Harvey Mudd Ranks High for Career Placement and ROI in Princeton Review
January 31, 2017Share story
无忧视频 ranked No. 2 for 鈥淏est Career Placement鈥� and No. 4 for 鈥淭op 50 Colleges That Pay You Back鈥� in The Princeton Review鈥檚 2017 edition of聽
The Princeton Review made its selections based on return on investment ratings it tallied for 650 schools last year. The ratings weighted 40 data points that covered everything from academics, cost and financial aid to graduation rates, student debt and alumni salaries and job satisfaction. The Princeton Review editors culled data from the company鈥檚 surveys of administrators and students in 2015鈥�2016 and from PayScale鈥檚 surveys of school alumni conducted through April 2016.
Robert Franek, The Princeton Review鈥檚 senior vice president/publisher and lead author of the book,聽聽about the five top colleges for ROI, including Harvey Mudd.
鈥淭hese are all exceptional schools,鈥� Franek said. 鈥淭hey are all exceptionally hard to get into, but once you are in return on these investments are going to be exceptional by way of discounted tuition and great jobs after you graduate.鈥�
In the previous year鈥檚 edition (2016), Harvey Mudd also ranked No. 4 for 鈥淭op 50 Colleges That Pay You Back鈥� and No. 1 for 鈥淏est Career Placement鈥�.
Harvey Mudd鈥檚聽Office of Career Services聽(OCS) assists students in every stage of career development, from selecting a major and searching for jobs and internships to exploring careers and researching graduate schools. The office organizes well-attended fall and spring career fairs, which connect students with more than 150 prospective employers per year, allowing them to forge relationships with industry participants and to secure jobs and internships. OCS also offers many programs to help prepare students for life after Harvey Mudd, including networking workshops, mock interview training and a variety of career information sessions featuring both alumni and non-alumni recruiters.