Top 2021 Rankings For Carnegie Mellon University
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All 2021 Rankings For Carnegie Mellon University
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Top Quality Overall
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| Nationwide | 33 of 1719 |
| Middle Atlantic | 9 of 327 |
| Pennsylvania | 3 of 123 |
Best Colleges For The Money (all undergraduates)
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| Nationwide | |
| Middle Atlantic | 138 of 285 |
| Pennsylvania | 53 of 111 |
Best Colleges For The Money (undergraduates getting aid)
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| Nationwide | 583 of 1472 |
| Middle Atlantic | 104 of 285 |
| Pennsylvania | 36 of 111 |
Best Colleges For The Money (undergraduates getting no aid)
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| Nationwide | 733 of 1472 |
| Middle Atlantic | 132 of 285 |
| Pennsylvania | 52 of 111 |
Diversity
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| Overall | 15 of 3488 |
| Ethnic | 477 of 3789 |
| Male / Female | 183 of 3789 |
| Location | 23 of 3538 |
Architecture & Related Services
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| Most Popular | 83 of 281 |
| Most Focused | 56 of 281 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 2 of 88 |
Architectural Sciences & Technology
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| Most Popular | 25 of 99 |
| Most Focused | 21 of 99 |
General Architecture
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| Highest Paid Grads | 2 of 60 |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences
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| Most Popular | 504 of 1720 |
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Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology
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Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other)
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Biomathematics & Bioinformatics
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| Most Popular | 18 of 67 |
| Most Focused | 27 of 67 |
General Biology
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| Most Popular | 815 of 1638 |
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Neurobiology & Neurosciences
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| Most Popular | 77 of 222 |
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Business, Management & Marketing
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| Top Ranked | 49 of 1153 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 915 of 2851 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 4 of 1333 |
Business Administration & Management
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| Top Ranked | 8 of 952 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 452 of 2403 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 3 of 1071 |
Finance & Financial Management
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| Highest Paid Grads | 2 of 328 |
International Business
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Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
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Communication & Journalism
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Radio, Television & Digital Communication
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Computer & Information Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 3 of 508 |
| Best Value | 211 of 448 |
| Most Popular | 88 of 2316 |
| Most Focused | 155 of 2317 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 3 of 625 |
Computer Information Systems
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| Most Popular | 202 of 1236 |
| Most Focused | 412 of 1236 |
Computer Science
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| Top Ranked | 3 of 208 |
| Best Value | 98 of 200 |
| Most Popular | 40 of 778 |
| Most Focused | 28 of 778 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 2 of 217 |
Information Technology
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Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 24 of 323 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 66 of 998 |
| Most Focused | 49 of 998 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 3 of 345 |
Biomedical Engineering
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| Most Popular | 55 of 165 |
| Most Focused | 30 of 165 |
Chemical Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 8 of 132 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 77 of 183 |
| Most Focused | 35 of 183 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 13 of 134 |
Civil Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 23 of 183 |
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| Most Popular | |
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| Highest Paid Grads | 65 of 186 |
Electrical Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 3 of 199 |
| Best Value | 92 of 196 |
| Most Popular | 13 of 390 |
| Most Focused | 14 of 390 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 3 of 205 |
Engineering (Other)
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General Engineering
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| Most Popular | 85 of 449 |
| Most Focused | 171 of 449 |
Mechanical Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 12 of 274 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 95 of 374 |
| Most Focused | 49 of 374 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 23 of 278 |
Robotics Engineering
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| Most Popular | 10 of 27 |
| Most Focused | 11 of 27 |
English Language & Literature
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| Most Popular | 315 of 1549 |
| Most Focused | 620 of 1549 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 1 of 500 |
General English Literature
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Writing Studies
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| Most Popular | 40 of 404 |
| Most Focused | 103 of 404 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 1 of 86 |
Foreign Languages & Linguistics
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| Most Popular | 326 of 1114 |
| Most Focused | 450 of 1114 |
East Asian Languages
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | 69 of 144 |
Germanic Languages
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Linguistics & Comparative Literature
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Romance Languages
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Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages
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History
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| Most Popular | 540 of 1404 |
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History
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| Most Popular | 540 of 1404 |
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Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
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Liberal Arts General Studies
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Mathematics & Statistics
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| Top Ranked | 1 of 192 |
| Best Value | 83 of 188 |
| Most Popular | 21 of 1438 |
| Most Focused | 3 of 1429 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 4 of 201 |
Applied Mathematics
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| Most Popular | 36 of 198 |
| Most Focused | 52 of 198 |
Mathematics
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| Most Popular | 247 of 1382 |
| Most Focused | 395 of 1382 |
Statistics
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| Top Ranked | 2 of 21 |
| Best Value | 10 of 21 |
| Most Popular | 8 of 151 |
| Most Focused | 1 of 152 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 2 of 21 |
Statistics (Other)
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| Most Popular | 4 of 24 |
| Most Focused | 5 of 24 |
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies
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| Most Popular | 188 of 1403 |
| Most Focused | 317 of 1403 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 2 of 290 |
Behavioral Science
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Biopsychology
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| Most Popular | 7 of 20 |
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Cognitive Science
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| Most Popular | 20 of 49 |
| Most Focused | 20 of 49 |
International Studies
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Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies (Other)
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Science, Technology & Society
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Systems Theory
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| Most Popular | 1 of 18 |
| Most Focused | 3 of 18 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 1 of 3 |
Philosophy & Religious Studies
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| Most Popular | 150 of 1011 |
| Most Focused | 326 of 1011 |
Philosophy
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| Most Popular | 93 of 803 |
| Most Focused | 149 of 803 |
Physical Sciences
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| Most Popular | 141 of 1382 |
| Most Focused | 179 of 1382 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 3 of 161 |
Astronomy & Astrophysics
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Chemistry
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| Most Popular | 313 of 1229 |
| Most Focused | 574 of 1229 |
Materials Sciences
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| Most Popular | 3 of 8 |
| Most Focused | 1 of 8 |
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Physics
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| Most Popular | 79 of 819 |
| Most Focused | 138 of 819 |
Psychology
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| Top Ranked | 131 of 782 |
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| Most Popular | |
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| Highest Paid Grads | 187 of 882 |
General Psychology
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| Top Ranked | 109 of 779 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 757 of 1563 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 159 of 814 |
Public Administration & Social Service
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Public Policy
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Social Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 195 of 558 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 586 of 1548 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 14 of 593 |
Economics
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| Top Ranked | 76 of 276 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 204 of 817 |
| Most Focused | 261 of 817 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 31 of 280 |
International Relations & National Security
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| Most Popular | 114 of 338 |
| Most Focused |
Visual & Performing Arts
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| Top Ranked | 9 of 511 |
| Best Value | 221 of 483 |
| Most Popular | 181 of 2022 |
| Most Focused | 309 of 2022 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 4 of 548 |
Design & Applied Arts
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| Top Ranked | 1 of 204 |
| Best Value | 83 of 184 |
| Most Popular | 220 of 961 |
| Most Focused | 420 of 961 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 1 of 222 |
Drama & Theater Arts
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| Top Ranked | 22 of 173 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 45 of 968 |
| Most Focused | 79 of 968 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 27 of 179 |
Fine & Studio Arts
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| Most Popular | 287 of 1368 |
| Most Focused | 530 of 1368 |
General Visual & Performing Arts
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Music
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| Most Popular | 154 of 1238 |
| Most Focused | 314 of 1238 |
Veterans
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| Overall | 454 of 2104 |
Business, Management & Marketing
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 137 of 1178 |
Business Administration & Management
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 15 of 980 |
Computer & Information Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 5 of 526 |
Computer Science
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 3 of 208 |
Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 35 of 322 |
Chemical Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 12 of 133 |
Civil Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 48 of 183 |
Electrical Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 3 of 200 |
Mechanical Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 12 of 275 |
Mathematics & Statistics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 2 of 190 |
Statistics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 2 of 21 |
Psychology
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General Psychology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 371 of 775 |
Social Sciences
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Economics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 82 of 275 |
Visual & Performing Arts
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 24 of 508 |
Design & Applied Arts
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 1 of 204 |
Drama & Theater Arts
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 58 of 171 |
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