Northfield Mount Hermon School
Northfield Mount Hermon School (abbreviated as NMH), is a co-educational college-preparatory school in Gill, Massachusetts. It educates boarding and day students in grades 9–12, as well as post-graduate students. It is a member of the Eight Schools Association and the Six Schools League.
Northfield Mount Hermon
Private, day and boarding, college-preparatory
Education for the Head, Heart, and Hand
Discere et vivere
(Learn and Live)
1879
Brian H. Hargrove
90 (on an FTE basis)
672 total
82% boarding
18% day
12
6:1
215 acres (core campus), 1,353 acres (total land holdings)
Maroon and light blue
20 interscholastic sports; 67 teams
the Hogger
$185.9 million (June 30, 2023)
History[edit]
Egalitarian origins[edit]
In 1879, Northfield, Massachusetts native Dwight Lyman Moody (1837–99) established the Northfield Seminary for Young Ladies (renamed to the Northfield School for Girls in 1944[1]) in his hometown. Two years later, he established a brother school, the Mount Hermon School for Boys, across the Connecticut River in Gill, Massachusetts. The schools were consolidated into a single non-profit corporation in 1912, but operated separately until 1971.[2][3]
Moody initially envisioned the schools as a source of terminal education; in the early days, some of the students were in their thirties.[4] The schools offered separate programs of study to accommodate its student body's varying goals. Each offered a college-preparatory course and a technical course.[5] For a while, Mount Hermon also offered courses in agriculture and for future ministers.[6][7] In the early days, most Mount Hermon students enrolled in the ministerial program, whose curriculum was designed to be sufficiently rigorous that a graduate could "enter the ministry or a related field without further formal education."[7]
Tuition[edit]
Tuition and financial aid[edit]
In the 2023–24 school year, NMH charged boarding students $72,647 and day students $48,302, plus other mandatory and optional fees.[62] International students were charged an additional $3,345.[62]
37% of the student body is on financial aid, which covers, on average, $56,314 (77.5% of tuition) for boarding students and $34,361 (71.1% of tuition) for day students.[60] The school commits to meet 100% of an admitted student's demonstrated financial need.[63]
Endowment and expenses[edit]
NMH's financial endowment stood at $185.9 million as of June 30, 2023.[64] In its Internal Revenue Service filings for the 2021–22 school year, NMH reported total assets of $311.8 million, net assets of $212.4 million, investment holdings of $178.0 million, and cash holdings of $23.3 million. NMH also reported $36.7 million in program service expenses and $9.1 million in grants (primarily student financial aid).[65]