Astronomy & Astrophysics at Carnegie Mellon University

What traits are you looking for in a astronomy school? To help you decide if Carnegie Mellon University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's astronomy program.

Carnegie Mellon is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 13,519. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 students received a bachelor's degree in astronomy from Carnegie Mellon.

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

Carnegie Mellon Astronomy & Astrophysics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Astronomy

Carnegie Mellon Astronomy & Astrophysics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the astronomy progam at Carnegie Mellon compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The astronomy major at Carnegie Mellon is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Astronomy & Astrophysics. 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 Focused Astronomy & Astrophysics Schools	49

Astronomy Student Demographics at Carnegie Mellon

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

Carnegie Mellon Astronomy & Astrophysics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 30% of astronomy bachelor's degrees went to men and 70% went to women. The typical astronomy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% women. So female students are more repesented at Carnegie Mellon since its program graduates 29% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% more racial-ethnic minorities in its astronomy 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 astronomy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	5
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Carnegie Mellon also has a doctoral program available in astronomy. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Chemistry
• Physics
• Materials Sciences

Careers That Astronomy Grads May Go Into

A degree in astronomy 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
Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Professors	890	$94,630
Physics Postsecondary Professors	770	$98,870
Physicists	320	$137,060

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.