Colleges and Universities

Carnegie Mellon University

Total
Students
Full-Time
Undergrads
Percent Accepted Percent Women Resident Tuition & Fees Non-Res. Tuition & Fees Room & Board
10,1205,48433%38%$34,578$34,578$9,280
Year last surveyed2007
Address5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh PA 15213-3891
Phone(412) 268-2000
Admissionsfax: (412) 268-7838
Carnegie ClassificationDoctoral/Research Universities – Extensive
Typeuniversity [offers four years of undergraduate work, plus graduate degrees through the doctorate in more than two fields]
Student BodyCoeducational
Established1900
Institutional ControlPrivate – Nonprofit
Academic CalendarSemesters

Enrollment Details: Carnegie Mellon University

Number of full-time, degree-seeking, first-time freshmen men.875
Number of full-time, degree-seeking, first-time freshmen women.549
Number of part-time, degree-seeking, first-time freshmen men.1
Number of part-time, degree-seeking, first-time freshmen women.3
Number of other first-year, degree-seeking, full-time men.29
Number of other first-year, degree-seeking, full-time women.21
Number of other first-year, degree-seeking part-time women.1
Number of all other undergraduate degree-seeking full-time men.2,448
Number of all other undergraduate degree-seeking full-time women.1,561
Number of all other undergraduate degree-seeking part-time men.53
Number of all other undergraduate degree-seeking part-time women.39
Number of all other full-time undergraduate men enrolled in credit courses.1
Number of all other part-time undergraduate men enrolled in credit courses.55
Number of all other part-time undergraduate women enrolled in credit courses.33
Number of students in the initial cohort of full-time, first-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students.1,254
Number of allowable exclusions from initial cohort of full-time, first-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students, including death, permanent disability, service in the armed forces, foreign aid service of the federal government, or participation in official church missions.1
Number of students in the final cohort of full-time, first-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students after adjusting for exclusions due to death, permanent disability, service in the armed forces, foreign aid service of the federal government, participation in official church missions, or other allowable exclusions.1,253
Number of students in the initial cohort of full-time, first-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who completed the bachelor's program in 4 years or less.833
Number of students in the initial cohort of full-time, first-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who completed the bachelor's program in more than 4 years but in 5 years or less.205
Number of students in the initial cohort of full-time, first-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who completed the bachelor's program in more than 5 years but in 6 years or less.36
Number of students in the initial cohort of full-time, first-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who completed the bachelor's program within 6 years.1,074
Six-year graduation rate for final cohort of full-time, first-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students (adjusting for allowable exclusions).85.7%
Percentage of degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted high school GPA.99%
Number of degree-seeking transfer students enrolled.35
Total number of full-time undergraduate men.3,353
Total number of full-time undergraduate women.2,131
Total number of part-time undergraduate men.109
Total number of part-time undergraduate women.76
Total number of full-time graduate (excluding first-professional) men.2,272
Total number of full-time graduate (excluding first-professional) women.1,002
Total number of part-time graduate (excluding first-professional) men.855
Total number of part-time graduate (excluding first-professional) women.322
Total number of full-time undergraduate, graduate, and first-professional men.5,625
Total number of full-time undergraduate, graduate, and first-professional women.3,133
Total number of part-time undergraduate, graduate, and first-professional men.964
Total number of part-time undergraduate, graduate, and first-professional women.398
Total number of undergraduate students enrolled in the institution.5,669
Total number of undergraduate, graduate, and first-professional students enrolled at the institution.10,120
Number of degree-seeking undergraduate nonresident aliens. Nonresident aliens are excluded from counts for racial/ethnic categories.752
Number of degree-seeking undergraduate black, non-Hispanics.297
Number of degree-seeking undergraduate American Indians/Alaskan natives.28
Number of degree-seeking undergraduate Asians/Pacific Islanders.1,332
Number of degree-seeking undergraduate Hispanics.281
Number of degree-seeking undergraduate white, non-Hispanics.2,247
Number of degree-seeking undergraduates whose race/ethnicity is unknown.643
Total number of degree-seeking undergraduates across all racial/ethnic categories.5,580
Percentage of degree-seeking undergraduates age 25 or older.1%
Percentage of degree-seeking undergraduates who are from out-of-state (excluding international students/nonresident aliens).76%
Number of U.S. states and territories (including Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico; for Canadian Schools: provinces and territories) from which undergraduates come.52
Number of foreign countries from which undergraduates come.49
Percentage of total degree-seeking first-time, first-year (freshmen) students who submitted high school class rank data.43%
Percentage of degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students in top half of high school graduating class.100%
Percentage of degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students in top quarter of high school graduating class.95%
Percentage of degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students in top tenth of high school graduating class.75%
Average high school GPA on 4.0 scale for degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students.3.61
Number of degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students who were valedictorians.63
Percentage of full-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who entered the institution as freshmen in the previous academic year and returned for the fall term of the current academic year.94.5%
Percentage of students completing a bachelor's program in the last academic year who went directly on to graduate/professional schools.32%
Percentage of students completing a bachelor's program in the last academic year who went directly on to graduate/professional schools of business.6%
Percentage of students completing a bachelor's program in the last academic year who went directly on to graduate/professional schools of engineering.5%
Percentage of students completing a bachelor's program in the last academic year who went directly on to graduate/professional schools of law.2%
Percentage of students completing a bachelor's program in the last academic year who went directly on to graduate/professional schools of dentistry.1%
Percentage of students completing a bachelor's program in the last academic year who went directly on to graduate/professional schools of arts and sciences.14%
Percentage of students completing a bachelor's program in the last academic year who went directly on to graduate/professional schools of medicine.2%
Percentage of students completing a bachelor's program in the last academic year who went directly on to graduate/professional schools of education.2%
Number of Bachelor's degrees awarded during previous year.1,245
Number of Master's degrees awarded during previous year.1,338
Number of Doctoral degrees awarded during previous year.164
Academic year for which awards/outcomes data are reported (e.g., 2003 for academic year 2002-2003).1999
Year for which completion rates data are reported (e.g., 2003 for academic year 2002-2003).2006
Year for which retention data are reported (e.g., 2003 for academic year 2002-2003).2006

Data Source: Peterson's Undergraduate Dataset, © 2007. All rights reserved.