Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Private nonprofit
- City
- 7,304 undergrads
- Admit rate
- 12%Source: College Scorecard
- Average net price
- $35,780per year, after grantsSource: College Scorecard
- Graduation rate
- 94%within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $125,25710 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
What's special
You apply to one specific college, school or program within Carnegie Mellon, so your choice of field is part of the admission decision.
Getting in
- Admit rate
- 12%About 1 in 10 applicants get in.Source: College Scorecard
- Test policy
- Test-optionalScores are considered if you send them, but not required.Source: College Scorecard
- SAT (middle 50%)
- 1500–1570Reading + math, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
- ACT (middle 50%)
- 34–35Composite, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
From Carnegie Mellon University's own report
These numbers come from the school's Common Data Set for 2024–25, a standard report colleges publish about their applicants and first-year students. Open the report.
85% had a 3.75 or higher. The average was 3.89. Schools count GPA differently (weighted or not), so compare ranges loosely.
- Admit rate in this report
- 12%3,959 admitted of 33,941 first-year applicants
- Early decision admit rate
- 14%612 admitted of 4,423. Early decision is binding: you commit to attend if admitted.
- Off the wait list
- 0%32 admitted of 10,062 who stayed on the wait list (16,484 were offered a spot)
- SAT, middle 50%
- 1510–1560First-years who sent scores
- ACT, middle 50%
- 34–35First-years who sent scores
- Top 10% of their class
- 94%98% were in the top quarter.
Early applicants often include recruited athletes and students who knew this was their first choice, so a higher early rate doesn't mean applying early raises any one student's odds by that much.
Where you'd stand
Enter your numbers to see where they'd fall among Carnegie Mellon University's first-year students. This isn't a prediction: it shows how you compare with students who enrolled, using the sources linked below.
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Sources: Carnegie Mellon University Common Data Set 2024–25. Test ranges describe enrolled students who sent scores.
What it really costs
Most families pay less than the sticker price. Net price is what's left after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $35,780full-time first-years who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $86,759sticker price incl. housing, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition
- $68,776Source: College Scorecard
After you enroll
- Graduation rate
- 94%first-time, full-time students finishing within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Came back for year two
- 98%full-time first-year studentsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $125,25710 years after starting, for students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at graduation
- $19,000federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Students
- Undergraduates
- 7,304Source: College Scorecard
- Receive Pell grants
- 19%a sign of economic diversitySource: College Scorecard
- First-generation students
- 10%parents didn't go beyond high schoolSource: College Scorecard
Similar schools
Similar, and easier to get into
- Villanova University Villanova, PA — admits 27%
- Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA — admits 89%
- Duquesne University Pittsburgh, PA — admits 84%
- Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA — admits 29%
Also worth a look
- Georgetown University Washington, DC — admits 13%
- Tufts University Medford, MA — admits 11%
- Northwestern University Evanston, IL — admits 8%
- Villanova University Villanova, PA — admits 27%
- University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA — admits 5%
- Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA — admits 14%
Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Carnegie Mellon University, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. We last pulled the data on November 4, 2026. Different measures cover different years; here's how each one works.
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