Harvey Mudd College

Basic Information

Type Private
Geographical Reach National
Population 8,500,000

Weather

Comfortable Days 125 (91% 😎)
Sunshine Hours 3,338 (97% ☀️)
Days Without Precipitation 324 (96% 🏖️)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 927
Men / Women 49% / 51%
From State 43%
From Region 5%

Racial/Ethnic

White 25%
Hispanic 22%
Asian 20%
Mixed 12%
International 11%
Black 5%
Native American 0%

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Harvey Mudd College 228 50% 24% 21% 7% 20% 12% $148,436 100 +1.82 99 95%
Engineering 66 — 44% 38% 9% 5% 17% 12% $136,223 97 +2.87 99 98% — — — —
Computer Science 54 — 52% 19% 28% 7% 22% 4% $141,423 75 +0.48 99 89% — — — —
Computer Science & Mathematics 54 — 59% 7% 31% 11% 15% 26% $220,132 100 +2.45 100 98% — — — —
Computer Science & Physics 4 — 25% 25% 0% 0% 0% 0% $111,702 23 -0.25 94 — — — — —
Chemistry 9 — 67% 22% 22% 0% 44% 0% $82,883 91 +1.09 70 — — — — —
Chemistry & Climate — — — — — — — — $72,792 83 +0.70 49 — — — — —
Mathematics 8 — 75% 12% 12% 12% 25% 0% $134,873 93 +1.87 99 — — — — —
Physics 5 — 80% 20% 40% 0% 20% 20% $111,250 98 +1.99 94 — — — — —
Physics 9 — 44% 56% 0% 0% 33% 0% $110,766 97 +1.96 94 — — — — —
Systems Science and Theory 1 — 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% $160,799 91 +1.65 100 — — — — —
Biochemistry 3 — 0% 0% 67% 0% 33% 0% $73,678 61 +0.19 51 — — — — —
Biology 1 — 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $74,968 90 +0.99 54 — — — — —
Mathematical & Computational Biology 9 — 33% 22% 22% 11% 22% 11% $71,771 51 +0.02 46 — — — — —
Environmental Science 1 +1 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $65,508 83 +0.86 29 — — — — —
English 1 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $65,801 95 +1.63 30 — — — — —
Independent Program of Study 3 — 33% 33% 0% 33% 33% 0% $89,971 98 +3.13 80 — — — — —

Financial

Tuition & Fees $75,501
ROI Percentile 99th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 96%
4-Year Graduation Rate 81%
6-Year Graduation Rate 92%
Transfer-Out Rate 6%

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).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Computer Science 49.1% 112 54% 13% 29% 9% 18% 14% $178,311 96 +1.40 100 93% —
Engineering 28.9% 66 44% 38% 9% 5% 17% 12% $136,223 99 +2.87 99 98% —
Physical Sciences & Math 14.0% 32 62% 28% 16% 3% 31% 6% $110,590 92 +1.69 94 — —
Life & Natural Sciences 5.7% 13 31% 23% 31% 8% 23% 8% $72,457 75 +0.14 48 — —
Humanities 1.8% 4 25% 50% 0% 25% 25% 0% $83,929 99 +2.75 72 — —
Agriculture & Food Science 0.4% 1 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $65,508 73 +0.86 29 — —

Research R3

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Engineering $1.3M #266 62% $0 — — — —
Physical Sciences & Math $1.3M #329 27% $0 — — — —
Computer Science $0.6M #259 66% $0 — — — —
Life & Natural Sciences $0.3M #428 86% $0 — — — —
Humanities & Social Sciences $0.1M #503 0% $0 — — — —
Agriculture & Food Science $0 #318 — $0 — — — —
Business & Economics $0 #456 — $0 — — — —
Education $0 #457 — $0 — — — —
Health Sciences $0 #441 — $0 — — — —
Total $3.7M #422 51% $0 — — — —

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 12.1%
Yield (non-ED) 24%
Early Decision 1 Nov 15
Regular Decision Jan 3
Early Decision 2 Jan 15

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 12% 17% 5%
Early Decision 18% 27% 8%

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 76%
SAT Range 1500 – 1560
SAT Math Range 760 – 800
SAT RW Range 740 – 770