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After Harvey Mudd: graduation, pay and debt

Claremont, California · Private · 921 undergrads

94% of Harvey Mudd students finish within six years, the typical student earns $164,248 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $25,000 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$164.2k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
94%
finish within six years.
78%
finish in four years.
96%
of first-years come back for year two.
$25k
median federal debt at graduation.
All the federal numbers

Finishing

Finished in four yearsIPEDS, fall 2023
78%
Finished within six yearsIPEDS, fall 2023
94%
First-years who came back for year twoCollege Scorecard, fall 2024
96%
Men who finished within six yearsIPEDS, students who started in 2017
95%
Women who finished within six yearsIPEDS, students who started in 2017
92%
Students in that six-year groupIPEDS, students who started in 2017
224
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
94%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
5%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
214
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard, earlier release
4.9%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$132,493
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard, 2022-23
$164,248
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
86%

Pay is for students who got federal aid and are working, counted from the year they started college, whether or not they finished.

Debt and paying it back

Median federal debt, students who graduatedCollege Scorecard, 2024-25
$25,000
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard, earlier release
$19,500
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$20,494
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$19,500

Federal student loans only. Private loans and Parent PLUS loans aren't counted.

Where these numbers come from
  • Admit rate and applicants: Common Data Set, fall 2025 (checked Oct 31, 2026)
  • GPA, early rounds and wait list: Common Data Set, fall 2025 (checked Oct 31, 2026)
  • Cost, pay and debt: College Scorecard, 2024-25 (checked Oct 31, 2026)
  • Deadlines: hmc.edu, 2026-27 (checked Nov 5, 2026)
  • Test rule: hmc.edu, fall 2027 (checked Nov 2, 2026)

Updated Nov 5, 2026Spot a mistake?How we get our numbers