Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

School Background

2022 Undergraduate Enrollment: 6,880
Graduate Enrollment: 8,125
Doctoral Universities: Very High Research Activity
Highest degree awarded: Graduate
Religious Affiliation: None

Campus Details

Large City (>250k)
Four-year, large, highly residential // full-time, more selective, lower transfer-in

Applicant and Admittance Traits

2022 Admission Rate: 13.54%

Male/Female: 53% / 47% (2017)

First generation college students: 10.0% (2017)
Percentage of students who are married when enrolled: 0.6% (2012)
Percentage of students who are veterans:

Test scores for admission: Considered but not required
2022 Median Admit SAT: 1,520
SAT 25th Percentile - 75th: 1480 - 1560

2022 Median Admit ACT: 34
ACT 25th Percentile - 75th: 33 - 35

Appliants applying to 2+ schools: 84.1% (2017)
Appliants applying to 3+ schools: 81.7% (2017)
Appliants applying to 4+ schools: 80.1% (2017)
Appliants applying to 5+ schools: 76.9% (2017)

Ethnicity Information

White: 23.3%
Black: 3.9%
Hispanic: 9.8%
Asian: 33.7%
American Indian/Alaska Native: 0.0%
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander: 0.0%
2+ races: 5.0%
Non-resident alien: 18.0%
Unknown race: 6.2%

Costs & Fees

2022 Average Tuition & Fees (Room/Board/Books): $76,870
In-State tuition: $58,924
Out-of-State tuition: $58,924

Estimated books and supplies: $1,000 (2022)
Estimated on-campus room & board: $16,150 (2022)
Estimated on-campus other fees: $1,400 (2022)

Estimated off-campus room & board: $14,340 (2022)
Estimated off-campus other fees: $1,400 (2022)

Average Family Income: $107,456 (2015)
Median Family Income: $91,372 (2017)

Scholarships & Financial Aid

Percentage of students receiving Pell Grant: 14.9%
Percentage of students with Federal Loans: 38.1%

Median federal loan debt at graduation: $21,750 (2021)
Median federal loan payment: $231 (2021)

Household Income Net Cost
0-$30k $14,879
$30k-48k $18,424
$48k-75k $22,758
$75k-110k $30,955
$110k+ $54,338

Graduate Outcomes & Job Placements

4-year graduation rate: 79%
6-year graduation rate: 93%

1 year post-graduation workforce participation: 94.1% (2020)

Loans

Median federal debt for graduates: $21,750 (2021)
Median federal debt for non-graduates: $15,097 (2021)

Median federal debt for first-generation graduates: $20,000 (2021)
Median federal debt for Pell grant recipient graduates: $20,901 (2021)

Ability to Repay Loans

Graduates, % of Loans in Repayment
(Non-delinquent/default)
Percentage
@1 Year 92.7% (2015)
@3 year 95.0% (2017)
@5 year 95.8% (2017)


1-year Graduate % of Loans being Repaid (Non-delinquent/default) - Pell Grant Recipients: 82.5% (2015)
1-year Graduate % of Loans being Repaid - 1st Generation Attendees: 84.0% (2015)

Earnings Power

Median earnings, 1 year post graduation: $86,423 (2020)
Median earnings, 4 years post graduation: $105,185 (2020)

Popular Majors

Type of Degree Major 2022 Graduates Median Federal Debt Median Monthly Payment 1yr Median Earnings (monthly gross) 4yr Median Earnings (monthly gross)
Master's Degree Physics. 4
Bachelor's Degree Architecture. 9 $44,824 ($3,735) $67,285 ($5,607)
Bachelor's Degree Architectural Sciences and Technology. 33 $29,000 $307
Master's Degree Architectural Sciences and Technology. 20
Bachelor's Degree Radio, Television, and Digital Communication. 1
Master's Degree Computer Engineering. 133
Doctoral Degree Computer Engineering. 2
Graduate/Professional Certificate Computer Engineering. 1
Bachelor's Degree Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering. 190 $22,250 $236 $129,585 ($10,799) $149,740 ($12,478)
Master's Degree Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering. 255 $700 $131,008 ($10,917) $145,494 ($12,125)
Doctoral Degree Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering. 51
Master's Degree Engineering Mechanics. 3
Doctoral Degree Engineering Mechanics. 3
Master's Degree Engineering Science. 19
Master's Degree Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering. 2
Doctoral Degree Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering. 1
Bachelor's Degree Mechanical Engineering. 152 $22,777 $241 $73,790 ($6,149) $97,151 ($8,096)
Master's Degree Mechanical Engineering. 155 $389 $88,795 ($7,400) $96,604 ($8,050)
Doctoral Degree Mechanical Engineering. 15
Master's Degree Construction Engineering. 14
Doctoral Degree Construction Engineering. 1
Master's Degree Manufacturing Engineering. 3
Master's Degree Operations Research. 9
Doctoral Degree Operations Research. 6
Bachelor's Degree Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering. 17
Master's Degree Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering. 102 $132,675 ($11,056)
Doctoral Degree Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering. 16
Bachelor's Degree Engineering, Other. 2
Master's Degree Engineering, Other. 40
Master's Degree Engineering Technology, General. 30
Master's Degree Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians. 8
Doctoral Degree Mathematics. 8
Bachelor's Degree Applied Mathematics. 25
Doctoral Degree Applied Mathematics. 2
Bachelor's Degree Statistics. 131 $21,375 $223 $94,990 ($7,916) $142,883 ($11,907)
Master's Degree Statistics. 34 $87,243 ($7,270)
Doctoral Degree Statistics. 14
Bachelor's Degree Mathematics and Statistics, Other. 33
Bachelor's Degree Systems Science and Theory. 98 $23,250 $246 $87,019 ($7,252) $118,034 ($9,836)
Bachelor's Degree Biopsychology. 9
Bachelor's Degree Science, Technology and Society. 1
Bachelor's Degree Behavioral Sciences. 1
Master's Degree Behavioral Sciences. 7
Doctoral Degree Behavioral Sciences. 2
Bachelor's Degree International/Global Studies. 5
Bachelor's Degree Cognitive Science. 23
Master's Degree Computational Science. 63
Master's Degree Human Computer Interaction. 22
Master's Degree Sustainability Studies. 8
Bachelor's Degree Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other. 1
Bachelor's Degree Philosophy. 21
Master's Degree Philosophy. 9
Doctoral Degree Philosophy. 1
Bachelor's Degree Astronomy and Astrophysics. 1
Bachelor's Degree Chemistry. 15
Master's Degree Chemistry. 5
Doctoral Degree Chemistry. 14
Bachelor's Degree Physics. 27
Doctoral Degree Physics. 10
Bachelor's Degree Materials Sciences. 29 $68,634 ($5,720)
Master's Degree Materials Sciences. 43
Doctoral Degree Materials Sciences. 9
Bachelor's Degree Psychology, General. 37 $53,120 ($4,427)
Master's Degree Psychology, General. 2
Doctoral Degree Psychology, General. 1
Master's Degree Psychology, Other. 1
Master's Degree Public Administration. 27 $464 $61,594 ($5,133) $76,739 ($6,395)
Bachelor's Degree Public Policy Analysis. 8
Master's Degree Public Policy Analysis. 133 $466 $66,448 ($5,537) $97,862 ($8,155)
Doctoral Degree Public Policy Analysis. 5
Bachelor's Degree Economics. 48 $22,020 $233 $83,066 ($6,922) $94,093 ($7,841)
Doctoral Degree Economics. 1
Bachelor's Degree International Relations and National Security Studies. 18
Master's Degree International Relations and National Security Studies. 6
Bachelor's Degree Visual and Performing Arts, General. 2
Master's Degree Visual and Performing Arts, General. 3
Bachelor's Degree Design and Applied Arts. 31 $24,500 $260 $89,133 ($7,428) $126,932 ($10,578)
Master's Degree Design and Applied Arts. 36 $731 $118,938 ($9,912)
Doctoral Degree Design and Applied Arts. 4
Bachelor's Degree Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft. 54 $25,000 $265 $24,512 ($2,043) $25,846 ($2,154)
Master's Degree Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft. 27 $908 $22,356 ($1,863) $46,174 ($3,848)
Bachelor's Degree Fine and Studio Arts. 29 $21,500 $226 $23,529 ($1,961)
Master's Degree Fine and Studio Arts. 3
Bachelor's Degree Music. 28 $24,431 $259 $18,409 ($1,534)
Doctoral Degree Marketing. 2
Doctoral Degree Telecommunications Management. 1
Bachelor's Degree History. 15
Doctoral Degree History. 7
Doctoral Degree Civil Engineering. 18
Master's Degree Computer and Information Sciences, General. 682 $697 $125,531 ($10,461) $149,495 ($12,458)
Doctoral Degree Computer and Information Sciences, General. 42
Graduate/Professional Certificate Computer and Information Sciences, General. 1
Bachelor's Degree Computer Science. 205 $21,442 $227 $167,024 ($13,919) $247,552 ($20,629)
Master's Degree Computer Science. 59
Doctoral Degree Computer Science. 22
Master's Degree Computer Software and Media Applications. 75 $1,263 $67,917 ($5,660)
Master's Degree Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications. 95
Bachelor's Degree Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management. 1
Master's Degree Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management. 113 $591 $94,128 ($7,844) $135,289 ($11,274)
Bachelor's Degree Engineering, General. 26
Master's Degree Engineering, General. 7
Doctoral Degree Engineering, General. 15
Bachelor's Degree Biomedical/Medical Engineering. 56 $82,463 ($6,872)
Master's Degree Biomedical/Medical Engineering. 41 $746 $78,417 ($6,535)
Doctoral Degree Biomedical/Medical Engineering. 3
Bachelor's Degree Chemical Engineering. 64 $23,125 $245 $84,984 ($7,082) $102,617 ($8,551)
Master's Degree Chemical Engineering. 53
Doctoral Degree Chemical Engineering. 13
Bachelor's Degree Civil Engineering. 27 $93,769 ($7,814)
Master's Degree Civil Engineering. 81 $71,168 ($5,931) $93,507 ($7,792)
Master's Degree Engineering-Related Fields. 58 $85,616 ($7,135)
Doctoral Degree Engineering-Related Fields. 1
Bachelor's Degree Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services. 7
Bachelor's Degree East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. 7
Bachelor's Degree Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. 1
Bachelor's Degree Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. 2
Bachelor's Degree Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. 6
Doctoral Degree Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other. 4
Bachelor's Degree English Language and Literature, General. 3
Bachelor's Degree Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies. 37 $76,444 ($6,370)
Master's Degree Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies. 22 $332 $54,441 ($4,537)
Master's Degree English Language and Literature/Letters, Other. 8
Doctoral Degree English Language and Literature/Letters, Other. 1
Bachelor's Degree Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. 30 $25,515 $271 $32,031 ($2,669) $64,740 ($5,395)
Bachelor's Degree Biology, General. 26 $23,506
Master's Degree Biology, General. 2
Doctoral Degree Biology, General. 8
Bachelor's Degree Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology. 1
Bachelor's Degree Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology. 6
Master's Degree Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology. 47
Doctoral Degree Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology. 2
Bachelor's Degree Neurobiology and Neurosciences. 29
Doctoral Degree Neurobiology and Neurosciences. 6
Bachelor's Degree Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other. 1
Bachelor's Degree Mathematics. 31
Master's Degree Mathematics. 13
Master's Degree Music. 43 $577 $23,150 ($1,929) $29,103 ($2,425)
Graduate/Professional Certificate Music. 43
Master's Degree Arts, Entertainment,and Media Management. 51 $806 $41,751 ($3,479) $64,857 ($5,405)
Master's Degree Health and Medical Administrative Services. 36 $89,578 ($7,465) $100,853 ($8,404)
Bachelor's Degree Business Administration, Management and Operations. 128 $23,250 $246 $90,077 ($7,506) $123,200 ($10,267)
Master's Degree Business Administration, Management and Operations. 310 $1,257 $151,693 ($12,641) $164,350 ($13,696)
Master's Degree Accounting and Related Services. 2
Doctoral Degree Accounting and Related Services. 4
Master's Degree Business/Managerial Economics. 2
Doctoral Degree Business/Managerial Economics. 4
Doctoral Degree Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations. 1
Bachelor's Degree Finance and Financial Management Services. 2 $133,193 ($11,099)
Master's Degree Finance and Financial Management Services. 2
Doctoral Degree Finance and Financial Management Services. 1
Master's Degree Human Resources Management and Services. 4
Doctoral Degree Human Resources Management and Services. 1
Bachelor's Degree International Business. 1
Master's Degree Management Information Systems and Services. 6
Bachelor's Degree Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods. 3
Master's Degree Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods. 95 $920
Bachelor's Degree Computer and Information Sciences, General. 54


Campus Resources

Average faculty salary: $113,706
Full time faculty: 92%

Undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio: 5.0

School's endowment start of year: $2,068,859,860 (2022)
School's endowment end of year: $3,092,064,292 (2022)