Computer Software & Applications at Carnegie Mellon University

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

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 Software & Applications section at the bottom of this page.

Carnegie Mellon Computer Software & Applications Degrees Available

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

Carnegie Mellon Computer Software & Applications Rankings

The computer software major at Carnegie Mellon is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Computer Software & Applications. 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.

Computer Software Student Demographics at Carnegie Mellon

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

Carnegie Mellon Computer Software & Applications Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of computer software bachelor's degrees went to men and 0% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Carnegie Mellon Computer Software & Applications Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 41% of computer software master's degrees went to men and 59% 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 software.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	11
International Students	72
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Concentrations Within Computer Software & Applications

If you plan to be a computer software major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. 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 Graphics	74

Related Majors

• Computer Systems Networking
• Information Technology
• Computer Science
• Computer Information Systems

Careers That Computer Software Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer software 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 Programmers	8,990	$85,800
Graphic Designers	8,710	$53,050
Database Administrators	5,390	$84,510
Web Developers	4,610	$72,030

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.