Carnegie Mellon University Overview

Carnegie Mellon University is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

What Is Carnegie Mellon University Known For?

• Students who want to work more closely with their professors have an easier time at Carnegie Mellon since the student to facuty ratio is 5 to 1.
• Although it may not be available for every major, the doctor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at Carnegie Mellon.
• In 2021-2022, 92% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Carnegie Mellon makes roughly $111,064 a year. This is 172% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.
• On average, it takes about 4.2 years for students from Carnegie Mellon to earn a bachelor's degree. This is excellent when compared to the average of 4.4 years.

Where Is Carnegie Mellon University?

Contact details for Carnegie Mellon are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890
Phone:	412-268-2000
Website:	www.cmu.edu

How Do I Get Into Carnegie Mellon?

You can apply to Carnegie Mellon online at: admission.enrollment.cmu.edu/pages/apply-now

Admission Requirements for Carnegie Mellon

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	5
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	1
Recommendations	1
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Carnegie Mellon?

If you plan to apply to Carnegie Mellon, make sure you don't wait until the last minute to fill out your application. The school is one of the most selective in the United States and has a low acceptance rate of 11%. If you are admitted, that's something to brag about!

Approximately 48% of accepted students are men and 52% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 9%, and the acceptance rate for women is 15%.

Average Test Scores

About 51% of students accepted to Carnegie Mellon submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 720 and 770. Math scores were between 770 and 800.

Carnegie Mellon received ACT scores from 20% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 33 and 36. Math scores were between 34 and 0. Composite scores were between 34 and 35.

Can I Afford Carnegie Mellon University?

The overall average net price of Carnegie Mellon is $57,606. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Carnegie Mellon, approximately 37% of students took out student loans averaging $7,148 a year. That adds up to $28,592 over four years for those students.

Carnegie Mellon University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 6,932 undergraduate students at Carnegie Mellon, with 6,743 being full-time and 189 being part-time.

There are also 8,125 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 6,743 full-time undergraduates at Carnegie Mellon, 50% are male and 50% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Carnegie Mellon University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	2,266
Black or African American	262
Hispanic or Latino	661
White	1,572
International Students	1,228
Other Races/Ethnicities	754

Geographic Diversity

Pennsylvania students aren't the only ones who study at Carnegie Mellon University. At this time, 45 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 102 countries are represented at Carnegie Mellon. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and South Korea.

Online Learning at Carnegie Mellon University

In 2022-2023, 3,246 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Carnegie Mellon has changed over the last few years.

Carnegie Mellon University Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Computer Information Systems	100	1	667	53	821
Electrical Engineering	166	0	337	33	536
Computer Science	255	0	81	28	364
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	4	12	297	2	315
Mechanical Engineering	113	0	121	28	262
Statistics	189	0	34	10	233
Information Technology	0	0	169	0	169
Business Administration & Management	138	0	0	0	138
Biomedical Engineering	65	0	58	11	134
Computer Engineering	0	0	117	3	120
Systems Theory	118	0	0	0	118
Chemical Engineering	44	0	35	30	109
Public Policy	5	0	98	2	105
Music	27	38	39	0	104
Robotics Engineering	12	0	63	23	98
Civil Engineering	34	0	57	6	97
Materials Sciences	33	0	30	17	80
Drama & Theater Arts	53	0	19	0	72
Economics	55	0	4	9	68
Mathematics	42	0	16	6	64
Physics	36	0	8	14	58
Engineering-Related Fields	0	12	41	1	54
Arts & Media Management	0	0	53	0	53
Computational Science	0	0	52	0	52
Architectural Sciences & Technology	36	0	13	1	50
Writing Studies	21	0	23	3	47
Chemistry	29	0	7	11	47
Design & Applied Arts	31	0	11	4	46
Computer Software & Applications	1	0	42	0	43
General Engineering	19	0	8	13	40
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics	15	0	18	6	39
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	32	0	1	6	39
Computer Systems Networking	0	0	37	0	37
General Psychology	33	0	1	3	37
Fine & Studio Arts	33	0	4	0	37
Health & Medical Administrative Services	0	0	34	0	34
Other Statistics	33	0	0	0	33
International Relations & National Security	21	0	9	0	30
Philosophy	17	0	9	3	29
Applied Mathematics	24	0	0	3	27
Liberal Arts General Studies	26	0	0	0	26
Other Engineering	2	0	22	0	24
General Engineering Technology	3	0	20	0	23
English Literature (Other)	0	0	21	2	23
Human Computer Interaction	0	0	23	0	23
General Biology	18	0	0	3	21
Public Administration	0	0	19	0	19
History	14	0	2	1	17
Cognitive Science	17	0	0	0	17
General Architecture	9	0	0	2	11
Biopsychology	10	0	0	0	10
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology	0	0	9	0	9
Operations Research	0	0	1	8	9
Engineering Science	0	0	8	0	8
Astronomy & Astrophysics	8	0	0	0	8
Behavioral Science	0	0	5	2	7
Sustainability Science	0	0	7	0	7
Engineering Mechanics	0	0	3	3	6
Foreign Language, Literature & Linguistics (Other)	0	0	3	3	6
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	3	0	3	0	6
Data Analytics	0	0	6	0	6
Biological Engineering	0	0	5	0	5
East Asian Languages	5	0	0	0	5
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	3	0	0	1	4
Construction Engineering	0	0	3	1	4
Environmental Engineering	0	0	2	2	4
International Studies	4	0	0	0	4
Management Information Systems	0	0	3	0	3
Romance Languages	3	0	0	0	3
Entrepreneurial Studies	2	0	0	0	2
Other Computer & Information Sciences	0	0	0	2	2
General English Literature	2	0	0	0	2
Science, Technology & Society	2	0	0	0	2
Other Psychology	0	0	0	2	2
Electronics Engineering Technology	1	0	0	0	1
Manufacturing Engineering	0	0	1	0	1
Germanic Languages	1	0	0	0	1
Medieval Studies	1	0	0	0	1
Natural Resources Conservation	1	0	0	0	1
Other Social Sciences	0	0	1	0	1
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	1	0	0	0	1
General Visual & Performing Arts	1	0	0	0	1
Environmental Design	0	0	0	0	0
Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other)	0	0	0	0	0
Business/Managerial Economics	0	0	0	0	0
Finance & Financial Management	0	0	0	0	0
Human Resource Management	0	0	0	0	0
International Business	0	0	0	0	0
Marketing	0	0	0	0	0
Journalism	0	0	0	0	0
Radio, Television & Digital Communication	0	0	0	0	0
Computer Programming	0	0	0	0	0
Multilingual Education	0	0	0	0	0
Nanotechnology	0	0	0	0	0
Engineering Physics	0	0	0	0	0
Area Studies	0	0	0	0	0
Ethnic Studies	0	0	0	0	0
Textile & Apparel Studies	0	0	0	0	0
Classical Languages & Literature	0	0	0	0	0
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages	0	0	0	0	0
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	0	0	0	0	0
Natural Resource Management	0	0	0	0	0
General Physical Sciences	0	0	0	0	0
Other Physical Science	0	0	0	0	0
Political Science & Government	0	0	0	0	0
Urban Studies	0	0	0	0	0
Other Visual Art	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	1,971	63	2,780	361	5,175

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
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