Fast Facts: Harvey Mudd College

History

  • Founded: 1955
  • Degrees offered: Bachelor of science
  • Majors: biology, chemistry, computer science, engineering, mathematics, physics, independent study program, off-campus major, and joint programs in chemistry and biology; computer science and mathematics; mathematical and computational biology; mathematics and physics; computer science and physics; and chemistry and climate.

Students 2023–2024

  • Number of students: 911
  • Gender ratio: 50 percent female, 50 percent male
  • Student-to-faculty ratio: 9:1

Faculty 2023–2024

  • Faculty: 97 tenured or tenure track; 98 percent hold PhD or highest degree in field
  • Faculty gender ratio: 41 percent female, 59 percent male

Tuition and Financial Aid 2023–2024

  • Tuition: $65,954
  • Room and board: $20,660
  • Financial Aid: About 70 percent of students receive financial aid

Graduate Placement 2022-23

  • Graduate or professional school: 23.7 percent
  • Workforce: 60.3 percent
  • Median starting salary for Class of 2023: $112,500

Alumni

  • Graduates (living): 7,903

Finances

  • Endowment: $413 million as of June 30, 2023
  • Budget for fiscal year 2022–2023: about $84 million

Rankings

Washington Monthly College Guide and Rankings 2023

  • No. 1 — Best Liberal Arts College
  • No. 16 — Best Bang for the Buck (West Coast)

U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges 2023

  • No. 2 — Best Undergraduate Engineering Program
  • No. 7 — Most Innovative Schools
  • No. 15 — Best Senior Capstone Programs
  • No. 16 — Best National Liberal Arts Colleges
  • No. 18 — Best Undergraduate Research
  • No. 27 — Best Computer Science Programs (highest undergraduate-only institution)
  • No. 32 — Best Undergraduate Teaching
  • No. 73 — Best Value Schools
  • No. 101 — Top Performers in Social Mobility
  • Selected — Ethnic Diversity unranked list (highest scoring college)

PayScale 2023

  • No. 1 — PayScale 2023 College ROI Report
  • No. 4 — PayScale 2023 College Salary Report

Princeton Review 2022–2023 Rankings

From The Best Value Colleges 2023 edition

  • No. 2 — Best Career Placement
  • No. 2 — Top 20 Best Value Colleges for Students With No Demonstrated Need
  • No. 7 — Top 50 Best Value Colleges (Private Schools)
  • No. 7 — Top 20 Best Schools for Internships (Private Schools)

Forbes 2023

  • No. 71 — America’s Top Colleges (list includes both large universities and small liberal arts colleges)

Faculty Awards and Accolades

  • National Academy of Engineering’s 2012 Bernard M. Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education
  • Inaugural American Mathematical Society Award for an Exemplary Program or Achievement in a Mathematics Department, 2005
  • Six Mathematical Association of America Alder Awards for Distinguished Teaching by a Beginning Faculty Member
  • Two Mathematical Association of America Haimo Awards for Distinguished Teaching of Mathematics
  • Eleven NSF Career Awards recognizing extraordinary faculty in early stages of their careers, for faculty in the Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Engineering and Physics departments
  • American Physical Society’s Prize to a Faculty Member for Research in an Undergraduate Institution
  • Three American Chemical Society Awards for Research at an Undergraduate Institution
  • Council of Undergraduate Research Fellow, Chemistry Department
  • Four Henry Dreyfus Teacher–Scholars in Chemistry, based on accomplishment in scholarly research with undergraduates and a compelling commitment to teaching