Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University

What traits are you looking for in a computer science school? To help you decide if Carnegie Mellon University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's computer science program.

Carnegie Mellon is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 13,519.

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

Carnegie Mellon Computer Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science
• Master’s Degree in Computer Science

Carnegie Mellon Computer Science Rankings

The computer science major at Carnegie Mellon is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Computer Science. 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 30 students who received their doctoral degrees in computer science, making the school the #7 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Computer Science Student Demographics at Carnegie Mellon

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

Carnegie Mellon Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 57% of computer science bachelor's degrees went to men and 43% went to women. The typical computer science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% women. So female students are more repesented at Carnegie Mellon since its program graduates 19% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 19% more racial-ethnic minorities in its computer science 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 science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	114
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	19
White	33
International Students	65
Other Races/Ethnicities	33

Carnegie Mellon Computer Science Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 79% of computer science master's degrees went to men and 21% 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 science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	37
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

Careers That Computer Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer science 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 Workers	19,010	$87,040
Computer and Information Systems Managers	13,070	$146,860
Computer Programmers	8,990	$85,800
Systems Software Developers	8,810	$103,520

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
• Image Credit: By Daderot under License

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