Carnegie Mellon University
Common Data Set 2017-18
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Acceptance Rate
22.2%
Applications
20,497
Admitted
4,550
Enrolled
1,676
Federal outcomes
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.
Median earnings
$114,862
10 years after enrollment
Graduation rate
94%
6-year completion
Average net price
$31,944
Sticker minus grants
Median debt at graduation
$21,750
Federal loans only
All Extracted Fields
B. Enrollment And Persistence
- Nonresidents
- 270
- Hispanic/Latino
- 155
- Black or African American, non-Hispanic
- 64
- White, non-Hispanic
- 463
- American Indian or Alaska Native, non-Hispanic
- 0
- Asian, non-Hispanic
- 536
- Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic
- 0
- Two or more races, non-Hispanic
- 77
- TOTAL
- 1676
- Certificate/diploma
- 0
- Bachelor's degrees
- 1463
- Postbachelor's certificates
- 39
- Master's degrees
- 2943
- Post-Master's certificates
- 0
- Doctoral degrees – research/scholarship
- 288
C. First-Time, First-Year Admission
- Percent in top tenth of high school graduating class
- 74
- Percent in top quarter of high school graduating class
- 94
- Percent in top half of high school graduating class
- 99
- Percent in bottom half of high school graduating class
- 1
- Percent in bottom quarter of high school graduating class
- 0
- Percent of total first-time, first-year students who submitted high school class rank:
- 26
- Total first-time, first-year males who applied (Males)
- 12735
- Total first-time, first-year females who applied (Females)
- 7762
- Total first-time, first-year males who were admitted (Males)
- 2132
- Total first-time, first-year females who were admitted (Females)
- 2418
- Total first-time, first-year males who enrolled (Males)
- 819
- Total first-time, first-year females who enrolled (Females)
- 857
- Amount of application fee:
- 75
- SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing: 25th Percentile
- 700
- SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing: 50th Percentile
- 760
- SAT Math: 25th Percentile
- 730
- SAT Math: 50th Percentile
- 800
- ACT Composite: 25th Percentile
- 32
- ACT Composite: 50th Percentile
- 35
- ACT Math: 25th Percentile
- 32
- ACT Math: 50th Percentile
- 35
- ACT English: 25th Percentile
- 32
- ACT English: 50th Percentile
- 35