Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University admitted 12% of applicants. Students who submitted scores typically had 1500–1570 on the SAT. Its average net price after aid was $35,780 a year. Within six years, 94% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 12%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Considered if submitted
- SAT middle 50%
- 1500–1570
- ACT middle 50%
- 34–35
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $86,759 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $35,780 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $14,468 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $68,776 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 94%
- Students who return for a second year
- 98%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $125,257 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $19,000
Students
- Undergraduates
- 7,304
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 19%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 5 to 1
- Campus setting
- City
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Engineering
- 23%
- Computer and information sciences
- 18%
- Mathematics and statistics
- 12%
- Business, management and marketing
- 10%
- Multi/interdisciplinary studies
- 7%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- Washington University in St Louis MO · 12% admitted
- Harvey Mudd College CA · 13% admitted
- Tufts University MA · 12% admitted
- Amherst College MA · 9% admitted
- Cornell University NY · 8.8% admitted
- University of Notre Dame IN · 11% admitted
More colleges in Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus PA · 61% admitted
- Temple University PA · 80% admitted
- University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus PA · 58% admitted
- West Chester University of Pennsylvania PA · 78% admitted
- Drexel University PA · 79% admitted
- University of Pennsylvania PA · 5.4% admitted
- Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania PA · 93% admitted
- Pennsylvania State University-World Campus PA · 91% admitted
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.