Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

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Tuition & Fees

$65,229

not including housing and food

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Test Scores

Average freshman score by percentile.

75th
770
25th
720
75th
800
25th
770
75th
36
25th
33
75th
35
25th
34
75th
35
25th
34
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undergraduateRatios

50%

male

50%

female

5

students

1

faculty

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Extremely Selective

11%

acceptance rate

Accepted 3,873
Declined 30,388
Total Received 34,261
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Private

7,059

undergraduate students

8,943

graduate students

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School Facts

Founded in 1900, Carnegie Mellon University is a private research university that is known for its programs in Computer Science, Engineering, and Business. It is located on a 140-acre campus in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Application link Apply online
Public/private Private
Campus enrollment 16,002
Established in 1900
Coeducational Coeducational
Religious affiliation Other

Social Networks

151-acre, suburban campus in Pittsburgh (population: 302,407). Served by air, bus, and train. School operates shuttle bus within limited area. Public transportation serves campus.

  • Campus Setting: Major city

Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA
15213

Campus Life

yes
Housing available
59%
of undergraduates that live in campus-owned housing
99%
of freshmen that live in campus-owned housing
no
Students are not required to live in school housing
yes
Students may have cars on campus
yes
Alcohol is permitted on campus to students of legal age

Fun Facts

  • Students at Carnegie Mellon University have made a storied tradition out of painting "The Fence" on campus. They can paint practically whatever message they want, but it must be done by hand, with a brush, and between midnight and sunrise.
  • Scott Fahlman, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University, created the smiley face emoticon. :-)

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% freshman classHigh School Class Rank

Top 1/10
88%
Top 1/4
96%
Top 1/2
99%
Bottom 1/2
1%
Bottom 1/4
0%

Test Scores

Average freshman score by percentile.

75th
770
25th
720
75th
800
25th
770
75th
36
25th
33
75th
35
25th
34
75th
35
25th
34

Admissions Facts

Application fee $75
Admissions interview (required or recommended) Neither
Common application accepted Yes
Application deadline (final deadline) January 1 (December 1 for fine arts applicants)
School has early decision program Yes
Early decision program application deadline November 1
SAT/ACT requirements SAT or ACT Required

Extremely Selective

11%

acceptance rate

Accepted 3,873
Declined 30,388
Total Received 34,261

Admissions Factors

Required

Secondary School GPA
Recommendations
TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)
Formal demonstration of competencies
Secondary School Record
Completion of college-preparatory program

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Counseling services

  • Academic
  • Birth control
  • Career
  • Military
  • Minority student
  • Older student
  • Personal
  • Psychological
  • Religious
  • Veteran student

Remedial services offered

Not reported

Career placement services

  • Career/job search classes
  • Interest inventory
  • Internships
  • Interview training
  • Resume assistance

Percent of the campus accessible to physically disabled students

99%

Additional services

  • Health insurance
  • Health service
  • Nonremedial tutoring

Special programs for physically disabled students

  • Adaptive equipment
  • Braille services
  • Note-taking services
  • Other
  • Special transportation
  • Talking books
  • Tape recorders
  • Tutors

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Financial Aid

56%

Of undergraduate students
receiving financial aid

$40,660

Average financial aid

Cost

Tuition $63,829
Housing $10,400
Food $7,068
Additional fees $1,400
Books & supplies $1,000
Total $83,697
Average Financial Aid - $40,660
Total with Avg. Aid $43,037

Scholarships & Grants

Need-based

Federal $6,950,657
State $425,190
Institutional $104,676,100
Other external $775,807
Total $112,827,754

Non-need-based

Federal
State
Institutional $12,638,386
Other external $2,554,604
Total $15,192,990

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Financial Aid Office


P: 412 268-2082
F: 412 268-7838

Varsity Sports

M W
All track combined yes yes
Basketball yes yes
Football yes
Golf yes yes
Soccer yes yes
Softball yes
Swimming and diving yes yes
Tennis yes yes
Volleyball yes

Club Sports - Men's

badminton, baseball, basketball, fencing, figure skating, quiddtch, roller hockey, rowing rugby, skiing, soccer, swimming, tennis, track (indoor/outdoor), ultimate Frisbee, volleyball, water polo

Club Sports - Women's

badminton, baseball, basketball, fencing, figure skating, quiddtch, roller hockey, rowing rugby, skiing, soccer, swimming, tennis, track (indoor/outdoor), ultimate Frisbee, volleyball, water polo

Intramural/Recreational Sports

badminton, baseball, basketball, billiards, crew, cricket, cross-country, cycling, fencing, golf, Ice Hockey, Lacrosse, Martial Arts, Rugby, Skiing, soccer, swimming, table tennis, tennis, track (indoor/outdoor), ultimate Frisbee, volleyball, water polo, weight lifting, volleyball, wrestling

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Athletic Facts

Athletic conference memberships
University Athletic Association

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Majors

Assc. Bach. Mast. Doct.
Actuarial Science yes yes
Apparel and Textile Manufacture yes
Applied Economics yes
Applied Engineering Technologies/Technicians yes
Applied and Professional Ethics yes
Art/Art Studies, General yes yes
Artificial Intelligence yes yes yes
Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management, General yes yes
Astrophysics yes
Audio Engineering Technology/Technician yes
Behavioral Sciences yes yes yes
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering yes yes yes
Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other yes yes
Biological/Biosystems Engineering yes
Biology/Biological Sciences, General yes yes yes
Biometry/Biometrics yes yes yes
Biophysics yes yes
Biopsychology yes
Biostatistics yes
Business Administration and Management, General yes yes yes
Business Administration, Management and Operations, Other yes yes
Business/Managerial Economics yes
CAD/CADD Drafting and/or Design Technology/Technician yes yes
Chemical Engineering yes yes yes
Chemical Physics yes
Chemistry, General yes yes yes
Chemistry, Other yes yes
Chinese Language and Literature yes
Cinematography and Film/Video Production yes
Civil Engineering, General yes yes yes
Civil Engineering, Other yes yes
Cognitive Science, General yes
Computational Biology yes yes yes
Computational Mathematics yes yes yes
Computational Science yes
Computer Graphics yes yes
Computer Programming, Other yes
Computer Science yes yes yes
Computer Software Engineering yes yes
Computer Software and Media Applications, Other yes
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications yes
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other yes yes yes
Computer and Information Sciences, Other yes yes yes
Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance yes yes
Computer/Information Technology Services Administration and Management, Other yes yes
Construction Engineering yes yes
Creative Writing yes
Data Analytics, General yes
Design and Applied Arts, Other yes yes
Design and Visual Communications, General yes yes yes
Digital Arts yes yes
Directing and Theatrical Production yes yes
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General yes yes
Dramatic/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft, Other yes yes
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics yes yes yes
Electrical and Electronics Engineering yes yes yes
Electrical, Electronic, and Communications Engineering Technology/Technician yes
Engineering Design yes
Engineering Mechanics yes yes
Engineering Physics/Applied Physics yes
Engineering Science yes
Engineering, General yes yes yes
Engineering, Other yes yes yes
Engineering-Related Fields, Other yes
Engineering/Industrial Management yes yes
English Language and Literature, General yes yes yes
English Language and Literature/Letters, Other yes yes
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations, Other yes
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies yes
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering yes yes
Film/Cinema/Media Studies yes
Film/Video and Photographic Arts, Other yes
Finance and Financial Management Services, Other yes
Finance, General yes
Financial Mathematics yes yes yes
Fine Arts and Art Studies, Other yes
Fine and Studio Arts Management yes
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other yes yes
French Language and Literature yes
Game and Interactive Media Design yes
General Studies yes
German Language and Literature yes
Health and Medical Administrative Services, Other yes
Health/Health Care Administration/Management yes
History, General yes yes yes
History, Other yes yes
Human Computer Interaction yes
Human-Centered Technology Design yes
Information Technology yes yes yes
Information Technology Project Management yes yes
Intermedia/Multimedia yes
International Business/Trade/Commerce yes
International Economics yes
International Relations and Affairs yes yes
International/Globalization Studies yes
Japanese Language and Literature yes
Language Interpretation and Translation yes
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies yes
Linguistics yes
Logic yes yes yes
Management Information Systems and Services, Other yes yes
Management Information Systems, General yes
Management Science yes
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods, Other yes yes
Manufacturing Engineering yes
Marketing/Marketing Management, General yes
Materials Science yes yes yes
Materials Sciences, Other yes yes
Mathematical Statistics and Probability yes yes
Mathematics and Statistics, Other yes yes
Mathematics, General yes yes yes
Mathematics, Other yes
Mechanical Engineering yes yes yes
Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering yes yes yes
Medieval and Renaissance Studies yes
Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation yes
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other yes
Multicultural Education yes
Music Pedagogy yes
Music Performance, General yes yes
Music Technology yes yes
Music Theory and Composition yes yes
Music, General yes
Music, Other yes yes
Musicology and Ethnomusicology yes
Nanotechnology yes
Neurobiology and Anatomy yes yes
Neurobiology and Neurosciences, Other yes yes
Neuroscience yes yes
Operations Management and Supervision yes yes yes
Operations Research yes yes yes
Philosophy yes yes
Physical Sciences, General yes
Physical Sciences, Other yes
Physics, General yes yes yes
Physics, Other yes
Playwriting and Screenwriting yes
Political Science and Government, General yes
Polymer Chemistry yes
Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing yes yes yes
Psychology, General yes yes yes
Psychology, Other yes yes yes
Public Administration yes yes
Public Policy Analysis, General yes yes yes
Public Policy Analysis, Other yes
Rhetoric and Composition yes yes yes
Russian Language and Literature yes
Science, Technology and Society yes yes yes
Social Sciences, Other yes yes yes
Spanish Language and Literature yes
Statistics, General yes yes yes
Statistics, Other yes yes
Stringed Instruments yes yes
Sustainability Studies yes
Systems Science and Theory yes yes
Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology yes
Theatre/Theatre Arts Management yes
Urban Studies/Affairs yes
Visual and Performing Arts, Other yes
Voice and Opera yes yes

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Most Popular Majors

  1. Computer Science
  2. Electrical/computer Engineering
  3. Business Administration

Programs Offered

  • Accelerated study
  • Certificate programs
  • Distance Learning
  • Double majors
  • Dual degrees
  • Independent study
  • Internships
  • Pass/fail grading option
  • Phi Beta Kappa
  • Self-designed majors

Cooperative Education Programs

  • Computer Science
  • Engineering

16,002

total students

11%

in-state

89%

out-of-state

Undergraduate

Graduate

44%

7,059
students

Female
50%
3,547

Male
50%
3,512

56%

8,943
students

Female
39%
3,482

Male
61%
5,461

undergraduateFull-time

undergraduatePart-time

97%

6,858
students

Female
50%
3,459

Male
50%
3,399

3%

201
students

Female
44%
88

Male
56%
113

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Student Break-down

19%
Nonresident aliens
4%
Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
< 1%
Native American or Alaska Native, non-Hispanic/Latino
33%
Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
10%
Hispanic/Latino
21%
White, non-Hispanic/Latino
5%
Race and/or ethnicity unknown
5%
Two or more races, non-Hispanic/Latino
< 1%
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic/Latino

Transfer Enrollment

Not Reported

Transfer applicants enrolled

Not Reported

Students are transfer students

Transfer Requirements

Minimum requirements
High school transcript Required of All
College transcript(s) Required of All
Essay or personal statement Required of All
Interview Required of Some
Standardized test scores Recommended of Some
Statement of good standing from prior institution(s) Required of Some

Transfer Application Deadline

Fall: February 15; December 1 for performing arts applicants; January 1 for visual arts applicants

Spring: October 15

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International Students

Number of foreign countries represented by degree-seeking undergraduate non-resident aliens 237
Countries most often represented Canada
China
India
Singapore
South Korea
Special services offered for international applicants English lab
Host family program
Special counselors/advisors
Special orientation

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