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#19 Best Undergraduate Teaching
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#83 Best Value Schools
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#18 Undergraduate Research/Creative Projects
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#2 Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs
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#5 Civil
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#3 Computer
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#4 Electrical / Electronic / Communications
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#2 Mechanical
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#6 Most Innovative Schools
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#144 Top Performers on Social Mobility
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#28 Senior Capstone
Harvey Mudd College is ranked #23 in National Liberal Arts Colleges. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence. Read more about how we rank schools.
U.S. News Overall Score
Score
84
Outcomes (35%)
Outcomes rank
23
Graduation and retention rank
6
Average 6-year graduation rate (17.6%)
93%
Average first-year student retention rate (4.4%)
97%
Social Mobility Rank
144
6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant (2.5%)
94%
6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant (2.5%)
92%
Predicted graduation rate (8%)
98%
Overperformance(+)/Underperformance(-)
-6
Expert Opinion (20%)
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
4.4
Faculty Resources (20%)
Faculty resources rank
108
Faculty compensation rank (7%)
32
Percent of faculty who are full-time (1%)
95.6%
Full-time faculty with Ph.D or terminal degree (3%)
99%
Class Size Index (8%)
Classes with fewer than 20 students
56.8%
Classes with 50 or more students
5%
Student-faculty ratio (1%)
8:1
Student Excellence (10%)
Student excellence rank
1
SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile (7.75%)
1490-1560
First-year students in top 10 percent of high school class (2.25%)
87%
Financial Resources (10%)
Financial resources rank
16
Alumni Giving (5%)
Alumni giving rank
65
Average alumni giving rate
23.4%
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Ranking Factors
- U.S. News Overall Score
- Outcomes (35%)
- Expert Opinion (20%)
- Faculty Resources (20%)
- Student Excellence (10%)
- Financial Resources (10%)
- Alumni Giving (5%)
