Harvey Mudd - College Admission Counseling https://greatcollegeadvice.com Great College Advice Fri, 15 Aug 2025 10:29:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://greatcollegeadvice.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/758df36141c47d1f8f375b9cc39a9095.png Harvey Mudd - College Admission Counseling https://greatcollegeadvice.com 32 32 The Value of Your College Degree https://greatcollegeadvice.com/the-value-of-your-college-degree/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-value-of-your-college-degree Sun, 31 Jul 2011 17:26:51 +0000 https://greatcollegeadvice.com/?p=7626 Working on your college list? Start thinking beyond your four years of college and consider how the college you choose to attend will prepare you for a successful career!

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]]>   Deciding where to go college is not only a big decision for a family but it is also a big financial investment. Often, students are quick to only use criteria in shaping their college list that impacts their immediate future. Are the residence halls nice? Is the recreation center updated? Does the dining hall offer organic options? These are all great questions to ask on your college tours but I propose that students, and families, take a good hard look at the long-term picture and consider the impact their college choice will have on the student’s future.
A group called PayScale.com has conducted surveys over the past few years that examine how well students do when they graduate from specific colleges and what the return on that initial college investment will look like. This past week, The Huffington Post ran a story about the twelve top paying liberal arts schools. This survey  looks at how well the graduates from schools such as Harvey Mudd and Colgate University do in terms of their starting salary in a job and their career median salary.
However, considering the value of a college degree does not just mean looking at the salary you will make coming out of college. It is also about understanding the kinds of connections you will be able to make as a result of being an alumnus from a particular college. When starting to think about going to college thinking about being part of an alumni network may seem like the furthest thing away. However, the value of a strong alumni network at a college may be crucial to your success both during college, in regards to internship opportunities, but also upon graduation when you are looking for a job. Having a strong alumni base will help you draw connections when it comes to your career interest, location you want to be working, and advice you are seeking in the profession.
Therefore, when you are starting to work on your college list don’t just think about your next four years, think about the lifetime of success that a particular college may be able to provide.
 
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]]> Harvey Mudd College–The Claremont College with a Clear Math and Science Focus https://greatcollegeadvice.com/harvey-mudd-college-the-claremont-college-with-a-clear-math-and-science-focus/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=harvey-mudd-college-the-claremont-college-with-a-clear-math-and-science-focus Mon, 05 Jan 2009 06:28:22 +0000 https://greatcollegeadvice.com/?p=1383 Not so long ago I paid a visit to Harvey Mudd College, one of the five Claremont Colleges in the Los Angeles area. Harvey Mudd was a pleasant surprise. With its small size and razor sharp focus on math and science education, Mudd is the perfect place for a student who wants a strong grounding […]

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]]> Not so long ago I paid a visit to Harvey Mudd College, one of the five Claremont Colleges in the Los Angeles area. Harvey Mudd was a pleasant surprise. With its small size and razor sharp focus on math and science education, Mudd is the perfect place for a student who wants a strong grounding in the fundamentals of science and math, while still pursuing the riches of a liberal arts education.

Harvey Mudd has only 10 majors, but each major is designed to give students a strong foundation. Its core curriculum includes two full years of math, four semesters of chemistry, and three semesters of physics.

I was especially impressed with its major in engineering, which is more general in scope than what you might find at other universities that offer majors in each of the specialties (electrical, civil, mechanical, and so on). The philosophy at Mudd is that any engineer of whatever specialty needs to have a very strong background in physics and math, as well as the basic principles of engineering. Specialization will come later, of course, for most of Mudd engineers will pursue graduate degrees. The goal is to build a rock-solid foundation.

Personally, I like this approach in college. Instead of trying to be all things to all people and providing an endless smorgasbord of choices, Mudd focuses in on what its faculty believe to be critical to success in the profession, and delivers.

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