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Carnegie Mellon University MS in Information Technology

155 Master's Degrees Awarded
$96,345 Average Salary

Information Technology is a major offered under the computer and information sciences program of study at Carnegie Mellon University. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the master’s degree program in IT, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.

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How Much Does a Master’s in IT from Carnegie Mellon Cost?

$47,326 Average Tuition and Fees

Carnegie Mellon Graduate Tuition and Fees

Part-time graduates at Carnegie Mellon paid an average of $633 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.

In State Out of State
Tuition $46,441 $46,441
Fees $885 $885

How Much Can You Make With a MS in IT From Carnegie Mellon?

$96,345 Average Salary
High Earnings Boost

The median early career salary of IT students who receive their master’s degree from Carnegie Mellon is $96,345 per year. That is 13% higher than the national average of $85,141.

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Does Carnegie Mellon Offer an Online MS in IT?

Carnegie Mellon does not offer an online option for its IT master’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Carnegie Mellon Online Learning page.

Carnegie Mellon Master’s Student Diversity for IT

155 Master's Degrees Awarded
33.5% Women
11.0% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2019-2020 academic year, 155 students received their master’s degree in IT. The gender and racial-ethnic breakdown of those individuals is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 33.5% of the IT students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 26.5%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Around 11.0% of IT master’s degree recipients at Carnegie Mellon in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 22%.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 12
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 2
Native American or Alaska Native 0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 0
White 37
International Students 90
Other Races/Ethnicities 11

MS in IT Focus Areas at Carnegie Mellon

Information Technology students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus Area Annual Graduates
Computer & IS Security 92
Information Technology Project Management 21
Information Technology Management 42

You may also be interested in one of these majors related to information technology.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer Information Systems 674
Computer Science 81
Computer Software & Applications 71
Computer Systems Networking 83

View All Information Technology Related Majors >

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.

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