Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University

56% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

What traits are you looking for in a engineering school? To help you decide if Carnegie Mellon University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's engineering 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 Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

Carnegie Mellon Engineering Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
Master’s Degree in Engineering

Carnegie Mellon Engineering Rankings

The engineering major at Carnegie Mellon is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering. 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 144 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #18 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at Carnegie Mellon

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

Carnegie Mellon Engineering Bachelor’s Program

45% Women

56% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 55% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 45% went to women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 26% 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 26% more racial-ethnic minorities in its engineering 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 engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	136
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	56
White	100
International Students	58
Other Races/Ethnicities	47

Carnegie Mellon Engineering Master’s Program

29% Women

14% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 71% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 29% 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 engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	111
Black or African American	17
Hispanic or Latino	35
White	121
International Students	949
Other Races/Ethnicities	61

Concentrations Within Engineering

Engineering majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. 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
Electrical Engineering	548
Mechanical Engineering	298
Computer Engineering	144
Robotics Engineering	133
Chemical Engineering	126
Civil Engineering	125
Biomedical Engineering	95
Other Engineering	37
General Engineering	35
Engineering Science	19
Biological Engineering	13
Operations Research	8
Construction Engineering	4
Engineering Mechanics	3
Environmental Engineering	3
Manufacturing Engineering	1

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering 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
Mechanical Engineers	16,590	$85,740
Civil Engineers	12,530	$88,740
Industrial Engineers	9,280	$86,080
Electrical Engineers	8,870	$94,870

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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