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Software Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University

Software Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University

If you are interested in studying software engineering, 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 Software Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Computer Software Engineering

Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Rankings

There were 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in computer software engineering, making the school the #3 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Computer Software Engineering Student Demographics at Carnegie Mellon

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

Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Master’s Program

36% Women
8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 64% of computer software engineering master's degrees went to men and 36% went to 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 computer software engineering.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 15
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 7
International Students 180
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Careers That Computer Software Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer software 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
Systems Software Developers 8,810 $103,520
Architectural and Engineering Managers 7,220 $150,400
Engineering Professors 2,950 $114,870

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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