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Information Technology at Carnegie Mellon University

If you plan to study information technology, take a look at what Carnegie Mellon University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

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 Information Technology section at the bottom of this page.

Carnegie Mellon Information Technology Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in IT

Carnegie Mellon Information Technology Rankings

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In 2021, 177 students received their master’s degree in IT from Carnegie Mellon. This makes it the #7 most popular school for IT master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in IT, making the school the #8 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

IT Student Demographics at Carnegie Mellon

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

Carnegie Mellon Information Technology Master’s Program

36% Women
11% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 177 students graduated with a master's degree in IT from Carnegie Mellon. About 64% were men and 36% were women.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 12
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 6
White 35
International Students 119
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

Carnegie Mellon also has a doctoral program available in IT. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Careers That IT Grads May Go Into

A degree in IT 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
Computer User Support Specialists 22,790 $52,370
Computer Workers 19,010 $87,040
Computer and Information Systems Managers 13,070 $146,860
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 12,760 $77,700
Managers 11,060 $126,290

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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