See What Success Looks Like.
MCLA prepares you for the career and life you're building.
From day one, you will work alongside professors to discover your strengths and push you toward your potential. MCLA graduates go onto graduate school, lead organizations, launch businesses, and drive change across industries. They teach, conduct research, run nonprofits, and strengthen communities. Our 21,000 alumni—a legacy reaching back to the era when we were called North Adams State College—open doors for the next generation.
Your preparation is hands-on from the start. You’ll conduct research with faculty. Intern with organizations whose missions matter to you. Take on leadership that expands your abilities. Professors challenge you to think across disciplines and solve problems from new angles. They connect you to opportunities and champion you as you pursue them.
MCLA's alumni network can be found across disciplines from education, healthcare, environmental science to business, nonprofit leadership, and the arts. They hire graduates because they trust the MCLA foundation each student graduates with. They mentor students because someone opened a door for them once, and it made all the difference. You graduate with your degree, real experience, faculty advocates, and a community ready to support your next step.
Success by the Numbers
Small School. Big Impact.
Here are a few #'s that speak for themselves.
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“I’ve definitely had, there’s two professors that I can think of, Rita Nodum and Hannah and they've challenged me to expand my ideas about what I know about, and they’ve really pushed me to engage in bigger spaces.”
“I think that everything I’ve gotten involved in on campus has been really helpful in building my resume and helping me to find more connections on campus.”
“The professors here have really invested in me and challenged me. They’re not just here to say good job and pat you on the back. I’ve been challenged by my professors to reach my full potential, to do my best, and to keep exerting myself when they know that I have the potential to do so.”
“The education that MCLA itself has given me has already impacted me so much. It really has impacted the ways that I think. It’s impacted the way I perceive things, my thought processes. Asking questions, it’s made me more fearless and wanting to go out and do stuff.”
“The most tangible experience that has brought learning from the classroom into the outside world has been my internship at Studio Nine. I’m sitting in for recording sessions with artists from Nashville, Los Angeles, and I’m also getting to actually run and set up. Live performances like the open mic that happens regularly at Studio 9.”
Voices from Our Community
Purpose. Connection. Belonging.
