Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is a private research university in located in the suburbs of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The university was founded by Andrew Carnegie in 1900 as Carnegie Technical School. In 1912 Carnegie Technical School began granting four year degrees, at which time the institution's name was changed to the Carnegie Institute of Technology. After merging with the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research in 1967, the Carnegie Institute of Technology became Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). The CMU campus is located just three miles from down town Pittsburgh, the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, Schenley Park and the University of Pittsburg, and resides on 140 acres in the Oakland and Squirrel Hill neighborhoods, extending into Shadyside.
CMU is composed of seven academic schools and colleges which include the Carnegie Institute of Technology (engineering), College of fine arts, Dietrich College of humanities and social science, Mellon collage of science, Tepper School of Business, H. John Heinz III College and the School of Computer Science.
Carnegie Mellon University was ranked 49th among the top universities in 2012-2013 by World University Rankings. Among tier 1 universities world wide, Time Hire Education ranks CMU 22nd. The U.S News & World Report ranks CMU 23rd among american research universities. The school was recently named one of the “New Ivies” by News Week Magazine. Carnegie Mellon University is still ranked 1st for graduate studies in computer science, a position that has maintained for several years, except in 2009. According to U.S News & World Report's 2012 rankings of top national universities, CMU is ranked 6th for graduate studies in engineering, 7th for graduate studies in fine arts, 7th for graduate studies in electrical engineering, 9th for graduate studies in public affairs, 16th for graduate studies in business, 19th for graduate studies in economics, 9th for graduate studies in statistics and 17th for graduate studies in psychology.
General Information
Admission Office
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890
(412) 268-2082
Fax: (412) 268-7838
undergraduate-admissions@andrew.cmu.edu
Contact: Michael Steidel
Director of Admissions
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Main Address
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
(412) 268-2000
www.cmu.edu
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Size
Total undergrads: 5,998
First-time degree-seeking freshmen: 1,465
Degree-seeking undergrads: 5,892
Graduate enrollment: 5,066
Setting
Urban setting
Large city (250,000 - 499,999)
Residential campus
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Degrees offered:
 Bachelor's
Master's
Doctoral
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Tuition & Fees
|
Estimated Expenses for Academic Year |
2008-'09 |
2009-'10 |
2010-'11 |
2011-'12 |
% change 2010-'12 |
|
Tuition and fees |
$37,544 |
$39,754 |
$40,920 |
$42,136 |
+2.97% |
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Books and Supplies |
$966 |
$990 |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
0.00% |
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Living Arrangement - On Campus |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Room and Board |
$9,660 |
$10,050 |
$10,340 |
$10,750 |
+3.97% |
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Other |
$1,335 |
$1,356 |
$1,400 |
$1,400 |
0.00% |
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Living Arrangement - Off Campus |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Room and Board |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
0.00% |
|
Other |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
0.00% |
|
Total Expenses |
2008-'09 |
2009-'10 |
2010-'11 |
2011-'12 |
% change 2010-'12 |
|
In-state On Campus |
$49,505 |
$52,150 |
$53,660 |
$55,286 |
+3.03% |
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In-state Off Campus |
$38,510 |
$40,744 |
$41,920 |
$43,136 |
+2.90% |
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In-state with Family |
$38,510 |
$40,744 |
$41,920 |
$43,136 |
+2.90% |
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Average Graduate Student Tuition & Fees
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|
|
Tuition for In-state Students
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$36,839 |
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In-state Student Fees
|
$430 |
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Tuition for Out-of-state Students
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$36,839 |
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Out-of-state Fees
|
$430 |
Financial Aid
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Full-time Beginning Undergraduate Students
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Type of Aid
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Students
|
Percent
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Amount
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Average Per Student
|
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All students financial aid |
970 |
66% |
|
|
|
Grant or scholarship aid |
822 |
56% |
$18,415,924 |
$22,404 |
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• Federal grants |
142 |
10% |
$986,903 |
$6,950 |
|
• Pell grants |
136 |
9% |
$478,330 |
$3,517 |
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• Other federal grants |
140 |
10% |
$508,573 |
$3,633 |
|
State/local government grant or scholarships |
63 |
4% |
$166,390 |
$2,641 |
|
Institutional grants or scholarships |
817 |
56% |
$17,262,631 |
$21,129 |
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Student loan aid |
592 |
40% |
$2,660,277 |
$4,494 |
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• Federal student loans |
592 |
40% |
$2,660,277 |
$4,494 |
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• Other student loans |
0 |
0% |
$0 |
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All Majors and Programs
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Program Completions for Most Recent Year
|
BA/BS
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MA/MS
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Doctor
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AA/AS
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CERT
|
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Total of All Education Programs |
1615 |
1940 |
248 |
- |
- |
|
Architecture and Related Services |
33 |
19 |
4 |
- |
- |
|
Architecture |
33 |
3 |
- |
- |
- |
|
Architecture and Related Services, Other |
- |
16 |
4 |
- |
- |
|
City/urban, Community and Regional Planning |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Environmental Design/architecture |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Area, Gender, Cultural, Ethnic, and Group Studies |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
European Studies/civilization |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Russian Studies |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Russian, Central European, East European and Eurasian Studies |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Biology and Biomedical Sciences |
77 |
34 |
6 |
- |
- |
|
Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Biology and Biological Sciences, General |
70 |
4 |
5 |
- |
- |
|
Biometry/biometrics |
3 |
14 |
1 |
- |
- |
|
Biophysics |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Biotechnology |
- |
14 |
- |
- |
- |
|
Neurobiology and Anatomy |
- |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
|
Neuroscience |
4 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Business, Administration, Management, Marketing, etc. |
155 |
441 |
15 |
- |
- |
|
Accounting |
- |
2 |
1 |
- |
- |
|
Actuarial Science |
2 |
95 |
- |
- |
- |
|
Business Administration and Management |
42 |
314 |
- |
- |
- |
|
Business Administration, Management and Operations, Other |
1 |
3 |
2 |
- |
- |
|
Business/managerial Economics |
- |
5 |
3 |
- |
- |
|
E-commerce/electronic Commerce |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations, Other |
- |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
|
Entrepreneurship/entrepreneurial Studies |
10 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Finance |
57 |
2 |
2 |
- |
- |
|
Human Resources Management and Services, Other |
- |
- |
3 |
- |
- |
|
Information Resources Management |
6 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
International Business/trade/commerce |
4 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Management Information Systems |
- |
6 |
- |
- |
- |
|
Management Science |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Marketing/marketing Management |
24 |
2 |
2 |
- |
- |
|
Operations Management and Supervision |
9 |
8 |
- |
- |
- |
|
Organizational Behavior Studies |
- |
3 |
1 |
- |
- |
|
Communication and Journalism Programs |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Digital Communication and Media/multimedia |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Journalism |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Computing and Information Sciences |
197 |
527 |
45 |
- |
- |
|
Artificial Intelligence |
- |
36 |
16 |
- |
- |
|
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other |
- |
7 |
- |
- |
- |
|
Computer and Information Sciences, Other |
2 |
7 |
- |
- |
- |
|
Computer and Information Systems Security/information Assurance |
- |
86 |
- |
- |
- |
|
Computer Graphics |
- |
61 |
- |
- |
- |
|
Computer Science |
167 |
14 |
25 |
- |
- |
|
Computer/information Technology Services Administration and Management, Other |
- |
9 |
- |
- |
- |
|
Information Science/studies |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Information Technology |
28 |
252 |
4 |
- |
- |
|
Network and System Administration/administrator |
- |
55 |
- |
- |
- |
|
Engineering |
479 |
509 |
127 |
- |
- |
|
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering |
46 |
4 |
5 |
- |
- |
|
Chemical Engineering |
71 |
31 |
15 |
- |
- |
|
Civil Engineering |
38 |
3 |
- |
- |
- |
|
Civil Engineering, Other |
- |
53 |
9 |
- |
- |
|
Computer Engineering, Other |
- |
73 |
- |
- |
- |
|
Computer Software Engineering |
- |
98 |
3 |
- |
- |
|
Electrical and Electronics Engineering |
182 |
152 |
53 |
- |
- |
|
Engineering Mechanics |
- |
3 |
1 |
- |
- |
|
Engineering Physics/applied Physics |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Engineering |
31 |
5 |
8 |
- |
- |
|
Engineering, Other |
- |
3 |
2 |
- |
- |
|
Environmental/environmental Health Engineering |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
|
Industrial Engineering |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Mechanical Engineering |
98 |
50 |
12 |
- |
- |
|
Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering |
- |
31 |
14 |
- |
- |
|
Operations Research |
13 |
3 |
4 |
- |
- |
|
English Language, Composition and Literature/letters |
51 |
41 |
5 |
- |
- |
|
Creative Writing |
17 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
English Language and Literature |
11 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
English Language and Literature/letters, Other |
- |
16 |
4 |
- |
- |
|
Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing |
23 |
18 |
- |
- |
- |
|
Rhetoric and Composition |
- |
7 |
1 |
- |
- |
|
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics |
42 |
- |
3 |
- |
- |
|
Chinese Language and Literature |
14 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other |
- |
- |
3 |
- |
- |
|
French Language and Literature |
4 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
German Language and Literature |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Japanese Language and Literature |
6 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Linguistics |
6 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Russian Language and Literature |
3 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Spanish Language and Literature |
8 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Health Services and Allied Health Sciences |
1 |
51 |
- |
- |
- |
|
Health and Medical Administrative Services, Other |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Health/health Care Administration/management |
- |
51 |
- |
- |
- |
|
Medical Informatics |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
History |
17 |
5 |
3 |
- |
- |
|
History |
- |
5 |
3 |
- |
- |
|
History, Other |
17 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Human Services |
21 |
170 |
1 |
- |
- |
|
Public Administration |
- |
44 |
- |
- |
- |
|
Public Policy Analysis |
21 |
126 |
1 |
- |
- |
|
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities |
20 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Liberal Arts and Sciences/liberal Studies |
20 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Mathematics and Statistics |
83 |
20 |
8 |
- |
- |
|
Applied Mathematics |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Applied Mathematics, Other |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Computational Mathematics |
3 |
3 |
1 |
- |
- |
|
Financial Mathematics |
5 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Mathematical Statistics and Probability |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Mathematics and Statistics, Other |
7 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Mathematics |
28 |
9 |
1 |
- |
- |
|
Statistics |
24 |
8 |
5 |
- |
- |
|
Statistics, Other |
15 |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
|
Multi-/interdisciplinary Studies |
108 |
1 |
4 |
- |
- |
|
Behavioral Sciences |
2 |
1 |
3 |
- |
- |
|
Biopsychology |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Cognitive Science |
8 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Cultural Resource Management and Policy Analysis |
4 |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
|
International/global Studies |
4 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Science, Technology and Society |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Systems Science and Theory |
90 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Natural Resources and Conservation |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Environmental Science |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Environmental Studies |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Natural Resources Management and Policy |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Physical Sciences |
87 |
16 |
22 |
- |
- |
|
Astrophysics |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Chemical Physics |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Chemistry |
54 |
9 |
15 |
- |
- |
|
Materials Science |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Physical Sciences |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Physical Sciences, Other |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Physics |
31 |
7 |
7 |
- |
- |
|
Physics, Other |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Polymer Chemistry |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Psychology |
29 |
1 |
5 |
- |
- |
|
Physiological Psychology/psychobiology |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Psychology |
27 |
1 |
5 |
- |
- |
|
Psychology, Other |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Social Sciences |
72 |
3 |
- |
- |
- |
|
Economics |
54 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Economics, Other |
- |
3 |
- |
- |
- |
|
International Economics |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
International Relations and Affairs |
10 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Political Science and Government |
8 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Social Sciences, Other |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Sociology |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Visual and Performing Arts |
142 |
102 |
- |
- |
- |
|
Art/art Studies |
33 |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
|
Arts, Entertainment,and Media Management |
- |
30 |
- |
- |
- |
|
Conducting |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Design and Applied Arts, Other |
- |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
|
Design and Visual Communications |
15 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Directing and Theatrical Production |
- |
3 |
- |
- |
- |
|
Drama and Dramatics/theatre Arts |
48 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
|
Dramatic/theatre Arts and Stagecraft, Other |
- |
7 |
- |
- |
- |
|
Film/cinema/video Studies |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Fine and Studio Arts Management |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Fine Arts and Art Studies, Other |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Game and Interactive Media Design |
- |
6 |
- |
- |
- |
|
Industrial and Product Design |
22 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Intermedia/multimedia |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Jazz/jazz Studies |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Keyboard Instruments |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Music Pedagogy |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
|
Music Performance |
8 |
21 |
- |
- |
- |
|
Music Theory and Composition |
4 |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
|
Music |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Music, Other |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Musicology and Ethnomusicology |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Playwriting and Screenwriting |
- |
6 |
- |
- |
- |
|
Stringed Instruments |
4 |
6 |
- |
- |
- |
|
Theatre/theatre Arts Management |
- |
14 |
- |
- |
- |
|
Visual and Performing Arts, Other |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Voice and Opera |
7 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
Above data represent first majors only.
(-) Indicates that program is not offered at this award level.
Admissions Information
Application Fee
College has an application fee: Yes
Regular application fee: $70
Online application fee: $70
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Enrollment Rates
Percent applicants admitted: 38%
Percent of students who return for sophomore year: 95%
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College Majors
Architecture & Related Programs
 Architectural History/Criticism B
Architectural Technology B
Architecture B
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Studies
European Studies B
Latin American Studies B
Russian/Slavic Area Studies B
Arts, Visual & Performing
Art - General B
Design/Visual Communications B
Drama/Theater Arts B
Industrial Design B
Jazz Studies B
Music - General Performance B
Music - Piano/Organ B
Music - Voice/Opera B
Music Theory/Composition B
Stringed Instruments B
Biological & Biomedical Sciences
Biology B
Biophysics B
Business, Management, & Marketing
Business Administration/Management B
Business/Managerial Economics B
Communications & Journalism
Communications/Rhetoric B
Computer & Information Sciences
Computer Science B
Information Sciences/Systems B
Engineering
Biomedical Engineering B
Chemical Engineering B
Civil Engineering B
Computer Engineering - General B
Electrical/Communications Engineering B
Engineering - General B
Environmental Engineering B
Materials Engineering B
Materials Science B
Mechanical Engineering B
Metallurgical Engineering B
Operations Research B
English Language & Literature
Creative Writing B
English Language & Literature - General B
Technical/Business Writing B
Foreign Language & Literature
Chinese B
Foreign Language & Literature - General B
French B
German B
Japanese B
Spanish B
History
European History B
History - General B
Liberal Arts & Sciences
Liberal Arts & Sciences B
Mathematics
Applied Mathematics B
Computational Mathematics B
Mathematics - General B
Statistics B
Statistics/Probability B
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
Behavioral Sciences B
Biopsychology B
Cognitive Science B
Systems Science/Theory B
Natural Resources & Conservation
Natural Resources Management/Policy B
Philosophy & Religion
Ethics B
Logic B
Philosophy B
Physical Sciences
Astrophysics B
Chemical Physics B
Chemistry B
Physics B
Psychology
Cognitive Psychology/Psycholinguistics B
Psychobiology/Physiological Psychology B
Psychology - General B
Public Administration & Services
Public Policy Analysis B
Social Sciences
Economics B
International Relations B
Political Science/Government B
Social Sciences - General B
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Degree levels for each major are designated by the following letters:
A = Associate degree
B = Bachelor's degree
C = Certificate or diploma
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