The main focus area for this major is Electrical Engineering. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Electrical Engineering is a major offered under the engineering program of study at Carnegie Mellon University. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in EE, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, and more.
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In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. In College Factual's most recent rankings for the best schools for EE majors, Carnegie Mellon came in at #6. This puts it in the top 5% of the country in this field of study. It is also ranked #1 in Pennsylvania.
Here are some of the other rankings for Carnegie Mellon.
In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at Carnegie Mellon was $800 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $57,560 | $57,560 |
Fees | $925 | $925 |
Books and Supplies | $1,000 | $1,000 |
On Campus Room and Board | $15,550 | $15,550 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $1,400 | $1,400 |
Learn more about Carnegie Mellon tuition and fees.
You may also want to consider how much in student loans you’ll need when thinking about the overall cost to attend a school. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at Carnegie Mellon in EE walked away with an average of $25,636 in student debt. That is 9% higher than the national average of $23,573.
EE who receive their bachelor’s degree from Carnegie Mellon make an average of $118,465 a year during the early days of their career. That is 79% higher than the national average of $66,265.
Online degrees for the Carnegie Mellon EE bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Carnegie Mellon Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in EE in 2019-2020, 28.6% of them were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 15.7%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 55.7% of the EE bachelor’s degrees at Carnegie Mellon in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 36%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 54 |
Black or African American | 4 |
Hispanic or Latino | 13 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 24 |
International Students | 26 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 19 |
Electrical Engineering students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Electrical Engineering | 140 |
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Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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General Engineering | 26 |
Biomedical Engineering | 42 |
Chemical Engineering | 40 |
Civil Engineering | 25 |
Mechanical Engineering | 130 |
*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.