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General Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University

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General Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University

If you plan to study general engineering, 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 has a total student population of 13,519. Of the 1,953 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Carnegie Mellon University in 2021, 22 of them were general engineering majors.

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

Carnegie Mellon General Engineering Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
  • Master’s Degree in Engineering
  • Doctorate Degree in Engineering

Carnegie Mellon General Engineering Rankings

The engineering major at Carnegie Mellon is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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.

In 2021, 2 students received their master’s degree in engineering from Carnegie Mellon. This makes it the #82 most popular school for engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 11 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #15 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 General Engineering Bachelor’s Program

64% Women
55% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 22 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in engineering from Carnegie Mellon in 2021, 36% were men and 64% were women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 23% women. So female students are more repesented at Carnegie Mellon since its program graduates 41% more women than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 22% 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.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 9
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 9
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Carnegie Mellon General Engineering Master’s Program

50% Women
The engineering program at Carnegie Mellon awarded 2 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 50% of these degrees went to men with the other 50% going 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 engineering.

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

Carnegie Mellon also has a doctoral program available in engineering. In 2021, 11 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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
Architectural and Engineering Managers 7,220 $150,400
Engineers 4,850 $96,550
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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