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Carnegie Mellon University

General Information

Name: Carnegie Mellon University
Address: 5000 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890
Phone:

  • General information: (412) 268-2000
  • Financial aid office: (412) 268-8186
  • Admissions office: (412) 268-2082

Website: www.cmu.edu/
Type of Institution: Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above
Religious affiliation: None

Estimated Student Expenses

Undergraduate academic year prices
Detailed expenses2006-072005-062004-05
Tuition and fees$34,578$32,044$31,036
Books and supplies$945$925$910
Living arrangement
On-campus
        Room and board$9,280$8,916$8,554
        Other expenses$1,315$1,295$1,280

Total expenses   
On-campus$46,118$43,180$41,780

Financial Aid Recipients

    Percentage of Students Who Receive Aid:
  • Any form of aid: 71%
  • Federal grants: 13%
  • State/local grants: 6%
  • Institutional grants: 66%
  • Student loans: 46%
    Average Amount of Aid Received:
  • Federal grants:$5844
  • State/local grants:$2940
  • Institutional grants:$15867
  • Student loans:$6395

Admissions

Undergraduate application fee (2006-07):$60
Undergraduate Admissions
Fall 2006
TotalMenWomen
Number of applicants18,86412,3606,504
Percent admitted33.7%31.7%37.5%
Percent admitted who enrolled
Full-time22.4%22.3%22.5%
Part-time0.1%0.0%0.1%

Enrollment

Total enrollment: 10017
Undergraduate enrollment: 5623
First-time student retention: 94%
Overall graduation rate: 86%

Characteristics of undergraduate students

    • Attendance:
    • Full Time: 96%
    • Part Time: 4%
    • Gender:
    • Men: 60%
    • Women: 40%

White non-hispanic: 42%
Black non-hispanic: 5%
Hispanic: 5%
Asian/pacific islander: 23%
American indian/alaska native: 0%
Other: 24%

Degrees offered

    Architecture and Related Services
  • Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD) - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • Architecture and Related Services, Other - Master, Doctor
  • City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning - Master
    Area, Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender Studies
  • European Studies/Civilization - Bachelor
  • Russian Studies - Bachelor
    Biological and Biomedical Sciences
  • Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other - Bachelor, Master
  • Biology/Biological Sciences, General - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
    Business, Management, Marketing, & Related Support Services
  • Accounting - Master, Doctor
  • Business Administration and Management, General - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • Business Administration, Management and Operations, Other - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • Business/Managerial Economics - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • E-Commerce/Electronic Commerce - Master
  • Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations, Other - Master
  • Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies - Bachelor
  • Finance and Financial Management Services, Other - Bachelor, Master
  • Finance, General - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • Information Resources Management/CIO Training - Bachelor
  • International Business/Trade/Commerce - Bachelor
  • Management Information Systems, General - Master, Doctor
  • Management Science, General - Master
  • Marketing/Marketing Management, General - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • Operations Management and Supervision - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • Organizational Behavior Studies - Master, Doctor
    Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs
  • Communication and Media Studies, Other - Bachelor
    Communications Technologies/Technicians & Support Services
  • Animation, Interactive Tech, Video Graphics and Special Effects - Master
    Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services
  • Artificial Intelligence and Robotics - Master, Doctor
  • Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • Computer and Information Systems Security - Master
  • Computer Science - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • Computer/Info Tech Services Administration & Management, Other - Master
  • Information Science/Studies - Master
  • Information Technology - Master
    Education
  • Teaching English as Second/Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor - Bachelor
    Engineering
  • Biomedical/Medical Engineering - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • Chemical Engineering - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • Civil Engineering, General - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • Civil Engineering, Other - Master, Doctor
  • Computer Engineering, Other - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • Computer Software Engineering - Master
  • Engineering, Other - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • Geological/Geophysical Engineering - Master, Doctor
  • Industrial Engineering - Master
  • Materials Engineering - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • Materials Science - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • Mechanical Engineering - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • Operations Research - Bachelor
    English Language and Literature/Letters
  • Creative Writing - Bachelor
  • English Language and Literature, General - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • English Language and Literature/Letters, Other - Master, Doctor
  • Speech and Rhetorical Studies - Master, Doctor
  • Technical and Business Writing - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
    Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
  • Chinese Language and Literature - Bachelor
  • Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics, General - Bachelor
  • Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other - Master, Doctor
  • French Language and Literature - Bachelor
  • German Language and Literature - Bachelor
  • Japanese Language and Literature - Bachelor
  • Linguistics - Bachelor
  • Spanish Language and Literature - Bachelor
    Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences
  • Health/Health Care Administration/Management - Master
    History
  • History, General - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • History, Other - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • Public/Applied History and Archival Administration - Bachelor
    Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies & Humanities
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other - Bachelor
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies - Bachelor
    Mathematics and Statistics
  • Applied Mathematics - Bachelor
  • Applied Mathematics, Other - Bachelor
  • Computational Mathematics - Bachelor, Doctor
  • Mathematical Statistics and Probability - Bachelor, Doctor
  • Mathematics and Statistics, Other - Bachelor, Doctor
  • Mathematics, General - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • Statistics, General - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
    Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
  • Behavioral Sciences - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • Biopsychology - Bachelor
  • Cognitive Science - Bachelor
  • Mathematics and Computer Science - Bachelor
  • Science, Technology and Society - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • Systems Science and Theory - Bachelor
    Philosophy and Religious Studies
  • Ethics - Bachelor
  • Logic - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • Philosophy - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
    Physical Sciences
  • Astrophysics - Bachelor
  • Chemical Physics - Bachelor
  • Chemistry, General - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • Physical Sciences - Bachelor
  • Physical Sciences, Other - Bachelor
  • Physics, General - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • Physics, Other - Bachelor
  • Polymer Chemistry - Bachelor, Master
    Psychology
  • Cognitive Psychology and Psycholinguistics - Bachelor
  • Physiological Psychology/Psychobiology - Bachelor
  • Psychology, General - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • Psychology, Other - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
    Public Administration and Social Service Professions
  • Public Administration - Master, Doctor
  • Public Administration and Social Service Professions, Other - Bachelor
  • Public Policy Analysis - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
    Social Sciences
  • Anthropology, Other - Bachelor
  • Economics, General - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • Economics, Other - Master
  • International Economics - Bachelor
  • International Relations and Affairs - Bachelor
  • Political Science and Government, General - Bachelor, Doctor
  • Social Sciences, General - Bachelor, Master
  • Social Sciences, Other - Master, Doctor
  • Sociology - Bachelor, Doctor
    Visual and Performing Arts
  • Art/Art Studies, General - Bachelor, Master
  • Arts Management - Master
  • Conducting - Master
  • Design and Applied Arts, Other - Bachelor, Master
  • Design and Visual Communications, General - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • Directing and Theatrical Production - Bachelor, Master
  • Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General - Bachelor, Master
  • Dramatic/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft, Other - Master
  • Film/Cinema Studies - Bachelor
  • Film/Video and Photographic Arts, Other - Master
  • Fine Arts and Art Studies, Other - Bachelor
  • Industrial Design - Bachelor
  • Intermedia/Multimedia - Bachelor
  • Jazz/Jazz Studies - Bachelor
  • Music Pedagogy - Master
  • Music Performance, General - Bachelor, Master
  • Music Theory and Composition - Bachelor, Master
  • Musicology and Ethnomusicology - Bachelor
  • Piano and Organ - Master
  • Playwriting and Screenwriting - Master
  • Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology - Bachelor, Master
  • Violin, Viola, Guitar and Other Stringed Instruments - Bachelor, Master
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other - Bachelor
  • Voice and Opera - Bachelor, Master


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