Computer & Information Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University

55% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you are interested in studying computer & information sciences, you may want to check out the program at Carnegie Mellon University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Carnegie Mellon is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and approximately 13,519 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Computer & Information Sciences section at the bottom of this page.

Carnegie Mellon Computer & Information Sciences Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer & Information Sciences
Master’s Degree in Computer & Information Sciences

Carnegie Mellon Computer & Information Sciences Rankings

The computer & information sciences major at Carnegie Mellon is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Computer & Information Sciences. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

There were 74 students who received their doctoral degrees in computer & information sciences, making the school the #3 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Computer & Information Sciences Student Demographics at Carnegie Mellon

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computer & information sciences majors at Carnegie Mellon University.

Carnegie Mellon Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Program

50% Women

55% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of computer & information sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical computer & information sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% women. So female students are more repesented at Carnegie Mellon since its program graduates 23% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% more racial-ethnic minorities in its computer & information sciences bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a bachelor's in computer & information sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	171
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	22
White	43
International Students	93
Other Races/Ethnicities	44

Carnegie Mellon Computer & Information Sciences Master’s Program

44% Women

10% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 56% of computer & information sciences master's degrees went to men and 44% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a master's in computer & information sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	126
Black or African American	17
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	119
International Students	1,342
Other Races/Ethnicities	69

Concentrations Within Computer & Information Sciences

The following computer & information sciences concentations are available at Carnegie Mellon University. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Carnegie Mellon University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Computer Information Systems	701
Computer Science	340
Information Technology	177
Computer Systems Networking	94
Computer Software & Applications	74

Careers That Computer & Information Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer & information sciences can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for PA, the home state for Carnegie Mellon University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Software Applications Developers	28,260	$96,370
Computer User Support Specialists	22,790	$52,370
Computer Systems Analysts	21,910	$95,990
Computer Workers	19,010	$87,040
Computer and Information Systems Managers	13,070	$146,860

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
O*NET Online
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