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Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA · Private (nonprofit) · 7,304 students · mostly bachelor degrees
244th-cheapest of 264 Pennsylvania colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$31,944
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$83,654
Graduation rate
94%
Admission rate
12%
Median graduate earnings
$114,862
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$21,750
Average SAT
1546
Median ACT
34
Pell grant recipients
16%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
222 programsComputer Science · Bachelor's Degree270 grads/yr$268,121Electrical and Electronics Engineering · Bachelor's Degree157 grads/yr$250,168Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering · Master's Degree109 grads/yr$221,170Electrical and Electronics Engineering · Master's Degree446 grads/yr$209,847Business Administration and Management, General · Master's Degree0 grads/yr$208,503Computer and Information Sciences, General · Master's Degree1,085 grads/yr$193,154Computer and Information Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree111 grads/yr$187,437Contemplative Studies/Inquiry · Bachelor's Degree13 grads/yr$162,106Business Administration and Management, General · Bachelor's Degree151 grads/yr$160,783Mathematics and Statistics · Bachelor's Degree172 grads/yr$156,743Medical/Health Management and Clinical Assistant/Specialist · Master's Degree36 grads/yr$150,366Systems Science and Theory · Bachelor's Degree118 grads/yr$146,929Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance · Master's Degree276 grads/yr$146,578Mathematics and Statistics, Other · Bachelor's Degree24 grads/yr$145,741Econometrics and Quantitative Economics · Bachelor's Degree55 grads/yr$144,886Design and Visual Communications, General · Bachelor's Degree42 grads/yr$138,588Mathematics and Statistics · Master's Degree49 grads/yr$132,407Mechanical Engineering · Master's Degree203 grads/yr$127,603Packaging Science · Master's Degree89 grads/yr$126,105Materials Chemistry · Bachelor's Degree26 grads/yr$119,715Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation · Master's Degree91 grads/yr$113,586Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering · Bachelor's Degree41 grads/yr$110,378Engineering, General · Bachelor's Degree20 grads/yr$110,208Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering · Bachelor's Degree36 grads/yr$109,648Mechanical Engineering · Bachelor's Degree107 grads/yr$105,623
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (most recent cohorts). Net price is for students receiving federal aid; earnings are a past cohort measured years after entry, not a guarantee.