Carnegie Mellon earned 155 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 26 in the top 1%, 72 in the top 5%, 35 in the top 10% and 22 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #1 of 1,758 in Highest Paid Graduates for Business Administration & Management, a top 1% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 155 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 26 / 72
Highest placement: #1 of 1,758, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 17
Placements this edition: 356
Badge cutoff: a top 15% placement in a ranking
Source: IPEDS 2025; College Scorecard July 2026; College Factual rankings 2027. Data as of: July 2026.
How Many Ranking Badges Has Carnegie Mellon University Earned?
Carnegie Mellon University holds 155 ranking badges across 17 fields of study, 98 of them in the top 5% or better; each badge is an award for placing in the top 15% of a ranking. It has no placements this edition in College Factual’s online-program rankings. Rankings on this page are updated as new federal data is released. The awards below are from the 2027 edition. Each row marks the highest award tier reached in that ranking. Learn more about our data sources and methodologies. Administrators interested in displaying College Factual badges can contact us.
Count by Award Level
Award Level
Badges
Top 1%
26
Top 5%
72
Top 10%
35
Top 15%
22
Total
155
What Is Carnegie Mellon University Known For?
Carnegie Mellon University is best known for Engineering: 20 of its 129 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Business Administration & Management, Computer Science and Chemical Engineering.
How Does Carnegie Mellon University Rank in Athletics?
In College Factual’s 2027 athletics rankings, Carnegie Mellon University earned 24 badges across 15 sports, 23 of them in the top 5% or better; its highest placement is #1 of 230 in Golf (D3).
College Factual’s rankings are drawn from U.S. Department of Education data, 2027 edition. Carnegie Mellon University appears in 356 of the College Factual rankings covered on this page.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE), serves as the core of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
by our College Data Analytics Team