Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA - CMU
Admissions Prediction
Official Admissions Statistics 2016 - 2017
Admission Overview
Applicants | 21,189 |
Admitted | 4,601 |
Acceptance rate | 21.7% |
Yield rate | 33.7% |
Acceptance Rate by Gender
25th to 75th Percentile of Admitted Students
This graph shows the 25th to 75th percentile SAT scores of admitted students at Carnegie Mellon University.
Carnegie Mellon University's average SAT scores fall between:
- Verbal: 660 and 750
- Math: 720 and 800
- Writing: 31 and 34
This graph shows the 25th to 75th percentile ACT scores of admitted students at Carnegie Mellon University.
Carnegie Mellon University's average composite ACT score falls between 31 and 35.
Degree Completions
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This table shows the number of students who graduated with a degree in the following fields:
Major | Men | Women | Total |
Accounting | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Actuarial Science | 1 | 1 | 2 |
African Studies | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Architecture & Related Programs, Other | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD) | 15 | 23 | 38 |
Art/Art Studies, General | 8 | 18 | 26 |
Artificial Intelligence & Robotics | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Astrophysics | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Behavioral Sciences | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences, Other | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biology/Biological Sciences, General | 4 | 16 | 20 |
Biomathematics and Bioinformatics, Other | 27 | 14 | 41 |
Biomedical/Medical Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biometry/Biometrics | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Biophysics | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Biopsychology | 3 | 15 | 18 |
Biotechnology | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Business Administration/Management | 20 | 24 | 44 |
Business/Managerial Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Business/Managerial Operations, Other | 3 | 2 | 5 |
CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology/Technician | 5 | 4 | 9 |
Central/Middle & Eastern European Studies | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chemical Engineering | 22 | 31 | 53 |
Chemical Physics | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chemistry, General | 11 | 22 | 33 |
Chemistry, Other | 5 | 1 | 6 |
Chinese Language & Literature | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Cinematography & Film/Video Production | 0 | 0 | 0 |
City/Urban, Community & Regional Planning | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Civil Engineering, General | 12 | 20 | 32 |
Civil Engineering, Other | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Classics & Classical Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics, General | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computational Mathematics | 6 | 3 | 9 |
Computer & Information Sciences & Support Services, Other | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer & Information Systems Security | 48 | 20 | 68 |
Computer Graphics | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer Science | 120 | 33 | 153 |
Computer Software Engineering | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Computer Systems Networking & Telecommunications | 67 | 28 | 95 |
Conducting | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Construction Engineering | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Design & Applied Arts, Other | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Design & Visual Communications, General | 2 | 13 | 15 |
Digital Communications & Media/Multimedia | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Directing & Theatrical Production | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Drama & Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General | 27 | 23 | 50 |
Dramatic/Theatre Arts & Stagecraft, Other | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Econometrics & Quantitative Economics | 14 | 11 | 25 |
Economics, General | 17 | 6 | 23 |
Economics, Other | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Electrical, Electronics & Communications Engineering | 112 | 37 | 149 |
Engineering Mechanics | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Engineering Physics | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering Science | 12 | 5 | 17 |
Engineering, General | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering, Other | 0 | 0 | 0 |
English Language & Literature, General | 0 | 2 | 2 |
English Language & Literature/Letters, Other | 3 | 12 | 15 |
Entrepreneurial & Small Business Operations, Other | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Environmental Design/Architecture | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Environmental Science | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Environmental Studies | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, & Gender Studies, Other | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Film/Cinema Studies | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Finance, General | 18 | 13 | 31 |
Fine Arts & Art Studies, Other | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Foreign Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics, Other | 4 | 4 | 8 |
French Language & Literature | 0 | 0 | 0 |
General Studies | 0 | 1 | 1 |
German Language & Literature | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Health & Medical Administrative Services, Other | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health/Health Care Administration/Management | 35 | 26 | 61 |
History, General | 0 | 1 | 1 |
History, Other | 4 | 1 | 5 |
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Industrial Design | 9 | 6 | 15 |
Industrial Management | 6 | 12 | 18 |
Information Technology | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Intermedia/Multimedia | 0 | 0 | 0 |
International Business/Trade/Commerce | 1 | 0 | 1 |
International Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 |
International/Global Studies | 1 | 9 | 10 |
Investments & Securities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Japanese Language & Literature | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Jazz/Jazz Studies | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Journalism, Other | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Liberal Arts & Sciences, General Studies & Humanities, Other | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Liberal Arts & Sciences/Liberal Studies | 10 | 17 | 27 |
Linguistics | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Logic | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Management Information Systems & Services, Other | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Management Information Systems, General | 13 | 2 | 15 |
Marketing/Marketing Management, General | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Mathematical Statistics & Probability | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Mathematics & Statistics, Other | 14 | 6 | 20 |
Mathematics, General | 21 | 7 | 28 |
Mathematics, Other | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Mechanical Engineering | 69 | 32 | 101 |
Multicultural Education | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Music Pedagogy | 2 | 4 | 6 |
Music Performance, General | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Music Theory & Composition | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Music, General | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Music, Other | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Musicology & Ethnomusicology | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural Resources Management & Policy, General | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Operations Management & Supervision | 4 | 2 | 6 |
Operations Research | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Organizational Behavior Studies | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Philosophy | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Physical Sciences | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Physical Sciences, Other | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Physics, General | 14 | 1 | 15 |
Physics, Other | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Piano & Organ | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Playwriting & Screenwriting | 2 | 4 | 6 |
Political Science & Government, General | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Polymer Chemistry | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Psychology, General | 12 | 33 | 45 |
Psychology, Other | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Public Administration | 9 | 23 | 32 |
Public Policy Analysis | 4 | 4 | 8 |
Romance Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics, General | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Russian Language & Literature | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Science, Technology & Society | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social Sciences, Other | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Spanish Language & Literature | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Statistics, General | 17 | 9 | 26 |
Statistics, Other | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Technical Theatre/Theatre Design & Technology | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Theoretical & Mathematical Physics | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Violin, Viola, Guitar & Other Stringed Instruments | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Visual & Performing Arts, Other | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Voice & Opera | 6 | 9 | 15 |
Total | 883 | 637 | 1520 |
Parchment Member Admissions Statistics
Parchment Members' Admissions Results
Applied | 7031 |
Reported Results | 908 |
Accepted | 532 (59%) 59,41 |
Rejected | 376 |
Attending | 105 |
Yield Rate | 20% |
Admitted Members' Score Range
25th | 50th | 75th Percentile | |
GPA | 3.70 | 3.87 | 3.97 |
SAT I | 2100 | 2211 | 2301 |
Selectivity Index™ | 770 | 858 | 937 |
Rejected Members' Score Range
25th | 50th | 75th Percentile | |
GPA | 3.40 | 3.65 | 3.83 |
SAT I | 1911 | 2070 | 2190 |
Selectivity Index™ | 649 | 750 | 842 |
Stats last calculated: Monday 20th of August 2012 05:00:07 AM
Newest applicant: 26 days, 9 hours, and 10 minutes ago.
All the above data except for Parchment Member Statistics is 'official' -- meaning that it was reported directly by this college -- and comes from the 2016 - 2017 academic year.
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