Harvey Mudd College Outcomes: $137K Median Earnings (2026)

How much do Harvey Mudd College graduates earn?

The reported median is $137,100 four years after completion. The peer comparison uses $55,915 as its benchmark; the difference is $81,185 per year.

Azimuth places the return for Harvey Mudd College in the 99th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Four years after completing a degree, federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $137,100.

That figure sits in the 99th percentile nationally. The median for comparable institutions (same type and size) is $55,915, which puts Harvey Mudd College $81,185 above the peer median.

Earnings vary substantially by program mix. The earnings scenarios range from $66,944 on the downside to $186,831 on the upside, with $137,100 as the typical scenario.

At the higher end, Computer Science graduates earn $198,257 four years after completion, from 49 degrees awarded a year. Engineering graduates earn $122,845, from 51 degrees awarded.

An estimated 30.3% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix rather than observed enrollment. Four-year earnings cover completers who are working and not enrolled, so those continuing their education are outside that snapshot.

How many Harvey Mudd College students return and finish their degrees?

First-time, full-time bachelor’s cohorts · CDS 2025-26

Returned the following fall: 95.0%
Completed within six years: 93.0%
Pell recipients completed within six years: 87.1%

Source: Harvey Mudd College Common Data Set 2025-26, B22 retention; B4–B11 six-year completion. Retention and completion follow different entering cohorts.

How could earnings differ from the median?

Earnings four years after completion

Planning rangeReported median

Lower estimate: $66,944
Median · reported: $137,100
Higher estimate: $186,831

Downside shows a lower-earning scenario based on the college’s mix of programs; upside shows a higher-earning scenario. Typical is the school’s reported median four years after completion. These are planning scenarios, not a forecast of your salary or percentiles of individual graduates.

Why the downside matters explores the risk hidden by medians, using older ten-year entrant data. Read about the move to four-year earnings.

Do Harvey Mudd College graduates earn more than expected?

Azimuth models what we would expect graduates to earn based on who the college enrolls, how selective it is and its local economy. The difference between that expectation and reported earnings is what Azimuth calls value added.

That comparison is not reported for Harvey Mudd College. Unlike a peer comparison, it adjusts for who enrolls.

The breakdown separates the contribution attributed to observed factors from the remaining difference. Neither component establishes how much attending Harvey Mudd College caused a student to earn. Read how expected earnings are estimated.

Which fields at Harvey Mudd College report the highest earnings?

Harvey Mudd College offers only two ranked bachelor's programs, and both sit near the top of their fields nationally. Engineering is the largest program with published earnings, with 51 degrees awarded and median earnings of $122,845 four years after completion.

Azimuth ranks it #2 among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field. Computer Science awards nearly as many degrees, at 49, but its graduates earn considerably more four years after completion: a median of $198,257.

Azimuth ranks the program #11 nationally. The earnings gap between the two programs is wide, and the higher-earning field is not the one awarding the most degrees.

A student choosing between them is choosing between two very different earnings paths, both strong by national standards.

Harvey Mudd College awards just over two-thirds of its bachelor's degrees in three technical families. Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies accounts for 26.0% of degrees, Engineering for 22.1%, and Computer & Information Sciences for 21.2%.

The college has 2 nationally ranked program. The largest program with published earnings is Engineering, at 51 degrees a year.

Azimuth ranks it #2 nationally within its field and #1 in California, and graduates earn a median of $122,845 four years after completion. Computer Science is the highest-earning program, with a median of $198,257 four years out, from 49 degrees a year.

Further analysis

Earnings scenarios estimated from the program mix show a downside of $66,944, a typical outcome of $137,100, and an upside of $186,831. The spread is wide, and the named programs anchor it: Computer Science graduates earn $198,257 four years out, while Engineering, the lower-earning of the two large programs, reports $122,845.

Four years after completing a degree, federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $137,100. Azimuth places that figure in the 99th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions, based on an earnings cohort of 135 completers.

Earnings scenarios estimated from the program mix show a typical figure of $137,100, with a downside scenario of $66,944 and an upside scenario of $186,831. An estimated 30.3% of graduates continue to graduate study, based on the program mix.

Data & methodology

Sources and reporting periods: methodology.

Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.

Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.

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