Harvey Mudd Ranks in Princeton Review’s Best 392 Colleges for 2027

Harvey Mudd College is featured among the nation’s top undergraduate institutions in The Princeton Review’s most recent college guide, The Best 392 Colleges for 2027.

The Princeton Review chooses which colleges to include in the guide based on the quality of their educational programs but does not rank the colleges overall. This year, the company’s editors named the top 25 colleges in 50 separate categories, ranging from best financial aid, friendliest students and best campus food. The ranking lists are based on The Princeton Review’s surveys of students currently attending the colleges.

Harvey Mudd’s rankings in The Princeton Review’s The Best 392 Colleges for 2027 include:

• #4  Best Campus Food
• #4  Best Science Lab Facilities
• #6  LGBTQ-Friendly
• #8 Most Accessible Professors
• #8 Most Active Student Government
• #9 Professors Get High Marks
• #13 Their Students Love These Colleges
• #14 Green Matters: Everyone Cares About Conservation
• #16 Best Classroom Experience
• #19 Friendliest Students
• #20 Best Quality of Life

In The Princeton Review’s profile of Harvey Mudd, the editors write that students feel “they lead projects and follow their interests and have a lot of freedom.” They also note that students praise faculty, who they feel “put in a lot of effort to make sure everyone has a strong understanding of everything learned.”

Students are left with the overall impression that “the workload is worth it simply because of what comes out of it; that is, the friends and the knowledge that you know will last forever.”

The Princeton Review recognition reflects many of the qualities at the heart of Harvey Mudd’s new strategic plan, STEM for a Better World. High marks for science lab facilities and classroom experience underscore the College’s commitment to innovative, hands-on STEM education and state-of-the-art educational infrastructure, while recognition for accessible professors reflects the close faculty-student relationships that make the Mudd experience distinctive. Rankings for LGBTQ-friendliness, active student government and friendly students speak to the College’s commitment to inclusive excellence and student wellbeing, while honors for campus food, conservation and quality of life reflect the importance of creating a vibrant, healthy and welcoming residential community. 

Together, the rankings offer a student-centered snapshot of a College preparing creative thinkers, leaders and innovators to use STEM to make a positive impact on the world.