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#49 of 14,131 In the World
#40 of 2,597 In North America
#37 of 2,496 In the United States
#4 of 155 In Pennsylvania
#2 of 10 In Pittsburgh
#1 of 3,216 For Systems Engineering
Top1-3 For 13 other topics
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Acceptance rate
11%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Avg. cost to attend
$33,499 /y
Aid receiving
56%
Undergraduates
7,059
Graduates
8,943
Male:Female Ratio
56:44
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 34,261 20,471 13,790
Admissions 3,873 1,842 2,031
Freshmen enrolled full time 1,716 839 877

2,674 students enrolled in some distance education courses.

572 enrolled exclusively in distance education.

SAT scores

Among admitted applicants
867 or 51%
submitted SAT

25% of them
had 1490
or below

75% of them
had 1570
or below

Typical SAT scores of first-years in Carnegie Mellon University are 1490-1570 (middle 50% range).

ACT scores

Among admitted applicants
338 or 20%
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 7044 (44%)
Asian 3188 (20%)
White 3021 (19%)
Hispanic 962 (6%)
Race or Ethnicity unknown 836 (5%)
Two or more races 478 (3%)
Black or African American 459 (3%)
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander 8 (0.1%)
American Indian or Alaska Native 2 (0%)

Costs per year: Tuition, Housing, Fees

The average net cost to attend Carnegie Mellon University is $33,499 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.

Net average cost to attend
$33,499/year
Average aid awarded
$43,966
Students receiving aid
56%

Average costs by household income

<$30K $12,082
$30-48K $15,139
$48-75K $16,532
$75-110K $24,893
$110K+ $52,012

Tuition and fees

UndergraduatesGraduates
Tuition in-district $59,864$47,629
Tuition in-state $59,864$47,629
Tuition out-of-state $59,864$47,629
Fee in-district $1,480$928
Fee in-state $1,480$928
Fee out-of-state $1,480$928

Room and board costs

Dormitory capacity 3,587
Combined charge for room and board $16,486
Room charge $10,000
Meal charge $6,486

Carnegie Mellon University majors

Carnegie Mellon University has granted 1,618 bachelor's degrees across 67 programs, 2,780 master's across 78 programs, and 361 doctorate degrees across 44 programs. Below is a table with majors that lead to degrees at Carnegie Mellon University.

Major Bachelor Master Doctoral
Information Technology 5 521 13
Electrical and Electronics Engineering 166 337 33
Computer Science 215 81 28
Mechanical Engineering 113 121 28
Management Science 199
Artificial Intelligence 38 114 33
Statistics, General 110 34 10
Business Administration and Management, General 133
Computer Software Engineering 117 3
Chemical Engineering 44 35 30
Public Policy Analysis, General 4 98 2
Systems Science and Theory 103
Civil Engineering, General 34 57 6
Actuarial Science 4 91
Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering 63 23
Materials Science 33 27 17
Computer and Information Systems Security & Auditing & Information Assurance 70
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering 58 11
Computer & Information Technology Services Administration and Management, Other 69
Mathematics, General 36 16 6
Drama and Dramatics & Theatre Arts, General 53
Computational Science 52
Architectural and Building Sciences & Technology 36 13 1
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics 34 4 9
Physics, General 25 8 14
Design and Visual Communications, General 31 11 4
Chemistry, General 25 7 11
Computer Graphics 42
Art & Art Studies, General 33 4
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications 37
Health & Health Care Administration & Management 34
Neuroscience 32 2
Information Technology Project Management 30
Engineering Design 29
Mathematics and Statistics, Other 29
Psychology, General 25 1 3
Theatre & Theatre Arts Management 29
International Relations and Affairs 18 9
Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management, General 24
Computer and Information Sciences, Other 4 13 7
Music Performance, General 6 18
English Language and Literature & Letters, Other 21 2
Human Computer Interaction 23
Engineering, Other 22
Biology & Biological Sciences, General 18 3
Engineering, General 8 13
Engineering Technologies & Technicians, General 20
Human-Centered Technology Design 19
Liberal Arts and Sciences & Liberal Studies 19
Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing 7 12
Public Administration 19
Applied Economics 18
Biometry & Biometrics 18
Cognitive Science, General 17
Computational Mathematics 14 3
Computational Biology 8 6
Rhetoric and Composition 11 3
Voice and Opera 7 6
Architecture 9 2
Stringed Instruments 6 5
Biopsychology 10
Logic 1 6 3
CAD & CADD Drafting and & or Design Technology & Technician 9
Engineering & Industrial Management 8 1
Financial Mathematics 9
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods, Other 7 2
Operations Research 1 8
Astrophysics 8
Directing and Theatrical Production 8
Engineering Science 8
Music Theory and Composition 6 2
Applied and Professional Ethics 7
Behavioral Sciences 5 2
Creative Writing 7
Dramatic & Theatre Arts and Stagecraft, Other 7
General Studies 7
History, Other 7
Sustainability Studies 7
Data Analytics, General 6
Engineering Mechanics 3 3
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other 3 3
Music Technology 1 5
Theoretical and Mathematical Physics 6
Biological & Biosystems Engineering 5
Mathematical Statistics and Probability 5
Philosophy 2 3
Biophysics 3 1
Chemistry, Other 4
Construction Engineering 3 1
Engineering-Related Fields, Other 4
Environmental & Environmental Health Engineering 2 2
International & Globalization Studies 4
Applied Engineering Technologies & Technicians 3
History, General 2 1
Language Interpretation and Translation 3
Management Information Systems, General 3
Materials Sciences, Other 3
Music Pedagogy 3
Neurobiology and Anatomy 1 2
Playwriting and Screenwriting 3
Statistics, Other 3
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other 2
Linguistics 2
Neurobiology and Neurosciences, Other 2
Psychology, Other 2
Audio Engineering Technology & Technician 1
Costume Design 1
Digital Arts 1
English Language and Literature, General 1
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations, Other 1
Entrepreneurship & Entrepreneurial Studies 1
Film & Cinema & Media Studies 1
Manufacturing Engineering 1
Mathematics, Other 1
Medieval and Renaissance Studies 1
Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation 1
Music, Other 1
Science, Technology and Society 1
Social Sciences, Other 1
Grand Total 1,618 2,780 361

Carnegie Mellon University has a graduation rate of 92%, which is among the 4% highest for universities in the US.

Total Men Women
Graduation rate 92% 90% 93%
  • Full-time retention rate - 97%

Publications & Citations

Carnegie Mellon University is a world-class research university with 120,130 scientific papers published and 4,902,742 citations received. The research profile covers a range of fields, including Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Quantum and Particle physics, Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, and Mathematics.

Publications
120,130
Citations
4,902,742

Publication / Citation count by topic

Computer Science
77,277 / 3,194,965
Engineering
75,347 / 2,933,904
Physics
62,256 / 2,582,777
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
57,503 / 2,411,561
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
45,720 / 1,855,311
Quantum and Particle physics
45,367 / 1,919,774
Biology
45,184 / 1,974,204
Chemistry
43,685 / 1,852,510
Environmental Science
40,297 / 1,629,688
Mathematics
37,790 / 1,603,154
Philosophy
35,243 / 1,489,130
Business
29,113 / 1,243,118
Materials Science
28,017 / 1,100,119
Statistics
26,930 / 1,172,340
Psychology
25,961 / 1,338,091
Political Science
24,435 / 1,037,786
Law
23,420 / 1,014,300
Geography and Cartography
23,407 / 971,392
Medicine
22,547 / 1,041,904
Organic Chemistry
21,170 / 1,039,011
Linguistics
20,130 / 831,388
Machine Learning
19,759 / 875,369
Geology
19,671 / 791,591
Electrical Engineering
17,449 / 582,705
Management
17,045 / 747,462
Optical Engineering
16,782 / 646,499
Biochemistry
16,775 / 737,429
Computer Vision
16,051 / 683,196
Genetics
15,556 / 696,484
Economics
15,431 / 690,786
Sociology
15,056 / 682,479
Mechanical Engineering
14,330 / 489,023
Ecology
14,297 / 620,158
History
13,942 / 508,022
Art & Design
13,790 / 473,877
Computer Networking
13,643 / 519,653
Telecommunications
13,461 / 455,712
Archaeology
12,426 / 479,939
Paleontology
10,812 / 438,263
Cyber Security
10,586 / 445,272

Annual publication & citation counts

Year Publications Citations
1991 1349 19382
1992 1231 21760
1993 1282 22409
1994 1398 24967
1995 1396 25135
1996 1545 30304
1997 1517 30513
1998 1746 34393
1999 1715 38356
2000 1725 42371
2001 1704 47781
2002 3764 82879
2003 3039 77342
2004 2811 83940
2005 3466 99428
2006 3316 110545
2007 3153 120108
2008 3269 130356
2009 3487 143674
2010 3675 155547
2011 3810 171499
2012 4080 188614
2013 4169 200802
2014 4205 217673
2015 4447 228559
2016 4321 230593
2017 4489 236932
2018 4813 263219
2019 5116 298242
2020 5267 332098
2021 5206 357132
2022 4008 301904
2023 4129 298027
Academic rankings

Carnegie Mellon University alumni

  1. Andy Warhol

    Andy Warhol
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1928-1987 (aged 59)
    Occupations
    sculptordiaristprintmakergraphic artistmerchant
    Biography

    Andy Warhol was an American visual artist, film director, producer, and leading figure in the pop art movement. 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, silkscreening, photography, film, and sculpture. Some of his best-known works include the silkscreen paintings Campbell's Soup Cans (1962) and Marilyn Diptych (1962), the experimental films Empire (1964) and Chelsea Girls (1966), and the multimedia events known as the Exploding Plastic Inevitable (1966–67).

  2. Ethan Hawke

    Ethan Hawke
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1970-.. (age 54)
    Occupations
    comics writerwritertelevision actorstage actortheatrical director
    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).

  3. Gabriel Macht

    Gabriel Macht
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1972-.. (age 52)
    Occupations
    actorfilm actortelevision actor
    Biography

    Gabriel Swann Macht is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Harvey Specter in the USA Network series Suits (2011–2019). Macht retired from acting after Suits, but briefly returned to acting in February 2024 when he appeared in a Super bowl half time commercial with his co-star Patrick J. Adams both portraying their characters from the hit American legal drama television series Suits.

  4. John Forbes Nash

    John Forbes Nash
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1928-2015 (aged 87)
    Enrolled in Carnegie Mellon University
    1945-1948 graduated with Bachelor of Science in mathematics
    Occupations
    economistuniversity teachermathematician
    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 Memorial Prize in Economics. In 2015, he and Louis Nirenberg were awarded the Abel Prize for their contributions to the field of partial differential equations.

All 100 notable alumni

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 5,476
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

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