Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA · Private (nonprofit)
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Acceptance rate
11.1%
3,859 admitted
SAT · 50th
1540
Range 1500–1560
6-yr grad
94.1%
Retention 98.0%
Undergrads
7,304
5:1 S-F
Admissions
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11.1%
3,859 admitted
from 34,867 apps
Applications34,867
Overall admit rate11.1%
Enrolled1,804 · 46.8% yield
Admitted from waitlist36 of 7,117
Test scores
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1540
SAT composite · 50th %ile
range 1500–1560 · 65.5% submitted
SAT
255075
R&W730750770
Math770790800
Comp150015401560
ACT
255075
Comp343536
Cost & aid
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$67,020
tuition (full-time)
Tuition$67,020
Fees$1,756
Room & board$18,894
Books$1,000
Academics
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5 : 1
student-faculty ratio
98.0% retention
Student-faculty5 : 1
Retention98.0%
4-year graduation81.4%
6-year graduation94.1%
Enrollment
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7,304
undergraduates
Total undergraduates7,304
First-year1,804
Rankings
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#1
U.S. News & World Report
Best Undergraduate Business Specialties: Analytics
SourceListRankYr
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Business Specialties: Analytics#126
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Business Specialties: Management Information Systems#126
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Computer Science Specialties: Artificial Intelligence#126
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Computer Science Specialties: Cybersecurity#126
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Computer Science Specialties: Mobile/Web Applications#126
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Computer Science Specialties: Programming Languages#126
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Computer Science Specialties: Software Engineering#126
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Classifications & designations
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R1 Research University
Carnegie Classification
131 member schools
SourceGroupMembers
Carnegie ClassificationR1 Research University131
Athletic conferenceUniversity Athletic Association8
Athletic divisionNCAA D3105
Institutional controlPrivate (nonprofit) college211
Geographic groupingPennsylvania colleges21
Groups derived from CDS + IPEDS fields. Curated national memberships (AAU, HBCU, Common App, etc.) being added — see task queue.
Application timeline & requirements
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$75
application fee
waivable
Regular decisionJanuary 1 (December 1 for Drama and Music) → By April 1 → May 1
Early decisionNovember 1 (not available for Acting, Directing, Dramaturgy, Music Theater, or School of Music) → December 15 (admitted applicants must reply by February 1) · binding
Deferred admissionAllowed
Test policyConsider if Submitted
HS units required4 Eng, 4 Math, 3 Sci, 2 FL
Admissions URLadmission.enrollment.cmu.edu/pages/apply…
Admissions emailadmission@andrew.cmu.edu
Admissions phone412-268-2082
Deadlines and requirements from the school's Common Data Set §C3–C6 (Deadlines & Notification, ED/EA, HS Coursework).
Peers by the numbers
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Massachusetts Inst…
closest algorithmic match
across selectivity, size, profile
SchoolAdmitSATSize
Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA · Private (nonprofit)4.6%15504K
Cornell University NY · Private (nonprofit)8.4%153016K
Georgia Institute of Technology GA · Public13.3%146021K
University of Michigan MI · Public16.4%147035K
Stanford University CA · Private (nonprofit)3.8%15507K
Princeton University NJ · Private (nonprofit)4.4%15305K
University of Illinois Urbana IL · Public36.6%144236K
Peer set computed algorithmically from CDS metrics (admit rate, SAT/ACT band, size) plus IPEDS classification. Not measured cross-application behavior.

Official Common Data Set Documents — Carnegie Mellon University

11 years of Carnegie Mellon University's officially published CDS, archived by CollegeNumbers. PDF and spreadsheet originals exactly as the school filed them.