (PDF) (DOC)
  • Finances Then and Now (PDF) (DOC)
  • Post-graduate Education (PDF) (DOC)
  • Satisfaction (PDF) (DOC)
  • Skill Importance and College Contribution to Development (PDF) (DOC)
  • The Undergraduate Years as a Time of Change (PDF) (DOC)
  • Undergraduate Activities and Contribution to Personal Development (PDF) (DOC)