Mount Holyoke College Experimental Psychology (Bachelor's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Bachelor's in Research and Experimental Psychology
- Private nonprofit college
- South Hadley, MA
- About 69 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
Mount Holyoke College experimental psychology graduates earn about what experimental psychology graduates earn nationally, $32,439 in their first year. The typical graduate leaves with $24,250 in federal loans, close to the national median of $21,499. Several Massachusetts programs report higher pay.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Massachusetts and national columns are the medians across all experimental psychology bachelor's programs that report the figure.
Debt and first-year pay at every Massachusetts experimental psychology program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Massachusetts medians.
Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $257 a month, or 9.5% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
Prices in the Amherst Town area are about the same as the national average.
Careers this field leads to
These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to experimental psychology, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.
Child, Family, and School Social Workers
$75,570Median pay in Massachusetts. 10,900 people work in this job in Massachusetts. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 4% from 2025 to 2035, with about 33,900 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
$128,210Median pay in Massachusetts. 17,100 people work in this job in Massachusetts. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 13% from 2025 to 2035, with about 10,500 openings a year. Typical education to start: doctoral or professional degree.
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists
$115,180Median pay in Massachusetts. 2,860 people work in this job in Massachusetts. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 12% from 2025 to 2035, with about 4,100 openings a year. Typical education to start: doctoral or professional degree.
Social Science Research Assistants
$63,480Median pay in Massachusetts. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 5% from 2025 to 2035, with about 4,900 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
About Mount Holyoke College
Experimental Psychology ranks 5th of 13 bachelor's programs at Mount Holyoke College by first-year earnings. The top three are Computer Science ($71,672), Political Science ($48,690), and Sociology ($40,675).
Other experimental psychology bachelor's programs near South Hadley
Common questions
The median graduate earns $32,439 one year after graduating. The median across experimental psychology bachelor's programs in Massachusetts is $37,979.
The median federal loan balance is $24,250, which ranks 5th lowest of 9 experimental psychology bachelor's programs in Massachusetts. That works out to about $257 a month over 10 years.
It depends on your other options. Debt equals 75% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 63%. Compare the cost with other Massachusetts programs before deciding.
About this data
- Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid (grants or loans).
- Earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school. Graduates who went straight to further study are not included.
- Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
- Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Massachusetts comparisons when their main campus is in another state.
- Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.
- School-level numbers like tuition, admission rate, and graduation rate are for the whole school, not the experimental psychology program.
Sources
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024
- NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024