Carnegie Mellon University

Carnegie Mellon University, also known as CMU, is a private, research university located in Pittsburgh, United States. It was established as the Carnegie Technical Schools by Andrew Carnegie in 1900. After a few name and status changes, it was finally renamed to Carnegie Mellon University in 1967. The campus is spread across an area of 140 acres. U.S. News & World Report (2009 edition) ranked Carnegie Mellon's undergraduate program 22nd in the nation amongst national research universities.

CMU offers a wide variety of degrees and programs in diverse areas of study. The university is organized into the following academic divisions:

Carnegie Institute of Technology
College of Fine Arts
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
H. John Heinz III College
Mellon College of Science
School of Computer Science
Tepper School of Business

CMU has an active Greek life. The tradition began with the founding of the first fraternity on campus, Theta Xi, in 1912. Today there are several fraternities and sororities on campus. They are governed by the Panhellenic council, Interfraternity Council, and National Pan-Hellenic council.

Campus Location

5000 Forbes Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890
USA
Main Tel: (412) 268-2000
Web Site

The campus is in a large city.

Carnegie Mellon University Highlights

Where Carnegie Mellon University stands out most compared to other schools (details below):

Many students concentrating in mathematics, computer science and engineering, music, engineering, drama and performing arts, religion and philosophy, and art studies.
High faculty salary.
Large number of programs of study offered.
High SAT scores (combined Verbal and Math).
Selective admissions.
Large number of students.
Good faculty-to-student ratio.
High male/female ratio.
Number of dorm rooms for students.
Racially diverse student body.

Other important characteristics:

Faculty tenure system
Library on-campus
Campus housing available
Study abroad option
Distance learning available
Part-time classes available
ROTC

Degrees Awarded (in 2007)

Degree	Total Earned	Different Programs
Master	1,499	83
Bachelor	1,215	106
Doctorale	205	60

Carnegie Mellon Students

The student enrollment at Carnegie Mellon was 10,326 in 2007 (9,504 full-time equivalent).

About 61% of the freshmen class in 2007 was male and women were 39% of the class.

Undergrads are 55% of enrolled students and graduate students are 45%.

About 1% of freshmen are from countries other than the US. Students living in the US make up 99% of incoming freshmen.

Tuition and Other Costs

Item	Cost
State Tuition and fees	$ 37,354
Room	$ 5,663
Board	$ 3,687
Books and supplies	$ 966
Other	$ 1,335

Financial Aid: Carnegie Mellon participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

Please refer to BrainTrack's financial aid articles section for background information.

Similar Schools

Based on computer comparisons against all other US colleges, these schools appear to be most similar to Carnegie Mellon:

School	Location	Enrollment
Brown University	Providence, RI	8,167
University of Chicago	Chicago, IL	14,538
Stanford University	Stanford, CA	19,782
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Cambridge, MA	10,220
University of Rochester	Rochester, NY	9,334
Duke University	Durham, NC	13,598
Rice University	Houston, TX	5,161
Vanderbilt University	Nashville, TN	11,847
Princeton University	Princeton, NJ	7,261
Columbia University	New York, NY	22,655

Faculty

Tenure (2007):

Full-Time Faculty		Total
With tenure		436
Without tenure; working toward tenure		171
Without tenure; tenure not available		564

Housing and Meals

Carnegie Mellon provides on-campus housing for 3,834 of its 9,504 (full-time) students (as of 2007). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Carnegie Mellon Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. Carnegie Mellon is in the University Athletic Association for major sports.

Carnegie Mellon Admissions (2007)

Applicants	Admitted
Men	25%
Women	34%
All	28%

SAT Test Scores:

SAT	Middle 50%
Verbal	610-710
Math	680-780
Writing	610-700

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees awarded in 2007 in parentheses)

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING (56 awarded)

Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD)
Architecture and Related Services
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning
Environmental Design/Architecture

ART STUDIES (77 awarded)

Art/Art Studies
Arts Management

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (590 awarded)

Accounting
Business Administration and Management
Business Administration, Management and Operations
Business/Managerial Economics
E-Commerce/Electronic Commerce
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies
Finance and Financial Management Services
Finance
Information Resources Management/CIO Training
International Business/Trade/Commerce
Management Information Systems
Management Science
Marketing/Marketing Management
Operations Management and Supervision
Organizational Behavior Studies

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (863 awarded)

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
Computer Engineering
Computer Science
Computer Software Engineering
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services
Computer and Information Sciences
Computer and Information Systems Security
Computer/Info Tech Services Administration & Management
Information Science/Studies
Information Technology

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (2 awarded)

Environmental Science
Environmental Studies
Natural Resources Management and Policy

DESIGN (34 awarded)

Design and Applied Arts
Design and Visual Communications
Industrial Design

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (70 awarded)

Directing and Theatrical Production
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts
Dramatic/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
Playwriting and Screenwriting
Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology
Theatre/Theatre Arts Management
Visual and Performing Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (0 awarded)

Teaching English as Second/Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor

ENGINEERING (345 awarded)

Biomedical/Medical Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Engineering
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
Geological/Geophysical Engineering
Industrial Engineering
Materials Engineering
Materials Science
Mechanical Engineering
Operations Research

ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN (0 awarded)

Environmental Engineering Technology/Environmental Technology

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (158 awarded)

Public Administration
Public Administration and Social Service Professions
Public Policy Analysis

FINE ARTS (0 awarded)

Fine Arts and Art Studies

LIBERAL ARTS (181 awarded)

Anthropology
Central/Middle and Eastern European Studies
Chinese Language and Literature
Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
Creative Writing
Economics
English Language and Literature
English Language and Literature/Letters
European Studies/Civilization
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
French Language and Literature
German Language and Literature
History
International Economics
International Relations and Affairs
Japanese Language and Literature
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
Linguistics
Political Science and Government
Public/Applied History and Archival Administration
Russian Studies
Social Sciences
Sociology
Spanish Language and Literature
Speech and Rhetorical Studies
Technical and Business Writing

MATHEMATICS (103 awarded)

Applied Mathematics
Computational Mathematics
Mathematical Statistics and Probability
Mathematics and Computer Science
Mathematics and Statistics
Mathematics
Statistics
Systems Science and Theory

MEDIA (59 awarded)

Animation, Interactive Tech, Video Graphics and Special Effects
Communication and Media Studies

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (38 awarded)

Health/Health Care Administration/Management
Medical Informatics

MUSIC (53 awarded)

Conducting
Jazz/Jazz Studies
Music Pedagogy
Music Performance
Music Theory and Composition
Music
Musicology and Ethnomusicology
Piano and Organ
Violin, Viola, Guitar and Other Stringed Instruments
Voice and Opera

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (0 awarded)

Film/Cinema Studies
Film/Video and Photographic Arts
Intermedia/Multimedia

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (27 awarded)

Ethics
Logic
Philosophy

SCIENCE (194 awarded)

Astrophysics
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Biology/Biological Sciences
Biophysics
Biopsychology
Chemical Physics
Chemistry
Physical Sciences
Physics
Polymer Chemistry
Science, Technology and Society

SCIENCE AND LABORATORY TECHNICIAN (0 awarded)

Science Technologies/Technicians

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (69 awarded)

Behavioral Sciences
Cognitive Psychology and Psycholinguistics
Cognitive Science
Physiological Psychology/Psychobiology
Psychology