Is Harvey Mudd test optional?

Yes. You can apply without a score. A common rule is to send it if it's at or above 1510 and hold it if it's under.

What is Harvey Mudd's acceptance rate?

13% of applicants were admitted in 2025–26, according to the college's Common Data Set or, where that's missing, IPEDS, the federal college survey. In fall 2024, 645 of 5,094 applicants were admitted. Applications rose 24%, from 4,119 in 2015 to 5,094 in 2024, and Harvey Mudd's admit rate went from 13% to 13%.

What ACT score do you need for Harvey Mudd?

21% of first-year students sent an ACT, and they scored 35–36, with a median of 35. On the official ACT–SAT concordance, their SAT range of 1500–1560 works out to about 34–35.

Does applying early decision help at Harvey Mudd?

18% of early decision applicants were admitted (109 of 594), against 13% of all applicants. Early pools often include recruited athletes and other strong applicants, so the real edge is smaller than the gap.

How many students get off the waitlist at Harvey Mudd?

0 of the 439 students who stayed on the waitlist were admitted, or 0.0%, per the Common Data Set 2025–26.

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What SAT score do you need for Harvey Mudd? (Middle 50%: 1500–1560)

First-year students at Harvey Mudd who sent an SAT scored 1500–1560, with a median of 1510 (Common Data Set 2025–26). Harvey Mudd admits 13% of applicants and is test optional.

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Where your score lands at Harvey Mudd

First-year students who sent an SAT: 1500–1560, median 1510

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Harvey Mudd by the numbers

Admit rate: 13%
Middle 50% SAT: 1500–1560
Median SAT: 1510
About on the ACT: 34–35
Sent an SAT: 55%

Test optional · checked Nov 9, 2026 · Harvey Mudd admissions · SAT range from the Common Data Set, 2025–26; admit rate from it or IPEDS

Harvey Mudd admit rate over 10 years

Applications rose 24%, from 4,119 in 2015 to 5,094 in 2024, and Harvey Mudd's admit rate went from 13% to 13%.

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Fall	Applied	Admitted	Admit rate
2024	5,094	645	13%
2023	4,792	626	13%
2022	4,440	593	13%
2021	4,737	473	10%
2020	3,397	610	18%
2019	4,045	553	14%
2018	4,101	594	14%
2017	4,078	629	15%
2016	4,180	538	13%
2015	4,119	534	13%

In fall 2024, 231 of the 645 admitted students enrolled. Applicants and admits from IPEDS, the federal college survey, by fall of entry.

What each SAT score means at Harvey Mudd

Which tier your score puts them in, and whether it's worth sending.

Your SATTierSend it?

Under 1450Far reachHold
1450–1500ReachHold
1510 and upReachSend

135014001450150015501600

Tiers here use only your SAT and their admit rate. Essays, activities and recommendations still decide most admissions at selective colleges.

Harvey Mudd SAT sections, ACT and class rank

Scores of enrolled first-year students who sent one, by percentile.

Test	25th	Median	75th
SAT Math	760	790	800
SAT Reading and Writing	740	760	770
SAT total	1500	1510	1560
ACT composite	35	35	36

Of enrolled first-year students, 55% sent an SAT and 21% sent an ACT. Common Data Set 2025–26.

Top 10% of their class: 95%; of new students who reported a rank

Harvey Mudd early decision and waitlist

Early decision

109 of 594 early decision applicants were admitted.

Early decision18%
All applicants13%

Early pools often include recruited athletes and other strong applicants, so the gap overstates how much applying early helps on its own.

Waitlist

685 applicants were offered a spot, 439 took it, and 0 were admitted from it.

0.0%of students who stayed on the waitlist got in

Common Data Set 2025–26.

Harvey Mudd cost and outcomes

What students pay after grants, how many finish, and what they earn.

Average net price: $35,924; per year, after grants
Graduate in 6 years: 92%
Median earnings: $138,687; 10 years after starting
Undergraduates: 1,002

College Scorecard, 2022–23, from the US Department of Education. Net price averages federal-aid students across family incomes.

Colleges like Harvey Mudd

Similar SAT ranges and admit rates.

Sources

Harvey Mudd Common Data Set 2025–26
SAT and ACT ranges, early decision, waitlist, GPA and class rank, as the college reported them.
College Navigator (IPEDS)
Applications, admissions and enrollment by year, from the federal college survey.
College Scorecard
Net price, graduation rate and earnings, from the US Department of Education.
Harvey Mudd admissions
Test policy for 2026–27, checked Nov 9, 2026.
Harvey Mudd website
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There's no cutoff. The middle 50% of first-year students who sent an SAT scored 1500–1560, and the median was 1510. At 1510 or higher you're above half of them. Harvey Mudd admits 13% of applicants, so a top score keeps you in the running but doesn't decide it.

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