Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at HMC

At Harvey Mudd College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 14.20%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 13.00%. Harvey Mudd College has beep kept its acceptance rate very low and it is hard that applicants admit into the school.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 38.63%, and the 2024 yield is 35.96%.

The number of HMC applicants increased by 7.93% (352 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 14.20%, and this year's acceptance rate is 13.00% at Harvey Mudd College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 9.89% and women students' rate is 23.52%. Harvey Mudd College has beep kept its acceptance rate very low and it is hard that applicants admit into the school.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Harvey Mudd College over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	18.17%	12.53%	31.70%
2014-15	14.25% -3.92%	10.39% -2.14%	23.39% -8.31%
2015-16	12.96% -1.28%	9.39% -1.01%	21.44% -1.95%
2016-17	12.87% -0.09%	9.48% 0.09%	19.97% -1.47%
2017-18	15.42% 2.55%	10.04% 0.57%	27.60% 7.63%
2018-19	14.48% -0.94%	9.88% -0.17%	23.70% -3.90%
2019-20	13.67% -0.81%	9.24% -0.64%	23.82% 0.12%
2020-21	17.96% 4.29%	12.61% 3.37%	28.81% 4.99%
2021-22	10.01% -7.95%	7.00% -5.61%	15.99% -12.83%
2022-23	13.36% 3.35%	9.25% 2.24%	21.34% 5.35%
2023-24	13.00% -0.36%	9.00% -0.25%	21.00% -0.34%
Average	14.20%	9.89%	23.52%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 38.63% where the current academic year yield is 35.96%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Harvey Mudd College from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	33.75%	36.42%	31.21%
2014-15	37.21% 3.47%	37.92% 1.50%	36.47% 5.26%
2015-16	40.07% 2.86%	42.65% 4.73%	37.40% 0.93%
2016-17	40.15% 0.07%	43.28% 0.64%	36.30% -1.11%
2017-18	35.77% -4.38%	38.03% -5.26%	33.91% -2.38%
2018-19	39.39% 3.62%	41.48% 3.45%	37.65% 3.74%
2019-20	40.51% 1.11%	43.46% 1.98%	37.88% 0.23%
2020-21	34.26% -6.24%	38.68% -4.79%	30.34% -7.54%
2021-22	47.89% 13.63%	53.18% 14.51%	43.14% 12.80%
2022-23	39.97% -7.92%	42.80% -10.38%	37.58% -5.56%
2023-24	35.96% -4.01%	41.84% -0.96%	31.03% -6.54%
Average	38.63%	41.80%	35.72%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 4,101, the average number of admitted is 574, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 220.

The number of HMC applicants increased by 7.93% (352 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Harvey Mudd College from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	3,539	643	217
2014-15	3,678 3.93%	524 -18.51%	195 -10.14%
2015-16	4,119 11.99%	534 1.91%	214 9.74%
2016-17	4,180 1.48%	538 0.75%	216 0.93%
2017-18	4,078 -2.44%	629 16.91%	225 4.17%
2018-19	4,101 0.56%	594 -5.56%	234 4.00%
2019-20	4,045 -1.37%	553 -6.90%	224 -4.27%
2020-21	3,397 -16.02%	610 10.31%	209 -6.70%
2021-22	4,737 39.45%	474 -22.30%	227 8.61%
2022-23	4,440 -6.27%	593 25.11%	237 4.41%
2023-24	4,792 7.93%	623 5.06%	224 -5.49%
Average	4,101	574	220

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between Harvey Mudd College and similar schools.