Carnegie Mellon University

Also known as

Carnegie Mellon; CMU

Institutional Enrollment

Total Post-Bac Enrollment

9,639

38.7% Female

61.3% Male

Institution Overview

System

-2

School Type

Private not-for-profit (no religious affiliation)

Academic Calendar

Semester

Setting

City: Large

Academics

Graduate Assistantships

Yes

Full Time Graduate Enrolled

Yes

Part Time Graduate Enrolled

Yes

Total # of Programs

355

Number of Programs Available (in Category Selected Above)

Master's

110

Doctoral Research

Distance

Degrees Offered

Master's

Doctor's (Research)

Certificate Offered

Post-master's

Postbaccalaureate

Student Body

Demographics

0.04%

American Indian or Alaska Native

8.98%

Asian

1.98%

Black or African American

2.47%

Hispanic or Latino

0.04%

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

15.95%

White

1.29%

Two or more races

4.88%

Unknown

64.37%

Non-resident Alien

Admissions

Admissions Office Web Address

admission.enrollment.cmu.edu/

Tuition & Aid

Average Tuition

$49,999

Academics: Programs - Overview

Academic

Yes

Occupational

Continuing Professional

Recreational or avocational

Highest Degree offered

Doctor's degree - research/scholarship

Distance Learning Options

Grad programs or courses

Yes

Degree Programs Offered (in Category Selected Above)

Master's

110

Master's (Distance)

Doctor's Degree Research

Doctor's Degree Research (Distance)

Postbaccalaureate Certificate

Postbaccalaureate Certificate (Distance)

Post Master's Certificate

Post Master's Certificate (Distance)

Program Area	Program Type	Program Format
Program Area	Program Type	Campus	Distance
Actuarial Science	Master's Degree Postbaccalaureate Cert.	Yes Yes	No No
Applied and Professional Ethics	Doctoral – Research	Yes	No
Applied Linguistics	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Architecture	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Art/Art Studies, General	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Artificial Intelligence	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	Yes Yes
Arts, Entertainment,and Media Management, General	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Behavioral Sciences	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research Postbaccalaureate Cert.	Yes Yes Yes	No Yes Yes
Bioinformatics	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Biological/Biosystems Engineering	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Biology/Biological Sciences, General	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Biometry/Biometrics	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	Yes Yes
Biophysics	Doctoral – Research	Yes	No
Biotechnology	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Business Administration and Management, General	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research Postbaccalaureate Cert. Post Master's Certificate	Yes Yes Yes Yes	No No Yes Yes
Business Administration, Management and Operations, Other	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
CAD/CADD Drafting and/or Design Technology/Technician	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Chemical Engineering	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	Yes No
Chemical Engineering, Other	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Chemistry, General	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Chemistry, Other	Doctoral – Research	Yes	No
Civil Engineering, General	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No Yes
Civil Engineering, Other	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Cognitive Science	Doctoral – Research	Yes	No
Computational Biology	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Computational Mathematics	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Computational Science	Master's Degree Postbaccalaureate Cert.	Yes Yes	Yes Yes
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Computer and Information Sciences, Other	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	Yes No
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Computer Engineering, Other	Master's Degree	Yes	Yes
Computer Graphics	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Computer Science	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	Yes Yes
Computer Software Engineering	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research Postbaccalaureate Cert.	Yes Yes Yes	Yes Yes Yes
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications	Master's Degree	Yes	Yes
Computer/Information Technology Services Administration and Management, Other	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Conducting	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Construction Engineering	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Costume Design	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Design and Applied Arts, Other	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Design and Visual Communications, General	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Digital Arts	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Directing and Theatrical Production	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Dramatic/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft, Other	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	Yes Yes
Engineering Design	Master's Degree Postbaccalaureate Cert.	Yes Yes	Yes Yes
Engineering Mechanics	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Engineering Science	Master's Degree	Yes	Yes
Engineering Technology, General	Master's Degree	Yes	Yes
Engineering, General	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No Yes
Engineering, Other	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	Yes Yes
Engineering/Industrial Management	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No Yes
Engineering-Related Fields, Other	Master's Degree	Yes	No
English Language and Literature, General	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
English Language and Literature/Letters, Other	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Financial Mathematics	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	Yes No
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Game and Interactive Media Design	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	Master's Degree	Yes	Yes
History, General	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
History, Other	Doctoral – Research	Yes	No
Human Computer Interaction	Master's Degree	Yes	Yes
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General	Postbaccalaureate Cert.	Yes	No
Information Resources Management	Master's Degree	Yes	Yes
Information Technology	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research Postbaccalaureate Cert.	Yes Yes Yes	No Yes Yes
Information Technology Project Management	Master's Degree	Yes	Yes
International Relations and Affairs	Master's Degree	Yes	Yes
Journalism, Other	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Language Interpretation and Translation	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Logic	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Management Information Systems and Services, Other	Doctoral – Research	Yes	No
Management Information Systems, General	Master's Degree	Yes	Yes
Management Science	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods, Other	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Manufacturing Engineering	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Materials Science	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	Yes No
Materials Sciences, Other	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Mathematical Statistics and Probability	Doctoral – Research	Yes	No
Mathematics and Statistics, Other	Doctoral – Research	Yes	No
Mathematics, General	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No Yes
Mechanical Engineering	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research Postbaccalaureate Cert.	Yes Yes Yes	Yes Yes Yes
Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	Yes Yes
Music Pedagogy	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Music Performance, General	Master's Degree Postbaccalaureate Cert. Post Master's Certificate	Yes Yes Yes	No No No
Music Technology	Master's Degree Postbaccalaureate Cert.	Yes Yes	No No
Music Theory and Composition	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Music, General	Master's Degree Postbaccalaureate Cert.	Yes Yes	No No
Music, Other	Master's Degree Postbaccalaureate Cert.	Yes Yes	No No
Neurobiology and Anatomy	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Neurobiology and Neurosciences, Other	Doctoral – Research	Yes	No
Neuroscience	Doctoral – Research	Yes	No
Operations Management and Supervision	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Operations Research	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Philosophy	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No Yes
Physics, General	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Playwriting and Screenwriting	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Psychology, General	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Psychology, Other	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Public Administration	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Public Policy Analysis, General	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Public Policy Analysis, Other	Doctoral – Research	Yes	No
Rhetoric and Composition	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No Yes
Science, Technology and Society	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Social Sciences, Other	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Statistics, General	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Statistics, Other	Doctoral – Research	Yes	No
Stringed Instruments	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Sustainability Studies	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Systems Science and Theory	Doctoral – Research	Yes	No
Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Theatre/Theatre Arts Management	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Voice and Opera	Master's Degree	Yes	No

Faculty

	Total	Instructional Staff	Research
Total	1,532	1,411	121
With faculty status	1,378	1,257	121
Tenured	497	497	0
On tenure track	306	306	0
Not on tenure track	575	454	121
Multi-year contract	240	240	0
Annual contract	335	214	121
Less-than annual contract	0	0	0
Without faculty status	154	154	0

Graduate Assistantships

Yes

Graduate Assistantship

Research

Additional Information

State-Approved Teacher Certification?

Medical Degree Offered?

Institution Has a Hospital?

Overview

Average Tuition

$49,999

Financial aid office web address

admission.enrollment.cmu.edu/pages/financial-aid

Tuition & Fees

	Amount
Full time Average Tuition	$49,999
Full time Fees	$976
Part time, per credit hour	$709

Tuition Plan Options

Institutional Enrollment

Total Post-Bac Enrollment

9,639

38.7% Female

61.3% Male

Post-Bac Race / Ethnicity

Demographics

0.04%

American Indian or Alaska Native

8.98%

Asian

1.98%

Black or African American

2.47%

Hispanic or Latino

0.04%

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

15.95%

White

1.29%

Two or more races

4.88%

Unknown

64.37%

Non-resident Alien

Gender

Race / Ethnicity	Men	Women
American Indian Or Alaska Native	2	2
Asian	510	356
Black Or African American	104	87
Hispanic Or Latino	150	88
Native Hawaiian OrOther Pacific Islander	2	2
Non-resident Alien	3,779	2,426
White	987	550
Two Or More Races	68	56
Unknown	307	163

Services offered

Service	Offered
Academic Career Counseling Service	Yes
Employment Services For Students	Yes
Placement Services For Completers	Yes

Advanced Awards/ Degrees Conferred Statistics

Award: Master's degree

Total

3,534

58.5% Male

41.5% Female

Award: Doctor's degree - research/scholarship

Total

346

67.9% Male

32.1% Female

Award: Postbaccalaureate certificate

Total

133

42.1% Male

57.9% Female

Award: Post-master's certificate

Total

80.0% Male

20.0% Female

Overview

Library Facilities at Institution

Services offered

Service	Offered
Remedial services
On-campus day care for student's children	No
None of the above services are offered	Yes

Admissions Office Contact

Address

5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890

Phone

412-268-2000

Fax

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Provisional Release as of January 2025. Surveys: Institutional Characteristics (2023), Data File: [HD2023], [IC2023], [IC2023_AY]; Surveys: Completions (2023), Data File: [C2023_A],[C2023DEP]; Surveys: 12-Month Enrollment (2023), Data File: [EFFY2023]; Surveys: Employees by Assigned Position (2023), Data File: [EAP2023]