In the fall of 2025, Mount Holyoke College announced the decision to close the Professional and Graduate Education programs. Degree-seeking students currently enrolled will be able to complete their degree according to their current program of study, but applications for degree programs will no longer be accepted. All non-degree programs will close in the summer of 2026.
From licensure to leadership, providing support for every stage of an educator’s career.
Mount Holyoke College has been granted approval with distinction by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to offer teacher education programs leading towards an initial teacher license at both the baccalaureate and masters levels.
MA Teacher Licensure
M.A.T., Initial Teacher Licensure M.A.T., English Language Learners M.A.T., Special Education/Moderate Disabilities Additional Teacher Licensure
Our Teacher Leadership program supports educators who want to help build their school’s capacity for success, support a climate of professional growth, or serve in leadership roles at the local, state, or national level.
M.A.T., Teacher Leadership Independent Schools Program Leadership for Teachers
Designed for K-8 educators who wish to deepen their mathematical content and pedagogical knowledge, build leadership skills and earn a master's degree.
M.A.T., Mathematics Summer Math Institutes Math for Teachers
Mount Holyoke College offers internationally recognized programs and flexible graduate-level courses that prepare people for professional careers.
Professional Development Institutes
Professional learning and consultation for schools, districts and organizations around the world.
Customized Professional Learning & Consulting
Flexibility and rich engagement. The professional and graduate programs at Mount Holyoke College use on-campus, online and hybrid teaching formats to support busy professionals and provide flexibility for our students.
Go further together. Our partnerships make pursuing your degree more accessible, make your education more robust and connect you with networks of dedicated and talented professionals.
A dedicated team here to support your growth and development. Meet our faculty, all practitioners, who will help you take the next steps in your career.
Happening at Mount Holyoke
Naomi Dupre-Edelman, assistant director of math leadership programs at Mount Holyoke College, is one of 26 people named to the Massachusetts Education Policy Fellowship program held by the Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy.
Master of Arts in Teaching student Justin Griffin ’25 paints an inspiring and empowering mural at a middle school in Holyoke to celebrate women of color.
Mount Holyoke graduate alum Lachanda Garrison begins a prestigious fellowship to advocate for STEM and military families and to help make American classrooms stronger.
Mount Holyoke College has been on the forefront of providing a rigorous education to passionate changemakers who have gone on to break new ground in education, the sciences, the arts, public service and social justice movements for over 180 years.
