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Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA - CMU

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Official Admissions Statistics 2010 - 2011

Admission Overview

Applicants	15,496
Admitted	5,164
Acceptance rate	33.3%
Yield rate	28.8%

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: 620 and 720
Math: 680 and 780
Writing: 630 and 730

Degree Completions

View All This table shows the number of students who graduated with a degree in the following fields:

Major	Men	Women	Total
Accounting	1	0	1
Actuarial Science	2	0	2
Applied Mathematics	0	0	0
Applied Mathematics, Other	0	0	0
Art/Art Studies, General	8	25	33
Artificial Intelligence & Robotics	13	3	16
Astrophysics	2	0	2
Behavioral Sciences	0	2	2
Biological & Biomedical Sciences, Other	0	0	0
Biology/Biological Sciences, General	25	45	70
Biomedical/Medical Engineering	0	0	0
Biometry/Biometrics	1	2	3
Biophysics	0	0	0
Biopsychology	0	0	0
Biotechnology	8	6	14
Business Administration/Management	21	15	36
Business/Managerial Economics	1	2	3
Business/Managerial Operations, Other	0	0	0
Chemical Engineering	18	13	31
Chemical Physics	0	0	0
Chemistry, General	24	30	54
Chinese Language & Literature	0	2	2
Civil Engineering, General	0	0	0
Civil Engineering, Other	26	27	53
Computational Mathematics	2	0	2
Computer & Information Sciences & Support Services, Other	0	0	0
Computer & Information Systems Security	71	15	86
Computer Engineering, Other	0	0	0
Computer Graphics	0	0	0
Computer Science	21	4	25
Computer Software Engineering	3	0	3
Conducting	0	0	0
Cultural Resource Management & Policy Analysis	1	0	1
Design & Applied Arts, Other	0	2	2
Design & Visual Communications, General	0	0	0
Directing & Theatrical Production	0	0	0
Drama & Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General	0	1	1
Dramatic/Theatre Arts & Stagecraft, Other	5	2	7
E-Commerce/Electronic Commerce	0	0	0
Economics, General	0	0	0
Economics, Other	2	1	3
Electrical, Electronics & Communications Engineering	149	32	181
Engineering Mechanics	1	0	1
Engineering Physics	0	0	0
Engineering, General	0	0	0
Engineering, Other	3	0	3
English Language & Literature, General	0	0	0
English Language & Literature/Letters, Other	8	8	16
Entrepreneurial & Small Business Operations, Other	1	0	1
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies	7	0	7
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	0	0	0
Film/Cinema Studies	0	0	0
Finance, General	37	18	55
Fine Arts & Art Studies, Other	0	0	0
Foreign Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics, Other	0	0	0
French Language & Literature	1	0	1
German Language & Literature	1	0	1
Health & Medical Administrative Services, Other	0	1	1
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	31	20	51
History, General	1	2	3
History, Other	0	0	0
Human Resources Management & Services, Other	2	1	3
Industrial Design	8	14	22
Industrial Engineering	0	0	0
Information Resources Management/CIO Training	4	1	5
Information Science/Studies	0	0	0
Information Technology	0	0	0
Intermedia/Multimedia	0	0	0
International Business/Trade/Commerce	2	1	3
International Economics	0	0	0
International/Global Studies	0	2	2
Japanese Language & Literature	1	2	3
Liberal Arts & Sciences, General Studies & Humanities, Other	0	0	0
Liberal Arts & Sciences/Liberal Studies	5	15	20
Linguistics	3	3	6
Logic	7	1	8
Management Information Systems, General	4	2	6
Management Science, General	0	0	0
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	1	1	2
Mathematical Statistics & Probability	1	0	1
Mathematics & Statistics, Other	4	0	4
Mathematics, General	7	2	9
Mechanical Engineering	82	15	97
Medical Informatics	0	0	0
Music Pedagogy	0	1	1
Music Performance, General	12	9	21
Music Theory & Composition	4	0	4
Music, General	0	0	0
Music, Other	1	0	1
Musicology & Ethnomusicology	0	0	0
Operations Management & Supervision	4	3	7
Operations Research	8	4	12
Organizational Behavior Studies	0	3	3
Philosophy	1	3	4
Physical Sciences	0	0	0
Physical Sciences, Other	0	0	0
Physics, General	6	1	7
Physics, Other	0	0	0
Piano & Organ	0	0	0
Playwriting & Screenwriting	5	1	6
Political Science & Government, General	1	3	4
Polymer Chemistry	0	0	0
Psychology, General	7	13	20
Psychology, Other	0	0	0
Public Administration	24	20	44
Public Policy Analysis	7	10	17
Russian Language & Literature	0	0	0
Science, Technology & Society	0	0	0
Social Sciences, Other	0	0	0
Sociology	0	0	0
Spanish Language & Literature	1	0	1
Statistics, General	3	7	10
Statistics, Other	9	6	15
System Administration/Administrator	36	19	55
Violin, Viola, Guitar & Other Stringed Instruments	0	4	4
Visual & Performing Arts, Other	0	0	0
Voice & Opera	1	0	1
Total	756	445	1201

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: 0 days, 2 hours, and 30 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 2010 - 2011 academic year.

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