Harvey Mudd College
Basic Information
Type
Private
Geographical Reach
National
Location
Claremont, CA
Population
8,500,000
Website
http://www.hmc.edu/
Demographics
Total Undergraduates
915
Men / Women
49% / 51%
Asian
34%
White
34%
Hispanic
14%
International
11%
Mixed
8%
Black
4%
Native American
0%
From State
43%
From Region
5%
Academics
Undergraduate Degrees
Computer Science
43%
Engineering
30%
Physical Sciences & Math
18%
Life & Natural Sciences
8%
Financial
Tuition & Fees
$68,613
Est. Cost of Attendance
$90,165
10-Year ROI
$476,000
ROI Percentile
100th
Retention & Graduation
Full-Time Retention
96%
4-Year Graduation Rate
81%
6-Year Graduation Rate
92%
Transfer-Out Rate
6%
Weather
Comfortable Days
125 (91% 😎)
Sunshine Hours
3,338 (97% ☀️)
Days Without Precipitation
324 (96% 🏖️)
Admissions
Uses Common App
Yes
Acceptance Rate
9%
Yield (Unbound)
23%
Early Decision 1
Nov 1
Regular Decision
Jan 3
Early Decision 2
Jan 15
Research
Research Level
R3
Expenditure
| Engineering, Computing & Math | $2M | #268 |
| Life & Natural Sciences | $1M | #452 |
| Humanities & Social Sciences | $0M | #527 |
Honors College
Standardized Tests
Test Scores
Test Policy
optional
Submitted Test Scores
68%
SAT Range
1510
–
1550
SAT Math Range
770
–
800
SAT RW Range
730
–
770
ACT Range
34
–
36
Earnings by Major Category
Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).
Schools & Majors
| ⇅ | Trends | Degrees | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvey Mudd College | 209 | 53% / 47% | 7% | $162,475 | 94% | ||
| Engineering | 62 — | 58% / 42% | 3% | $123,894 | 99 | 91% | |
| Computer Science | 37 — | 41% / 59% | 5% | $220,204 | 100 | 93% | |
| Computer Science & Mathematics | 52 — | 62% / 38% | 4% | $241,531 | 100 | 98% | |
| Chemistry | 9 — | 44% / 56% | 11% | $87,393 | 85 | — | |
| Chemistry & Climate | — — | — | — | $69,047 | 56 | — | |
| Computer Science & Physics | 4 — | 50% / 50% | 0% | $105,121 | 95 | — | |
| Mathematics | 7 — | 57% / 43% | 14% | $137,069 | 99 | — | |
| Physics | 7 +1 | 57% / 43% | 14% | $103,942 | 95 | — | |
| Physics | 10 — | 30% / 70% | 20% | $103,523 | 95 | — | |
| Biochemistry | 7 — | 43% / 57% | 0% | $73,440 | 65 | — | |
| Biology | 1 — | 0% / 100% | 0% | $71,919 | 62 | — | |
| Mathematical & Computational Biology | 8 — | 38% / 62% | 25% | $72,812 | 64 | — | |
| Independent Program of Study | 5 — | 100% / 0% | 20% | $94,174 | 90 | — |
Rankings
Academics
Crying in the Library at 3 AM
Toughest Schools
Library Lockdown
Future Adjunct Professors
Top PhD Feeders
Skipped Recess to Study Calculus
College Costs
We Marked It Up Just to Put It on Sale
Highest List Price
Premium Price Tag
My Tribe
Tiger Mom Heaven
Most Asian-Americans
Significant Presence
Engineering
Resistance Is Futile
Computer Engineering
Bricked Microcontroller Brigade
Resistance Is Not Futile
Electrical Engineering
Soldering Iron Burn Victims
I Have Always Loved Legos
General Engineering
I Build Robots While Reading Plato, Kneel Before My Megamind
WD-40 & Duct Tape
Mechanical Engineering & Robotics
The Boutique Pressure Cookers
Computer Science
Explaining That HTML is Not a Programming Language
Computer Science (A&S)
Chalkboard Masochists
Physical Sciences & Math
The "I Understand Interstellar" Elite
Physics & Astronomy
No Grad Students Hogging the Cryostat (Best Undergrad Experience)