Statistics at Carnegie Mellon University

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

Carnegie Mellon Statistics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Stats
• Master’s Degree in Stats

Carnegie Mellon Statistics Rankings

The stats major at Carnegie Mellon is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Statistics. 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 11 students who received their doctoral degrees in stats, making the school the #9 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Stats Student Demographics at Carnegie Mellon

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

Carnegie Mellon Statistics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 54% of stats bachelor's degrees went to men and 46% went to women. The typical stats bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% women. So female students are more repesented at Carnegie Mellon since its program graduates 5% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 20% more racial-ethnic minorities in its stats 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 stats.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	68
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	26
International Students	58
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

Carnegie Mellon Statistics Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 45% of stats master's degrees went to men and 55% 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 stats.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	11
International Students	28
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Concentrations Within Statistics

If you plan to be a stats 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
Statistics	216
Mathematical Statistics & Probability	8
Other Statistics	1

Related Majors

• Other Statistics
• Applied Mathematics
• Mathematics

Careers That Stats Grads May Go Into

A degree in stats 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
Natural Sciences Managers	4,480	$147,810
Statisticians	3,710	$85,180
Mathematical Science Professors	2,460	$88,390
Actuaries	1,610	$120,090
Survey Researchers	510	$60,810

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

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