Carnegie Mellon University: Statistics
Updated:
| Position | Category |
|---|---|
| #50 of 14,131 | In the World |
| #41 of 2,597 | In North America |
| #38 of 2,496 | In the United States |
| #4 of 155 | In Pennsylvania |
| #2 of 10 | In Pittsburgh |
| #1 of 2,945 | For Computational Linguistics |
| Top1-3 | For 10 other topics |
Quick Review
- Acceptance rate
- 11%
- Undergraduates
- 7,289
- Graduates
- 8,307
- Male:Female Ratio
- 55:45
- Control
- Private
not-for-profit - Highest Degree
- Doctor's degree
- Website
- www.cmu.edu
Carnegie Mellon University Acceptance rate and admissions statistics
Carnegie Mellon University has an acceptance rate of 11% and is among the top 3% of the most difficult universities to gain admission to in the United States. The university reports the admission statistics without distinguishing between local and international students.
| Total | Men | Women | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acceptance Rate | 11% | 9% | 15% |
| Applicants | 33,707 | 19,656 | 12,853 |
| Admissions | 3,843 | 1,808 | 1,878 |
| Freshmen enrolled full time | 1,708 | 852 | 786 |
1,806 students enrolled in some distance education courses.
514 enrolled exclusively in distance education.
SAT scores
Among admitted applicants
878 or 51%
submitted SAT
25% of them
had 1500
or below
75% of them
had 1570
or below
Typical SAT scores of first-years in Carnegie Mellon University are 1500-1570 (middle 50% range).
ACT scores
Among admitted applicants
284 or 17%
submitted ACT
25% of them
had 34
or below
75% of them
had 35
or below
Typical ACT scores of first-years in Carnegie Mellon University are 34-35 (middle 50% range).
Admissions requirements
| College-preparatory program | Required |
|---|---|
| Formal demonstration of competencies | Required |
| Recommendations | Required |
| Secondary school GPA | Required |
| Secondary school record | Required |
| TOEFL | Required |
| SAT/ACT | Considered but not required |
| Secondary school rank | Considered but not required |
| Other Tests | Neither required nor recommended |
Enrollment demographics by race or ethnicity
| Nonresident Alien | 6611 (42%) |
|---|---|
| Asian | 3273 (21%) |
| White | 2860 (18%) |
| Hispanic | 1022 (7%) |
| Race or Ethnicity unknown | 817 (5%) |
| Two or more races | 520 (3%) |
| Black or African American | 478 (3%) |
| Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander | 5 (0%) |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 5 (0%) |
Costs per year: Tuition, Housing, Fees
The average net cost to attend Carnegie Mellon University is $32,964 per year, calculated as the sum of the average cost of tuition, room and board, books, and supplies, reduced by the amount of average financial aid received.
The final cost of attendance varies for each student based on household income, residency, program, and other factors.
Average costs by household income
| <$30K | $8,460 |
|---|---|
| $30-48K | $12,600 |
| $48-75K | $17,534 |
| $75-110K | $27,827 |
| $110K+ | $52,593 |
Tuition and fees
| Undergraduates | Graduates | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition in-district | $62,260 | $48,496 |
| Tuition in-state | $62,260 | $48,496 |
| Tuition out-of-state | $62,260 | $48,496 |
| Fee in-district | $1,569 | $954 |
| Fee in-state | $1,569 | $954 |
| Fee out-of-state | $1,569 | $954 |
Room and board costs
| Dormitory capacity | 3,996 |
|---|---|
| Combined charge for room and board | $17,468 |
| Room charge | $10,400 |
| Meal charge | $7,068 |
Carnegie Mellon University majors
Carnegie Mellon University has granted 1,514 bachelor's degrees across 61 programs, 4,339 master's across 80 programs, and 332 doctorate degrees across 42 programs. Below is a table with majors that lead to degrees at Carnegie Mellon University.
| Major | Bachelor | Master | Doctoral |
|---|---|---|---|
| Information Technology | 3 | 847 | 12 |
| Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 157 | 446 | 40 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 107 | 203 | 35 |
| Management Science | 337 | ||
| Computer Science | 216 | 61 | 23 |
| Artificial Intelligence | 32 | 178 | 28 |
| Computer Software Engineering | 205 | 4 | |
| Statistics, General | 109 | 49 | 11 |
| Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications | 168 | ||
| Computer and Information Systems Security & Auditing & Information Assurance | 143 | ||
| Business Administration and Management, General | 138 | ||
| Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering | 109 | 17 | |
| Public Policy Analysis, General | 3 | 117 | 1 |
| Civil Engineering, General | 26 | 80 | 11 |
| Financial Mathematics | 12 | 97 | |
| Systems Science and Theory | 108 | 1 | |
| Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering | 84 | 11 | |
| Chemical Engineering | 41 | 46 | 8 |
| Computational Science | 95 | ||
| Computer & Information Technology Services Administration and Management, Other | 93 | ||
| Computer Graphics | 91 | ||
| Materials Science | 26 | 44 | 20 |
| Drama and Dramatics & Theatre Arts, General | 64 | ||
| Engineering, Other | 60 | 2 | |
| Architectural and Building Sciences & Technology | 22 | 37 | 2 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, Other | 15 | 41 | 4 |
| Engineering Design | 54 | ||
| Engineering Technologies & Technicians, General | 54 | ||
| Mathematics, General | 26 | 19 | 8 |
| Physics, General | 26 | 10 | 11 |
| Design and Visual Communications, General | 42 | 3 | |
| Econometrics and Quantitative Economics | 38 | 5 | 1 |
| Information Technology Project Management | 40 | ||
| Biometry & Biometrics | 39 | ||
| Theatre & Theatre Arts Management | 38 | ||
| Health & Health Care Administration & Management | 36 | ||
| Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management, General | 33 | ||
| Biology & Biological Sciences, General | 25 | 1 | 7 |
| Chemistry, General | 20 | 4 | 9 |
| Music Performance, General | 13 | 20 | |
| Engineering, General | 16 | 15 | |
| Psychology, General | 21 | 3 | 2 |
| CAD & CADD Drafting and & or Design Technology & Technician | 23 | 2 | |
| Neuroscience | 24 | 1 | |
| Sustainability Studies | 25 | ||
| International Relations and Affairs | 15 | 8 | |
| Engineering Science | 22 | ||
| Mathematics and Statistics, Other | 20 | ||
| Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing | 7 | 13 | |
| Engineering-Related Fields, Other | 19 | ||
| Human Computer Interaction | 19 | ||
| Human-Centered Technology Design | 19 | ||
| Art & Art Studies, General | 11 | 7 | |
| Engineering & Industrial Management | 16 | 1 | |
| Computational Biology | 6 | 9 | |
| Data Analytics, General | 15 | ||
| Liberal Arts and Sciences & Liberal Studies | 15 | ||
| Applied Economics | 14 | ||
| Logic | 3 | 7 | 4 |
| Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods, Other | 6 | 7 | |
| Public Administration | 13 | ||
| Cognitive Science, General | 12 | ||
| Voice and Opera | 4 | 8 | |
| Architecture | 11 | ||
| Computational Mathematics | 10 | 1 | |
| English Language and Literature & Letters, Other | 9 | 2 | |
| Stringed Instruments | 7 | 4 | |
| Data Visualization | 10 | ||
| Dramatic & Theatre Arts and Stagecraft, Other | 10 | ||
| Rhetoric and Composition | 7 | 3 | |
| Biological & Biosystems Engineering | 9 | ||
| Biotechnology | 9 | ||
| Materials Sciences, Other | 9 | ||
| Operations Research | 5 | 3 | |
| General Studies | 7 | ||
| Mathematical Statistics and Probability | 7 | ||
| Music Theory and Composition | 3 | 4 | |
| Music Technology | 1 | 5 | |
| Statistics, Other | 4 | 2 | |
| Biopsychology | 5 | ||
| Construction Engineering | 2 | 3 | |
| History, General | 5 | ||
| Manufacturing Engineering | 5 | ||
| Chemistry, Other | 4 | ||
| Creative Writing | 4 | ||
| Directing and Theatrical Production | 4 | ||
| History, Other | 4 | ||
| Philosophy | 3 | 1 | |
| Astrophysics | 3 | ||
| Film & Cinema & Media Studies | 3 | ||
| Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other | 1 | 2 | |
| International & Globalization Studies | 3 | ||
| Linguistics | 3 | ||
| Management Information Systems, General | 3 | ||
| Neurobiology and Neurosciences, Other | 3 | ||
| Costume Design | 2 | ||
| Digital Arts | 2 | ||
| Engineering Mechanics | 1 | 1 | |
| English Language and Literature, General | 2 | ||
| Fine Arts and Art Studies, Other | 2 | ||
| Language Interpretation and Translation | 2 | ||
| Music Pedagogy | 2 | ||
| Neurobiology and Anatomy | 1 | 1 | |
| Playwriting and Screenwriting | 2 | ||
| Social Sciences, Other | 1 | 1 | |
| Applied and Professional Ethics | 1 | ||
| Behavioral Sciences | 1 | ||
| Chinese Language and Literature | 1 | ||
| Conducting | 1 | ||
| Electromechanical Engineering | 1 | ||
| Environmental & Environmental Health Engineering | 1 | ||
| Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation | 1 | ||
| Theoretical and Mathematical Physics | 1 | ||
| Grand Total | 1,514 | 4,339 | 332 |
Carnegie Mellon University has a graduation rate of 93%, which is among the 3% highest for universities in the US.
| Total | Men | Women | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graduation rate | 93% | 92% | 93% |
| |||
Publications & Citations
Carnegie Mellon University is a world-class research university with 137,967 scientific papers published and 7,118,629 citations received. The research profile covers a range of fields, including Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, Quantum and Particle physics, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, and Mathematics.
Publication / Citation count by topic
Annual publication & citation counts
| Year | Publications | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1383 | 30844 |
| 1993 | 1424 | 31297 |
| 1994 | 1545 | 34648 |
| 1995 | 1526 | 34962 |
| 1996 | 1706 | 41699 |
| 1997 | 1718 | 41739 |
| 1998 | 1947 | 45981 |
| 1999 | 1875 | 51252 |
| 2000 | 1898 | 57175 |
| 2001 | 1965 | 63397 |
| 2002 | 4077 | 114801 |
| 2003 | 3383 | 107006 |
| 2004 | 3098 | 112828 |
| 2005 | 3711 | 136515 |
| 2006 | 3656 | 153568 |
| 2007 | 3466 | 165983 |
| 2008 | 3547 | 179961 |
| 2009 | 3795 | 198359 |
| 2010 | 4196 | 214620 |
| 2011 | 4290 | 235737 |
| 2012 | 4652 | 257630 |
| 2013 | 4703 | 273794 |
| 2014 | 4731 | 296289 |
| 2015 | 4895 | 310486 |
| 2016 | 4695 | 315044 |
| 2017 | 4863 | 328559 |
| 2018 | 5343 | 362898 |
| 2019 | 5683 | 413237 |
| 2020 | 6049 | 463189 |
| 2021 | 5857 | 501348 |
| 2022 | 4654 | 413490 |
| 2023 | 5030 | 427868 |
| 2024 | 4290 | 385833 |
Carnegie Mellon University alumni
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Andy Warhol
- Occupations
- producersculptordraftspersongraphic artistvisual artist
- Biography
-
Andy Warhol was an American visual artist, film director and producer. A leading figure in the pop art movement, Warhol is considered one the most important artists of the second half of the 20th century. His works explore the relationship between artistic expression, advertising, and celebrity culture that flourished by the 1960s, and span a variety of media, including painting, sculpture, photography, and filmmaking. Some of his best-known works include the silkscreen paintings Campbell's Soup Cans (1962) and Marilyn Diptych (1962), the experimental film Chelsea Girls (1966), the multimedia events known as the Exploding Plastic Inevitable (1966–67), and the erotic film Blue Movie (1969) that started the "Golden Age of Porn".
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Ethan Hawke
- Occupations
- screenwriterfilm directornovelisttheatrical directorstage actor
- Biography
-
Ethan Green Hawke is an American actor, author, and film director. He made his film debut in Explorers (1985), before making a breakthrough performance in Dead Poets Society (1989). Hawke starred alongside Julie Delpy in Richard Linklater's Before trilogy from 1995 to 2013. Hawke received two nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Training Day (2001) and Boyhood (2014) and two for Best Adapted Screenplay for co-writing Before Sunset (2004) and Before Midnight (2013). Other notable roles include in Reality Bites (1994), Gattaca (1997), Great Expectations (1998), Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007), Maggie's Plan (2015), First Reformed (2017), The Black Phone (2021), and The Northman (2022).
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Gabriel Macht
- Occupations
- film produceractortelevision actortelevision directorfilm actor
- Biography
-
Gabriel Swann Macht is an American actor, widely known for his role as Harvey Specter in the USA Network series Suits (2011–2019).
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John Forbes Nash
- Enrolled in Carnegie Mellon University
- 1945-1948 graduated with Bachelor of Science in mathematics
- Occupations
- university teachereconomistmathematician
- Biography
-
John Forbes Nash Jr., known and published as John Nash, was an American mathematician who made fundamental contributions to game theory, real algebraic geometry, differential geometry, and partial differential equations. Nash and fellow game theorists John Harsanyi and Reinhard Selten were awarded the 1994 Nobel Prize in Economics. In 2015, he and Louis Nirenberg were awarded the Abel Prize for their contributions to the field of partial differential equations.
General info
| Alternative names | CMU Carnegie Mellon |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1900 |
| Motto | My heart is in the work |
| Colors | cardinal, gray, tartan plaid |
| Academic calendar | August to May (August - December; January-May) |
| Total FTE staff | 5,784 |
| Carnegie classification | Doctoral Universities: Highest Research Activity |
Location and contacts
| Address | 5000 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213-3890 United States |
|---|---|
| City population | 303,000 |
| Phone | 4122682000 |