Pittsburgh, PA · Private nonprofit
11.7%
Acceptance rate
1,545
SAT Average
$31,671
Avg net price
7,187
Enrollment
| All fields, 2024-25Bachelor’s 1,893Master’s 3,751Doctoral 380 |
| Bachelor’s 444Master’s 1,180Doctoral 173 |
| Bachelor’s 344Master’s 1,382Doctoral 84 |
| Bachelor’s 227Master’s 113Doctoral 19 |
| Bachelor’s 191Master’s 307Doctoral 2 |
| Bachelor’s 140Master’s 252Doctoral 9 |
| Bachelor’s 133Master’s 120Doctoral 3 |
| Bachelor’s 103Master’s 75Doctoral 40 |
| Bachelor’s 69Master’s 69Doctoral 28 |
| Bachelor’s 67Master’s 10Doctoral 4 |
| Bachelor’s 50Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 44Master’s 17Doctoral 1 |
| Bachelor’s 29Master’s 0Doctoral 2 |
| Bachelor’s 19Master’s 28Doctoral 2 |
| Bachelor’s 16Master’s 12Doctoral 0 |
| Bachelor’s 8Master’s 11Doctoral 4 |
| Bachelor’s 5Master’s 1Doctoral 5 |
| Bachelor’s 2Master’s 137Doctoral 3 |
| Bachelor’s 2Master’s 13Doctoral 1 |
| Bachelor’s 0Master’s 24Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 0Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 0Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 0Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 0Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 0Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
NCAA program details
- Primary division
- Division III
- Primary conference
- University Athletic Association
Projected sponsored sports19
Athletic participation
478 unique student-athletes · 15 varsity teams
Early Decision
Early Decision is not available for the School of Drama, BXA Design programs or the School of Music.
Binding · Decision released by Dec 15 · CSS Profile, FAFSA due Nov 15
Regular Decision for Schools of Drama and Music
Regular Decision for Schools of Drama and Music
Decision released by Apr 1 · CSS Profile, FAFSA due Feb 15
Regular Decision
Decision released by Apr 1 · CSS Profile, FAFSA due Feb 15
· Apply with Common App
Published on-campus price, 2024–25
- Tuition
- $64,596
- Required fees
- $1,650
- Food and housing
- $18,166
- Books and supplies
- $1,000
- Other expenses
- $1,400
- Total
- $86,812
- $74,4912019–2019–20
- $76,7602020–2120–21
- $77,4742021–2221–22
- $80,2302022–2322–23
- $83,6972023–2423–24
- $86,8122024–2524–25
Net price by family income, 2022–23
Students of all incomes paid $31,671 on average. Grants and scholarships covered the rest of the cost.
Net price covers first-time, full-time students who received federal aid.
Sources
- IPEDS Institutional Characteristics · National Center for Education Statistics · 2025–26
- IPEDS Admissions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03
- Application process · College websites · 2026–27
- NCAA Projected Sports Sponsorship by School · National Collegiate Athletic Association · 2025–26
- Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act · U.S. Department of Education · 2024–25
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- IPEDS Completions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- IPEDS Student Charges · National Center for Education Statistics · 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
Every figure below is read directly from Carnegie Mellon University’s own reported data, with no scores, ratings, or estimates added. Derived from 5 Common Data Set filings (2021–22 to 2025–26).
Carnegie Mellon University admitted of applicants, a admit rate. Of those, enrolled, a yield, across 5 years of Common Data Set filings.
Carnegie Mellon University runs one binding Early Decision round. ED applicants were admitted at versus for the regular pool, a edge, and ED admits fill of the class.
The enrolled class is roughly international. Carnegie Mellon University withholds applicants and admits by residency, so in-state, out-of-state, and international admit odds can't be computed.
Enrolled first-years by geography
1,804 first-years
Admit odds by pool
Test scores are considered but not required. SAT or ACT scores must arrive by Jan 1. Of enrolled first-years, submitted an SAT, up from 47.7% in 2021–22, and an ACT.
Some students submit both an SAT and an ACT, so the two shares overlap. They don’t add up to a single “submitted a test” rate.
SAT composite
65.5% of the class submitted an SAT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
ACT composite
18.1% of the class submitted an ACT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
Carnegie Mellon University’s enrolled first-years averaged a high-school GPA, among the 99.7% who submitted one. ranked in the top tenth of their high-school class, among the 19% who submitted class rank.
High-school GPA
among first-years who submitted test scores
Average 3.89
High-school class rank
Among the 19% of first-years who submitted class rank. Shares are cumulative — students in the top tenth also count in the top quarter and top half.
Carnegie Mellon University rates 6 factors "very important." Each column reads strongest first.
Academic
- Rigor of secondary school record
- Very important
- Class rank
- Very important
- Academic GPA
- Very important
- Application essay
- Important
- Recommendation(s)
- Important
- Standardized test scores
- Considered
Nonacademic
- Extracurricular activities
- Very important
- Character / personal qualities
- Very important
- Volunteer work
- Very important
- Talent / ability
- Important
- First generation
- Important
- Geographical residence
- Considered
- Work experience
- Considered
- Interview
- Not considered
- Alumni/ae relation
- Not considered
- State residency
- Not considered
- Religious affiliation/commitment
- Not considered
- Level of applicant's interest
- Not considered
Carnegie Mellon University leaves 1 Common Data Set answer blank — each one hidden below with what it would tell you.
Without the residency split, there’s no way to see whether admit rates shift for out-of-state or international applicants.
Does disclose: SAT / ACT score bands (C9) · Admissions factor grid (C7) · Early Decision applicants & admits (C21) · Students admitted off the waitlist (C2)
Carnegie Mellon University’s sticker drops once grant aid is applied, and what a family actually pays depends on income.
What aid recipients pay, by income
net price
Bars read against the $88,670 sticker. Each figure averages only families who received federal aid in that income band (College Scorecard); $31,671 across all aid recipients. A family receiving no aid pays the full sticker of $88,670.
How need-based aid is determined
Cost of attendance − expected family contribution = demonstrated need
Forms a family files to be considered
Merit aid reached of the class, or of enrolled first-years. Carnegie Mellon University reports institutional aid is not available to international students.
Carnegie Mellon University admitted students off the waitlist, about of the class.
97% of Carnegie Mellon University’s first-years return for a second year and 92.5% graduate within six. Median earnings ten years out are against of median federal debt, roughly a earnings-to-debt ratio.
Sources
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03