Carnegie Mellon University
Common Data Set 2020-21
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Acceptance Rate
17.3%
Applications
26,189
Admitted
4,524
Enrolled
1,632
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
- 260
- Hispanic/Latino
- 151
- Black or African American, non-Hispanic
- 56
- White, non-Hispanic
- 367
- American Indian or Alaska Native, non-Hispanic
- 0
- Asian, non-Hispanic
- 622
- Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic
- 1
- Two or more races, non-Hispanic
- 72
- TOTAL
- 1637
- Certificate/diploma
- 0
- Postbachelor's certificates
- 34
- Post-Master's certificates
- 2
- Doctoral degrees – research/scholarship
- 327
C. First-Time, First-Year Admission
- Percent in top tenth of high school graduating class
- 88.5
- Percent in top quarter of high school graduating class
- 99.7
- Percent in top half of high school graduating class
- 99.7
- Percent in bottom half of high school graduating class
- 0.3
- Percent in bottom quarter of high school graduating class
- 0.1
- Percent of total first-time, first-year students who submitted high school class rank:
- 45.5
- Total first-time, first-year males who applied (Males)
- 15887
- Total first-time, first-year females who applied (Females)
- 10302
- Total first-time, first-year males who were admitted (Males)
- 2117
- Total first-time, first-year females who were admitted (Females)
- 2407
- Total first-time, first-year males who enrolled (Males)
- 815
- Total first-time, first-year females who enrolled (Females)
- 817
- 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
- 760
- SAT Math: 50th Percentile
- 800
- ACT Composite: 25th Percentile
- 33
- ACT Composite: 50th Percentile
- 35
- ACT Math: 25th Percentile
- 33
- ACT Math: 50th Percentile
- 36
- ACT English: 25th Percentile
- 33
- ACT English: 50th Percentile
- 35