The Most Amazing College

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A Success Story

Can you imagine a college just over 50 years old, with 750 students and 85 faculty, emerging as a leading innovator in science, math and engineering education?

Harvey Mudd College was founded in 1957 in response to a need for socially responsible scientists and engineers. Today, the College boasts one of the most rigorous and relevant curriculums in the nation. With cutting-edge interdisciplinary courses and experiential learning, we prepare our students to take on the world’s challenges.

Our Mission

Harvey Mudd College seeks to educate engineers, scientists and mathematicians, well versed in all of these areas and in the humanities and the social sciences so that they may assume leadership in their fields with a clear understanding of the impact of their work on society. We believe this mission to be as essential today as it was at our founding.

A Small College with Big Impact

One of 25 New Ivies.
—Kaplan/Newsweek (2007)

No. 1 undergraduate engineering program in the nation (tied with Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology).
—U.S. News & World Report (2010)

A cutting-edge school with an eye to the future.
—Kaplan Publishing College Guidebook (2008)

Most selective, with the highest percentage of freshmen who ranked in the top 10 percent in their high school class.
—U.S. News & World Report (2010)

HMC faculty rank in the top tier of the nation’s colleges.
—The Princeton Review guidebook,

The Best 366 Colleges (2008) 40% of graduates—the highest percentage among U.S. undergraduate colleges—go on to Ph.D. programs. Compared with all U.S. colleges and universities, second only to Caltech.

High school guidance counselors ranked HMC No. 3 (among over 200 liberal arts colleges) for offering the best education to their students.
—U.S. News & World Report (2010)

American Mathematical Society Inaugural Award for Exemplary Program, Harvey Mudd College Department of Mathematics (2005).

No. 2, Best Engineering College by Salary Potential.
—Payscale, Inc. (2009)

One of world’s best engineering design programs.
—Business Week (2006)