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. Of the 1,953 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Carnegie Mellon University in 2021, 171 of them were statistics majors.

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
• Doctorate Degree in Stats

Carnegie Mellon Statistics Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks stats programs across the country. The following shows how Carnegie Mellon performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Statistics Doctor’s Degree Schools	8
Most Focused Statistics Master’s Degree Schools	12

In 2021, 43 students received their master’s degree in stats from Carnegie Mellon. This makes it the #22 most popular school for stats master’s degree candidates in the country.

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.

Earnings of Carnegie Mellon Stats Graduates

The median salary of stats students who receive their bachelor's degree at Carnegie Mellon is $89,636. This is 81% higher than $49,491, which is the national average for all stats bachelor's degree recipients.

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

The stats program at Carnegie Mellon awarded 171 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 47% of these degrees went to men with the other 53% going to women. The typical stats bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Carnegie Mellon since its program graduates 10% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 32% 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	84
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	21
International Students	44
Other Races/Ethnicities	16

Carnegie Mellon Statistics Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 47% of stats master's degrees went to men and 53% 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	0
White	7
International Students	29
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.