SCHOOLS / CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY

Carnegie Mellon University

PITTSBURGH, PAIPEDS 211440CARNEGIE CLASS 15
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§ Academic profile

Where you'd land in this school's admitted class.

SAT compositeMiddle 50% of score submitters
25th1,500
Median1,540
75th1,560
§ SUBMIT RATE NOT REPORTED · 2025-26 CDS · METHOD →
ACT compositeMiddle 50% of score submitters
25th34
Median35
75th36
§ SUBMIT RATE NOT REPORTED · 2025-26 CDS · METHOD →
ADMIT RATE 11%SAT SUBMIT n/aACT SUBMIT n/a

Add your GPA and test score to compare against this school's published CDS bands.

§ SOURCE: COMMON DATA SET 2025-26 · §C.7 §C.9 §C.11 §C.12ARCHIVED SOURCE →
§ Admission rounds

How the class gets assembled.

Early Decision offeredNo Early Action reported
Likely ED share of class31%553 ED admits / 1,804 enrolled first-years
ED admit-rate multiple2.0x21% ED vs 10% all other rounds
Seats left after ED1,251of 1,804 enrolled first-year seats
All-other admit rate10%3,306 admitted from 32,187 applicants
§ Adjusted admission flow

Applicants, admits, and class seats use separate stage scales so Early Decision and all other rounds stay readable.

Each column is scaled within that stage. Labels show exact counts.

Early Decision
Applicants2,680reported count
Admits55321%
Class seats553assumes ED admits enroll
All other rounds
Applicants32,187reported count
Admits3,30610%
Class seats1,25138% estimated yield
Exact admission data
Admission flow data
PathApplicantsAdmittedAdmit rateClass seatsNote
Early Decision2,68055321%553Likely class seats assume ED admits enroll.
All other rounds32,1873,30610%1,251All other rounds are residual CDS totals, not exact Regular Decision.
Class-seat estimate assumes ED admits enroll. CDS does not report confirmed ED enrollment, so likely ED class seats are calculated as the smaller of ED admits and enrolled first-years.
Overall yield: 47%. Published yield blends high-commitment ED admits with the rest of the admitted pool.
Read the ED rate carefully. Published ED rates can include recruited athletes, legacy applicants, and institutional-priority applicants. The general-pool ED rate can be lower.
§ Wait list attrition

n/a joined after being offered a spot. n/a of students who joined were admitted.

Exact wait-list data
Wait-list data
MetricValue
Offered a wait-list spotn/a
Accepted a wait-list spotn/a
Admitted from wait list36
Joined after being offeredn/a
Admitted after joiningn/a

Wait-list outcomes can change sharply year to year.

§ Factors this school weighs
First generation: Important
§ Application cost

Application fee: $75.

§ SOURCE: COMMON DATA SET 2025-26 · §C.21 §C.22 §C.2 §C.7 §C.13METHOD →ARCHIVED SOURCE →
§ Merit and need aid

What this school reports giving.

This CDS does not report the core H2A no-need grant fields. Federal affordability context is still shown below when available.

Limited merit profile
No-need grant recipientsNot reportedH2A first-year fields not reported
Avg net price$31,944Federal Scorecard, all aided students
§ Scope

CDS H2A counts students who had no financial need and received institutional non-need scholarship or grant aid, excluding athletic awards and tuition benefits.

§ International aid

Need-based aid for nonresidents: n/a. Non-need aid for nonresidents: n/a.

This is not a personalized price estimate. Merit awards are source-reported institutional facts. Your actual cost depends on income, assets, residency, application round, program, and school policy.
§ SOURCE: COMMON DATA SET 2025-26 · §H.2 §H.2A §H.6 §H.14METHOD →ARCHIVED SOURCE →
NCES/IPEDS baseline

Source-labeled federal facts

These values come from official NCES/IPEDS tables. They are not Common Data Set fields unless the source note says the alignment is direct or near.

Provisional 2024-25 release, data year 2024

Academics

Academics IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
Student-faculty ratio5EF2024D.STUFACR

Admissions

Admissions IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
Admissions total
first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates
3959ADM2024.ADMSSN
Admit rate12%DRVADM2024.DVADM01
Applicants total
first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates
33941ADM2024.APPLCN
Enrolled full time
first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates
1807ADM2024.ENRLFT
Enrolled total
first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates
1808ADM2024.ENRLT
Open admissions policyNoIC2024.OPENADMP
Yield rate46%DRVADM2024.DVADM04

Admissions testing

Admissions testing IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
ACT composite 25th percentile34ADM2024.ACTCM25
ACT composite 50th percentile35ADM2024.ACTCM50
ACT composite 75th percentile35ADM2024.ACTCM75
ACT submit rate22%ADM2024.ACTPCT
SAT EBRW 25th percentile730ADM2024.SATVR25
SAT EBRW 50th percentile750ADM2024.SATVR50
SAT EBRW 75th percentile770ADM2024.SATVR75
SAT math 25th percentile770ADM2024.SATMT25
SAT math 50th percentile790ADM2024.SATMT50
SAT math 75th percentile800ADM2024.SATMT75
SAT submit rate53%ADM2024.SATPCT

Completions

Completions IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
Bachelor's degrees awarded1678DRVC2024.BASDEG
Doctor's degrees awarded346DRVC2024.DOCDEGRS
Master's degrees awarded3534DRVC2024.MASDEG

Costs

Costs IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
In-state required fees$1,040COST1_2024.FEE2
In-state tuition$64,596COST1_2024.TUITION2
Out-of-state required fees$1,040COST1_2024.FEE3
Out-of-state tuition$64,596COST1_2024.TUITION3
Total price, in-state on campus$86,812DRVCOST2024.CINSON
Total price, out-of-state on campus$86,812DRVCOST2024.COTSON

Enrollment

Enrollment IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
Full-time undergraduate enrollment7133DRVEF2024.EFUGFT
Graduate enrollment8511DRVEF2024.EFGRAD
Part-time undergraduate enrollment244DRVEF2024.EFUGPT
Total enrollment15888DRVEF2024.ENRTOT
Undergraduate enrollment7377DRVEF2024.EFUG

Financial aid

Financial aid IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
Any aid rate58%SFA2324.ANYAIDP
Average federal grant aid$8,063SFA2324.FGRNT_A
Average federal loan$8,203SFA2324.LOAN_A
Average Pell grant$6,322SFA2324.PGRNT_A
Federal grant aid rate18%SFA2324.FGRNT_P
Federal loan rate34%SFA2324.LOAN_P
Pell grant rate18%SFA2324.PGRNT_P

Identity

Identity IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
CityPittsburghHD2024.CITY
ControlPrivate not-for-profitHD2024.CONTROL
Degree-granting statusDegree-grantingHD2024.DEGGRANT
Highest level of offeringDoctor's degreeHD2024.HLOFFER
Institution levelFour or more yearsHD2024.ICLEVEL
Institution nameCarnegie Mellon UniversityHD2024.INSTNM
Institution size category10,000 - 19,999HD2024.INSTSIZE
IPEDS sectorPrivate not-for-profit, 4-year or aboveHD2024.SECTOR
LocaleCity: LargeHD2024.LOCALE
StatePennsylvaniaHD2024.STABBR

Outcomes

Outcomes IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
Bachelor graduation rate, 4 years81%DRVGR2024.GBA4RTT
Bachelor graduation rate, 5 years92%DRVGR2024.GBA5RTT
Bachelor graduation rate, 6 years94%DRVGR2024.GBA6RTT
Full-time retention rate98%EF2024D.RET_PCF
Graduation rate, 150% time94%DRVGR2024.GRRTTOT
Part-time retention rate100%EF2021D.RET_PCP
Transfer-out rate2%DRVGR2024.TRRTTOT
§ Federal outcomes

What federal data says

SRC · U.S. DEPT. OF ED., COLLEGE SCORECARD 2022-23.
OUTCOMES LAG THE CDS YEAR SHOWN ABOVE.
Median earnings
$114,862
10 yrs after enrollment
Graduation rate
94%
6-year completion
Average net price
$31,944
sticker minus grants
Median debt at grad.
$21,750
federal loans only
§ Earnings distribution

Ten years after enrollment, in 2022-23 dollars

P25
$72,560$73k
MEDIAN
$114,862$115k
P75
$182,769$183k
$20k
$40k
$60k
$80k
§H · Net price by family income

Average cost after grants

CDS H2A · 2022-23
$0 – $30,000
$9,097
$30,001 – $48,000
$6,994
$48,001 – $75,000
$14,468
$75,001 – $110,000
← MODAL BRACKET$24,865
$110,001 and up
$51,480
§B · Completion and retention
4-yr grad
81%
6-yr grad
94%
8-yr grad
93%
Retention
98%
Pell grad
92%
Transfer
2%

Federal data from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, vintage 2022-23. Outcomes reflect earlier cohorts than the CDS year shown elsewhere on this page.