<p>Furthermore, gomestar, while Harvey Mudd is not a prestigious 'household' name, it is extremely prestigious among employers and graduate schools. As sakky indicated, the average starting salary for Mudd graduates is consistently extremely high. Furthermore, we have the highest rate of Ph.D's in the nation, and our graduates don't go to "easy" graduate schools either. We regularly send students to Harvard, Stanford, MIT, Berkeley, etc...</p>