Carnegie Mellon University Data & Information Overview

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• Rankings
• Admission and Acceptance
• Faculty
• Retention and Graduation Rates
• Diversity
• Cost
• Student Debt
• Average Earnings
• Location
• Majors
• Online Learning
• Related Schools

How Well Is Carnegie Mellon University Ranked?

2021 Rankings

College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.

Carnegie Mellon University was awarded 128 badges in the 2021 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is design and applied arts.

Overall Quality

Carnegie Mellon is ranked #33 out of 1,715 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2021 Best Colleges list. This lands it a coveted spot in the top 5% of all colleges and universities in the country.

Out of the 123 colleges in Pennsylvania, Carnegie Mellon is ranked at #3.

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Is It Hard to Get Into Carnegie Mellon?

Acceptance Rate

With an acceptance rate of 22%, Carnegie Mellon is one of the most selective schools in the country. Good grades and high test scores alone may not be enough to get you into the school, so do your best to submit a stellar application.

Average Test Scores

About 70% of students accepted to Carnegie Mellon submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 700 and 760. Math scores were between 730 and 800.

Carnegie Mellon received ACT scores from 51% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 32 and 35.

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Carnegie Mellon University Faculty

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio at Carnegie Mellon is an impressive 10 to 1. That's quite good when you compare it to the national average of 15 to 1. This is a good sign that students at the school will have more opportunities for one-on-one interactions with their professors.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.

The full-time faculty percentage at Carnegie Mellon University is 95%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

Retention and Graduation Rates at Carnegie Mellon University

Freshmen Retention Rate

Carnegie Mellon University has a freshmen retention rate of 96%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.

Graduation Rate

Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Carnegie Mellon the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 72%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%

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Excellent Overall Diversity at Carnegie Mellon

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 6,589 undergraduates at Carnegie Mellon with 6,343 being full-time and 246 being part-time.

Carnegie Mellon Diversity Score

College Factual computes an overall diversity score for each college and university that takes gender, ethnicity, geographic location, and age into account. Schools with the best mixtures of students with respect to these factors are ranked the highest, and those that cater to just one or two student groups are ranked the lowest.

With an overall score of 99.60 out of 100, Carnegie Mellon is one of the most diverse schools in the nation.

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How Much Does Carnegie Mellon University Cost?

The overall average net price of Carnegie Mellon is $32,674. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for Carnegie Mellon

$0-30 K	$30K-48K	$48-75	$75-110K	$110K +
$11,370	$13,608	$18,049	$28,240	$48,918

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Carnegie Mellon, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Carnegie Mellon, approximately 35% of students took out student loans averaging $6,401 a year. That adds up to $25,604 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Carnegie Mellon is 0.1%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

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How Much Money Do Carnegie Mellon Graduates Make?

Yearly salaries vary depending on what you major in, but on average, bachelor's degree recipients from Carnegie Mellon make around $83,600 per year during the early years of their employment. This is good news for future Carnegie Mellon graduates since it is 110% more than the average college graduate's salary of $39,802 per year.

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Location of Carnegie Mellon University

Carnegie Mellon University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The location of Carnegie Mellon is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

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Contact details for Carnegie Mellon are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890
Phone:	412-268-2000
Website:	www.cmu.edu/
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/carnegiemellonu
Twitter:	http://twitter.com/carnegiemellon

Carnegie Mellon University Majors

During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 106 majors graduated from Carnegie Mellon University. Of these students, 1,848 received undergraduate degrees and 3,455 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular Majors	Bachelor’s Degrees	Average Salary of Graduates
Computer Science	205	$138,900
Electrical Engineering	190	$99,000
Mechanical Engineering	152	$70,400
Statistics	131	$79,700
Business Administration & Management	128	$76,800
Systems Theory	98	$81,400
Chemical Engineering	64	$73,100
Biomedical Engineering	56	NA
Computer Information Systems	54	NA
Drama & Theater Arts	54	$24,400

Learn more about the majors offered at Carnegie Mellon University along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at Carnegie Mellon

Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.

In 2017-2018, 1,324 students took at least one online class at Carnegie Mellon University. This is an increase from the 1,311 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year	Took at Least One Online Class	Took All Classes Online
2017-2018	1,324	27
2016-2017	1,311	37
2015-2016	1,145	46
2014-2015	736	75
2013-2014	339	270

Learn more about online learning at Carnegie Mellon University.

Related Schools

If you’re considering Carnegie Mellon University, here are some more schools you may be interested in knowing more about.

• Cornell University
• Johns Hopkins University
• Northwestern University
• University of Rochester
• Yale University

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*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.

References

• National Center for Education Statistics
• College Scorecard
• Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
• Image Credit: By Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.