Harvey Mudd College is a highly selective STEM-focused liberal arts college within the Claremont Colleges consortium, known for producing graduates with the highest mid-career salaries of any liberal arts college. Despite enrolling fewer than 900 students, its rigorous engineering, computer science, and mathematics programs rival those of much larger technical universities.
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Notable Alumni
Kathryn Thornton (NASA astronaut)•George Nelson (NASA astronaut)•Stan Love (NASA astronaut)
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Claremont is a safe, walkable suburb with low violent crime. The college consortium area is well-patrolled and the broader community is affluent and family-oriented.
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