Carnegie Mellon University admits roughly 11 of every 100 applicants in the most recent CDS reporting cycle.
The headline numbers, drawn from CDS sections A–H.
Per-cycle Common Data Set values. Enrolled is first-year matriculants (CDS B1), not total undergraduate population. Blank cells mean the field was not published in that year's source CDS.
| Year | Admit rate | Enrolled | 6-yr grad | Retention | SAT (50th) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-2026 | 11.1% | 1,804 | — | — | 1,540 |
| 2024-2025 | 11.7% | — | 98.0% | — | 1,540 |
| 2023-2024 | — | — | — | — | 1,540 |
| 2022-2023 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021-2022 | — | — | — | — | — |
Cross-admits and statistical look-alikes, surfaced from the CollegeNumbers peer model.
Comparative observations derived from this school's reported CDS values and from IPEDS / College Scorecard reference data. Every claim is grounded in a number — no editorial overlay.
Highly selective — top tier of CDS Atlas schools.
Carnegie Mellon University's 11.1% admit rate places it among 50 of 334 covered schools admitting below 15% (~15.0% of the index).
Cross-admit cohort spans an unusually wide selectivity range.
The schools Carnegie Mellon University applicants most commonly also apply to range from 3.8% admit to 42.4% admit — a 38.6 pp band. A reasonable read: applicants choose by region or program fit rather than selectivity tier alone.
Sources: each school's officially-published Common Data Set; IPEDS / College Scorecard for federal comparisons. Methodology →
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