Harvey Mudd College

Claremont, CA · Private (nonprofit)
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Acceptance rate
12.3%
643 admitted
SAT · 50th
1510
Range 1500–1560
6-yr grad
93.0%
Retention 95.2%
Undergrads
913
8:1 S-F
Admissions
12.3%
643 admitted
from 5,217 apps
Applications5,217
Overall admit rate12.3%
Enrolled236 · 36.7% yield
Admitted from waitlist0 of 685
Very important factorsGPA, Recs, Rigor of HS record
Important factorsApplication essay, Character, Extracurriculars
Selection factors from CDS §C7 (Basis for selection).
Test scores
1510
SAT composite · 50th %ile
range 1500–1560 · 55.0% submitted
SAT
255075
R&W740760770
Math760790800
Comp150015101560
ACT
255075
Comp353536
Cost & aid
$75,669
tuition (full-time)
Tuition$75,669
Fees$401
Room & board$23,434
Books$800
Avg need-based grant$58,910
% need met100.0%
Academics
8 : 1
student-faculty ratio
95.2% retention
Student-faculty8 : 1
Retention95.2%
4-year graduation80.8%
6-year graduation93.0%
Enrollment
913
undergraduates
32 intl freshmen
Total undergraduates913
First-year236
Transfer2
Full-time100%
Female51%
International (freshmen)32
Rankings
#2
Niche
Best Value Colleges in America
SourceListRankYr
NicheBest Value Colleges in America#226
Princeton ReviewBest Value Colleges for Students With No Demonstrated Need (Private)#226
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Engineering Programs (Bachelor's/Master's)#226
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Engineering Specialties: Mechanical (Bachelor/Master)#326
Princeton ReviewBest Value Colleges (Private Schools)#426
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Engineering Specialties: Computer (Bachelor/Master)#426
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Engineering Specialties: Electrical/Electronic/Communications (Bachelor/Master)#426
Rankings are the property of their respective publishers (Forbes, Niche, Princeton Review, U.S. News & World Report, WSJ/College Pulse). Ranks as published; methodologies vary.
Classifications & designations
Liberal Arts College
Carnegie Classification
114 member schools
SourceGroupMembers
Carnegie ClassificationLiberal Arts College114
Athletic conferenceSouthern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf.7
Athletic divisionNCAA D3105
Institutional controlPrivate (nonprofit) college211
Geographic groupingCalifornia colleges41
Groups derived from CDS + IPEDS fields. Curated national memberships (AAU, HBCU, Common App, etc.) being added — see task queue.
Application timeline & requirements
no application-fee data
Regular decisionMay 1
Early decisionoffered
Early actionoffered
Deferred admissionAllowed
Test policyStarting FA 21 and until FA 26, HMC is ACT/SAT optional. We will consider ACT/SAT scores if submitted; students will not be at a disadvantage if they choose not to or cannot submit ACT/SAT scores.
Admissions emailadmission@hmc.edu
Admissions phone909-621-8011
Deadlines and requirements from the school's Common Data Set §C3–C6 (Deadlines & Notification, ED/EA, HS Coursework).
Peers by the numbers
Massachusetts Inst…
closest algorithmic match
across selectivity, size, profile
SchoolAdmitSATSize
Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA · Private (nonprofit)4.6%15504K
California Institute of Technology CA · Private (nonprofit)2.6%987
Stanford University CA · Private (nonprofit)3.8%15507K
Pomona College CA · Private (Nonprofit)7.1%15201K
Carnegie Mellon University PA · Private (nonprofit)11.1%15407K
Princeton University NJ · Private (nonprofit)4.4%15305K
Franklin W Olin College of Engineering MA · Private (Nonprofit)1530377
Peer set computed algorithmically from CDS metrics (admit rate, SAT/ACT band, size) plus IPEDS classification. Not measured cross-application behavior.

Official Common Data Set Documents — Harvey Mudd College

17 years of Harvey Mudd College's officially published CDS, archived by CollegeNumbers. PDF and spreadsheet originals exactly as the school filed them.