Selectivity
24%
Total Students
14,202
UG 6,869
PG 7,333
Satisfaction Index
98%
Salary After Attending
$76,200
BASIC
| Web Site | www.cmu.edu/ |
| Institution Type | Private |
| Location | Pittsburgh |
UNDER GRADUATE
| Total Students | 6,869 |
| Women | 3,051 (44.42%) |
| Men | 3,818 (55.58%) |
GRADUATE
| Total Students | 7,333 |
| Women | 2,489 (33.94%) |
| Men | 4,844 (66.06%) |
| Acceptance Rate | 24% |
| Cost of Attendance | $ 67,980 |
| Graduation Rate | 88% |
| Retention Rate | 98 % |
FRESHMAN ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
| Admission Office URL | admission.enrollment.cmu.edu/pages/undergraduate-admission |
| Online Application URL | admission.enrollment.cmu.edu/pages/apply-now |
| Entrance Difficulty (Selectivity) | 24 % |
STANDARDISED TEST REQUIREMENTS
| Exam | Required |
|---|---|
| SAT or ACT | Required |
| SAT Only | - |
| ACT Only | - |
| SAT and SAT Subject Tests, or ACT | - |
| SAT Subject Tests Only | Required |
| Regular Admission Deadline | - |
EARLY DECISION & EARLY ACTION
| Early Decision Offered | Yes |
| Early Decision Application Deadline | 01-11-2017 |
| Early Decision Notification Date | 15-12-2017 |
| Early Action Offered | No |
| Early Action Application Deadline | - |
| Early Action Notification Date | - |
FACTORS CONSIDERED FOR ADMISSION
| Factor | Very Important | Important | Considered | Not Considered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rigor of Secondary School Record | X | |||
| Academic GPA | X | |||
| Standardized Tests | X | |||
| Class Rank | X | |||
| Recommendations | X | |||
| Essay | X | |||
| Interview | X | |||
| Level of Applicant's Interest | X | |||
| Extracurricular Activities | X | |||
| Volunteer Work | X | |||
| Particular Talent/Ability | X | |||
| Character/Personal Qualities | X | |||
| First Generation to Attend College | X | |||
| State Residency | X | |||
| Geographic Residence | X | |||
| Relation with Alumnus | X | |||
| Religious Affiliation/ Commitment | X | |||
| Ethnicity | X | |||
| Work Experience | X |
ADMISSION RATE
| Overall Admission Rate | 24% of applicants were admitted |
| Women | 32% of applicants were admitted |
| Men | 19% of applicants were admitted |
| Students Enrolled | 33% of admitted students enrolled |
| Women | 30% of admitted students enrolled |
| Men | 35% of admitted students enrolled |
| Early Decision Admission Rate | 29% of applicants were admitted |
| Early Action Admission Rate | - |
SCORES OF ENROLLED FRESHMEN
| 25th Percentile | 75th Percentile | |
|---|---|---|
| SAT - R/W | 650 | 740 |
| SAT - Maths | 710 | 710 |
| ACT - Composite | 31 | 34 |
| ACT - Writing | - | - |
| ACT - English | 31 | 35 |
| ACT - Maths | 31 | 35 |
TUITION AND EXPENSES
| Financial Aid Office URL | https://www.cmu.edu/finaid/ |
| Net Price Calculator URL | https://admission.enrollment.cmu.edu/pages/financial-aid-estimator |
Cost of Attendance (UG)
Tuition and Fees |
$52,310 |
On Campus Room & Board |
$13,270 |
Books and Supplies |
$1,000 |
Other Expenses |
$1,400 |
| Total | $67,980 |
Cost of Attendance (Master)
Tuition and Fees |
$42,597 |
On Campus Room & Board |
$13,270 |
Books and Supplies |
$1,000 |
Other Expenses |
$1,400 |
| Total | $58,267 |
FINANCIAL AID
| Need Based Aid for International Student | No |
| Merit Based Aid for International Students | No |
| Total International Students Receiving Aid | - |
| Percentage of International Students Receiving Aid | 0.0% |
| Average aid awarded to International Students | - |
| Total Aid awarded to International Students | - |
| PROGRAM | BACHELOR | MASTER | DOCTOR |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARCHITECTURE AND RELATED SERVICES. | |||
| Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology. | - | 11 | - |
| Architecture. | 38 | - | - |
| City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning. | 1 | 4 | - |
| Category total | 39 | 15 | 0 |
| BIOLOGICAL AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES. | |||
| Biology/Biological Sciences, General. | 20 | 1 | 10 |
| Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology, Other. | - | 41 | - |
| Biometry/Biometrics. | 3 | 15 | 2 |
| Biophysics. | 1 | - | - |
| Neurobiology and Anatomy. | - | 1 | - |
| Neuroscience. | 15 | - | - |
| Category total | 39 | 58 | 12 |
| BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT, MARKETING, AND RELATED SUPPORT SERVICES. | |||
| Accounting. | - | 3 | 2 |
| Actuarial Science. | 2 | 94 | - |
| Business Administration and Management, General. | 44 | 280 | 1 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations, Other. | 5 | - | - |
| Business/Managerial Economics. | - | 3 | 5 |
| Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies. | 2 | - | - |
| Finance, General. | 31 | 2 | 2 |
| International Business/Trade/Commerce. | 1 | - | - |
| Management Information Systems, General. | - | 15 | - |
| Marketing/Marketing Management, General. | 2 | 3 | - |
| Operations Management and Supervision. | 6 | - | - |
| Organizational Behavior Studies. | - | 1 | 3 |
| Telecommunications Management. | - | 2 | - |
| Category total | 93 | 403 | 13 |
| COMMUNICATION, JOURNALISM, AND RELATED PROGRAMS. | |||
| Radio, Television, and Digital Communication, Other. | 1 | - | - |
| Category total | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCES AND SUPPORT SERVICES. | |||
| Artificial Intelligence. | 1 | 46 | 25 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, Other. | 3 | 13 | 3 |
| Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance. | - | 68 | - |
| Computer Graphics. | - | 76 | - |
| Computer Science. | 153 | 61 | 22 |
| Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications. | - | 95 | - |
| Information Technology. | - | 581 | 13 |
| Category total | 157 | 940 | 63 |
| Engineering Technology, General. | |||
| CAD/CADD Drafting and/or Design Technology/Technician. | - | 9 | - |
| Engineering Design. | - | 15 | - |
| Engineering/Industrial Management. | - | 18 | - |
| Category total | 0 | 42 | 0 |
| ENGINEERING. | |||
| Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering. | - | 39 | 14 |
| Chemical Engineering. | 53 | 62 | 16 |
| Civil Engineering, General. | 32 | 118 | 13 |
| Computer Software Engineering. | - | 104 | 1 |
| Construction Engineering. | - | 3 | 1 |
| Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 149 | 297 | 39 |
| Engineering Mechanics. | - | 1 | 1 |
| Engineering Science. | - | 17 | - |
| Engineering, General. | - | 8 | 17 |
| Engineering, Other. | - | 3 | - |
| Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering. | - | 2 | 5 |
| Mechanical Engineering. | 101 | 121 | 25 |
| Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering. | - | 104 | 12 |
| Operations Research. | - | 5 | 5 |
| Category total | 335 | 884 | 149 |
| ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE/LETTERS. | |||
| Creative Writing. | 7 | - | - |
| English Language and Literature, General. | 2 | - | - |
| English Language and Literature/Letters, Other. | - | 15 | 6 |
| Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing. | 18 | 15 | - |
| Rhetoric and Composition. | - | 5 | 6 |
| Category total | 27 | 35 | 12 |
| FOREIGN LANGUAGES, LITERATURES, AND LINGUISTICS. | |||
| Chinese Language and Literature. | 3 | - | - |
| Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other. | - | 8 | 2 |
| German Language and Literature. | 2 | - | - |
| Japanese Language and Literature. | 2 | - | - |
| Linguistics. | 4 | - | - |
| Spanish Language and Literature. | 2 | - | - |
| Category total | 13 | 8 | 2 |
| Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General. | |||
| Health/Health Care Administration/Management. | - | 61 | - |
| Category total | 0 | 61 | 0 |
| HISTORY. | |||
| History, General. | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| History, Other. | 5 | - | - |
| Category total | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND SOCIAL SERVICE PROFESSIONS. | |||
| Public Administration. | - | 32 | - |
| Public Policy Analysis, General. | 8 | 101 | - |
| Public Policy Analysis, Other. | - | 16 | 1 |
| Category total | 8 | 149 | 1 |
| LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES, GENERAL STUDIES AND HUMANITIES. | |||
| General Studies. | 1 | - | - |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies. | 27 | - | - |
| Category total | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS. | |||
| Computational Mathematics. | 9 | - | 1 |
| Financial Mathematics. | 6 | - | - |
| Mathematical Statistics and Probability. | 4 | - | - |
| Mathematics and Statistics, Other. | 20 | - | - |
| Mathematics, General. | 28 | 6 | 7 |
| Mathematics, Other. | 1 | - | - |
| Statistics, General. | 26 | 26 | 8 |
| Category total | 94 | 32 | 16 |
| MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES. | |||
| Behavioral Sciences. | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Biopsychology. | 18 | - | - |
| Cognitive Science. | 9 | - | - |
| Computational Science. | - | 63 | - |
| Human Computer Interaction. | - | 8 | - |
| International/Global Studies. | 10 | - | - |
| Sustainability Studies. | - | 9 | - |
| Systems Science and Theory. | 99 | - | - |
| Category total | 139 | 82 | 2 |
| PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES. | |||
| Applied and Professional Ethics. | 6 | - | - |
| Logic. | 3 | 7 | 3 |
| Philosophy. | 2 | - | - |
| Category total | 11 | 7 | 3 |
| PHYSICAL SCIENCES. | |||
| Astrophysics. | 4 | - | - |
| Chemistry, General. | 33 | 6 | 9 |
| Chemistry, Other. | 6 | - | - |
| Materials Science. | 48 | 42 | 22 |
| Physical Sciences, Other. | 1 | - | - |
| Physical Sciences. | 2 | - | - |
| Physics, General. | 15 | 12 | 14 |
| Theoretical and Mathematical Physics. | 1 | - | - |
| Category total | 110 | 60 | 45 |
| PSYCHOLOGY. | |||
| Psychology, General. | 45 | 3 | 2 |
| Category total | 45 | 3 | 2 |
| SOCIAL SCIENCES. | |||
| Econometrics and Quantitative Economics. | 25 | - | - |
| Economics, General. | 23 | - | - |
| Economics, Other. | - | 1 | - |
| International Relations and Affairs. | 9 | - | - |
| Category total | 57 | 1 | 0 |
| VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS. | |||
| Art/Art Studies, General. | 26 | 6 | - |
| Arts, Entertainment,and Media Management, General. | - | 25 | - |
| Costume Design. | - | 2 | - |
| Design and Visual Communications, General. | 15 | 9 | - |
| Digital Arts. | - | 2 | - |
| Directing and Theatrical Production. | - | 3 | - |
| Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General. | 50 | - | - |
| Dramatic/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft, Other. | - | 11 | - |
| Game and Interactive Media Design. | - | 5 | - |
| Industrial and Product Design. | 15 | - | - |
| Music Pedagogy. | - | 6 | - |
| Music Performance, General. | 5 | 18 | - |
| Music Technology. | - | 2 | - |
| Music Theory and Composition. | 2 | 4 | - |
| Playwriting and Screenwriting. | - | 6 | - |
| Stringed Instruments. | 5 | 14 | - |
| Theatre/Theatre Arts Management. | - | 25 | - |
| Visual and Performing Arts, Other. | 1 | - | - |
| Voice and Opera. | 15 | 2 | - |
| Category total | 134 | 140 | 0 |
| Grand total | 1336 | 2923 | 323 |
FACULTY & INSTRUCTION
| Student to Faculty Ratio | 10 to 1 |
| Regular Class Size | 2-9 students: 29% of classes 10-19 students: 34% of classes 20-29 students: 14% of classes 30-39 students: 7% of classes 40-49 students: 4% of classes 50-99 students: 7% of classes Over 100 students: 5% of classes |
STUDENT BODY
| On Campus Housing | Yes |
| On Campus Housing Details | Coed dorms, women's dorms, men's dorms, single student apartments, disabled student housing, fraternity/sorority housing |
| Coeducational | Yes |
| All Undergraduates | 6,869 |
| Women (% of total) | 3,051 (44.42%) |
| Men (% of total) | 3,818 (55.58%) |
| Diversity of Student Body (UnderGraduates) | American Indian/Alaskan Native - 0.06 % Asian - 25.52 % Black/African-American - 4.24 % Hispanic/Latino - 7.45 % Multi-race (not Hispanic/Latino) - 3.79 % Native Hawaiian/ Pacific Islander - 0.01 % White - 29.68 % Unknown - 6.96 % International Students - 22.29 % |
| All Graduate Students | 7,333 |
| Women (% of total) | 2,489 (34%) |
| Men (% of total) | 4,844 (66%) |
| Diversity of Student Body (Graduate Students) | American Indian/Alaskan Native - 0.08 % Asian - 7.43 % Black/African-American - 1.42 % Hispanic/Latino - 1.88 % Multi-race (not Hispanic/Latino) - 1.08 % Native Hawaiian/ Pacific Islander - 0.03 % White - 22.91 % Unknown - 4.73 % International Students - 60.44 % |
UNDERGRADUATE RETENTION AND GRADUATION
| First-Year Students Returning | 98 % |
| Students Graduating (Within 6 Years) |
88 % |
AFTER GRADUATION
| Graduates Offered Full-Time Employment Within 6 Months | Not reported |
| Average Starting Salary | Not reported |
| Graduates Pursuing Advanced Study Directly | 22.0% |
| Disciplines Pursued | Business 6% Engineering 5% Law 2% Arts and Sciences 14% Medicine 2% Education 2% |
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