<p>Title question</p>
<p>Probably. 99.9% of the people who live east of the Rockies have never heard of it. The only people I’ve ever met in NYS who have heard of it went there (or read about it on CC!).</p>
<p>It’s RANKED pretty highly. But is it well-known? Not really, in terms of being a household name.</p>
<p>I would say almost all liberal arts schools aren’t that well known, especially in comparison to universities. I asked my parents if they knew what Amherst and Williams were. They had no idea.</p>
<p>At least Amherst is in fact quite well known
and other LAC, neh. Not many</p>
<p>East of the Mississippi, it is far from a household name among the general public. But among science, math, technology, and engineering grad programs, and industry PhDs it is well respected. Someone once said to me, those who need to know, know about Mudd. That being said, it would still be nice for its students and alums if it were more generally well known, and I hope the college continues to make a strong national public relations effort.</p>
<p>one thing I realized from the recent “most overrated and underrated college” thread.
It looked like the Claremont colleges came up most often as the underrated college</p>
<p>Most definitly underated if you look at the US News ranking (where it is rated as #14). This is because that ranking significantly takes into account the % acceptance rate, which is fairly highat Mudd because the applicants are so self selecting. If you look at average test scores and GPA and who gets in where, it’s selectivity is quite high, but that’s not how some ranking calculate it.</p>
<p>It sounds like a Mudd degree is good prep for a graduate schools, and they would recognize the rigot of a Mudd degree. Does the lack of name recognition hurt the students that opt for a getting a job after college? It’s an exception when I find a Colorado friend who has heard of Mudd. And many of my friends are engineers.</p>
<p>Re jobs – In pre-frosh orientation, OCS Director Judy Fisher said that Mudd works hard to build recruiting relationships with employers that have similar mindsets and really appreciate Mudders. The majority of those are on the West coast. But in the economic downturn last year, she said all the Mudders who wanted jobs got them. Good ones, too, with median starting salary in the 65-70k range. Here’s [a</a> page with links to data](<a href=“http://www.hmc.edu/about/administrativeoffices/careerservices1/familymembers.html]a”>http://www.hmc.edu/about/administrativeoffices/careerservices1/familymembers.html)…</p>
<p>Thanks, geek_mom. Excellent info and links! </p>
<p>Of course as colorado_mom, I’d like to hear that there are tons of Mudd employers in CO. But I realize that is probably not be the case.</p>