Claremont, CA · Private nonprofit
12.7%
Acceptance rate
1,537
SAT Average
$32,492
Avg net price
915
Enrollment
| All fields, 2024-25Bachelor’s 228 |
| Bachelor’s 66 |
| Bachelor’s 58 |
| Bachelor’s 54 |
| Bachelor’s 27 |
| Bachelor’s 13 |
| Bachelor’s 8 |
| Bachelor’s 1 |
| Bachelor’s 1 |
| Bachelor’s 0 |
| Bachelor’s 0 |
| Bachelor’s 0 |
NCAA program details
NCAA program
Claremont McKenna-Harvey Mudd-Scripps Colleges
- Primary division
- Division III
- Primary conference
- Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf.
Projected sponsored sports23
Early Decision I
Binding · Decision released by Dec 15 · CSS Profile, FAFSA due Nov 15
Early Decision II
Binding · Decision released by Feb 15 · CSS Profile, FAFSA due Jan 5
Regular Decision
Decision released by Apr 1 · CSS Profile, FAFSA due Feb 1
· Apply with Common App
Published on-campus price, 2024–25
- Tuition
- $68,262
- Required fees
- $351
- Food and housing
- $22,318
- Books and supplies
- $800
- Other expenses
- $1,400
- Total
- $93,131
- $79,5392019–2019–20
- $79,5392020–2120–21
- $82,2362021–2221–22
- $84,8962022–2322–23
- $90,1652023–2423–24
- $93,1312024–2524–25
Net price by family income, 2022–23
Students of all incomes paid $32,492 on average. Grants and scholarships covered the rest of the cost.
Net price covers first-time, full-time students who received federal aid.
Need-based aid, 2025–26
- First-years with need-based aid
- 44%
- Average share of need met
- 100%
- Average need-based grant
- $64,941
- Required forms
- FAFSA, CSS Profile, State aid form, and CSS Noncustodial Profile
Sources
- IPEDS Institutional Characteristics · National Center for Education Statistics · 2025–26
- IPEDS Admissions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03
- Application process · College websites · 2026–27
- NCAA Projected Sports Sponsorship by School · National Collegiate Athletic Association · 2025–26
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- IPEDS Completions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- IPEDS Student Charges · National Center for Education Statistics · 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
Every figure below is read directly from Harvey Mudd College’s own reported data, with no scores, ratings, or estimates added. Derived from 5 Common Data Set filings (2021–22 to 2025–26).
Harvey Mudd College admitted of applicants, a admit rate. Of those, enrolled, a yield, across 5 years of Common Data Set filings.
Harvey Mudd College runs two binding Early Decision rounds. ED applicants were admitted at versus for the regular pool, a edge, and ED admits fill of the class.
The enrolled class is roughly international, and about of its domestic students come from out of state. Harvey Mudd College admits in-state applicants at 12.4%, out-of-state applicants at 17.8%, and international applicants at 5.3%.
Enrolled first-years by geography
236 first-years
Admit odds by pool
Test scores are considered but not required. SAT or ACT scores must arrive by Feb 5. Of enrolled first-years, submitted an SAT, up from 40% in 2021–22, and an ACT.
Some students submit both an SAT and an ACT, so the two shares overlap. They don’t add up to a single “submitted a test” rate.
SAT composite
55% of the class submitted an SAT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
ACT composite
21% of the class submitted an ACT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
ranked in the top tenth of their high-school class, among the 18% who submitted class rank.
High-school class rank
Among the 18% of first-years who submitted class rank. Shares are cumulative — students in the top tenth also count in the top quarter and top half.
Harvey Mudd College rates 3 factors "very important." Each column reads strongest first.
Academic
- Rigor of secondary school record
- Very important
- Academic GPA
- Very important
- Recommendation(s)
- Very important
- Application essay
- Important
- Class rank
- Considered
- Standardized test scores
- Considered
Nonacademic
- Extracurricular activities
- Important
- Character / personal qualities
- Important
- Interview
- Considered
- Talent / ability
- Considered
- First generation
- Considered
- Geographical residence
- Considered
- State residency
- Considered
- Volunteer work
- Considered
- Work experience
- Considered
- Alumni/ae relation
- Not considered
- Religious affiliation/commitment
- Not considered
- Level of applicant's interest
- Not considered
Harvey Mudd College leaves 2 Common Data Set answers blank — each one hidden below with what it would tell you.
Without the GPA spread, a family can’t see where their transcript lands within the class.
Without the average GPA, there’s no single midpoint to place a transcript against.
Does disclose: SAT / ACT score bands (C9) · Admissions factor grid (C7) · Early Decision applicants & admits (C21) · Students admitted off the waitlist (C2)
Harvey Mudd College’s sticker drops once grant aid is applied, and what a family actually pays depends on income. of first-years received need-based aid; a family with no aid pays the full sticker. The school meets of demonstrated need, split into .
What aid recipients pay, by income
net price
Bars read against the $97,304 sticker. Each figure averages only families who received federal aid in that income band (College Scorecard); $32,492 across all aid recipients. Aid share: 103 of 233 first-years in the 2025–26 Common Data Set.
How need-based aid is determined
Cost of attendance − expected family contribution = demonstrated need
Forms a family files to be considered
What that meant in 2025–26
Cost of attendance $97,304
Averages among the 103 first-years awarded need-based aid.
Merit aid reached of the class, or of enrolled first-years. For international applicants, Harvey Mudd College offers both need-based and merit aid: nonresidents received aid, averaging .
Harvey Mudd College admitted students off the waitlist, about of the class.
96.6% of Harvey Mudd College’s first-years return for a second year and 93.8% graduate within six. Median earnings ten years out are against of median federal debt, roughly a earnings-to-debt ratio.
Sources
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03