Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University

If you are interested in studying computer science, you may want to check out the program at Carnegie Mellon University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Carnegie Mellon is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and approximately 13,519 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 247 students received a bachelor's degree in computer science from Carnegie Mellon.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Computer Science section at the bottom of this page.

Carnegie Mellon Computer Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science
• Master’s Degree in Computer Science
• Doctorate Degree in Computer Science

Carnegie Mellon Computer Science Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the computer science progam at Carnegie Mellon compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The computer science major at Carnegie Mellon is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Computer Science. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	4
	5
Best General Computer Science Doctor’s Degree Schools	6
Most Focused General Computer Science Doctor’s Degree Schools	6
	7
Best General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	7
Most Popular General Computer Science Schools	37
Most Popular General Computer Science Master’s Degree Schools	55
Best Value General Computer Science Master’s Degree Schools	62
Most Focused General Computer Science Schools	64
Most Focused General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	70
Most Focused General Computer Science Master’s Degree Schools	78
Best Value General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	92
Best Value General Computer Science Schools	143

In 2021, 63 students received their master’s degree in computer science from Carnegie Mellon. This makes it the #55 most popular school for computer science master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 30 students who received their doctoral degrees in computer science, making the school the #7 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Computer Science Student Demographics at Carnegie Mellon

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computer science majors at Carnegie Mellon University.

Carnegie Mellon Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 54% of computer science bachelor's degrees went to men and 46% went to women. The typical computer science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 23% women. So female students are more repesented at Carnegie Mellon since its program graduates 23% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% more racial-ethnic minorities in its computer science bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a bachelor's in computer science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	112
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	37
International Students	59
Other Races/Ethnicities	23

Carnegie Mellon Computer Science Master’s Program

Of the 63 students who graduated with a master’s in computer science from Carnegie Mellon in 2021, 78% were men and 22% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a master's in computer science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	8
International Students	43
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Carnegie Mellon also has a doctoral program available in computer science. In 2021, 30 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Careers That Computer Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer science can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for PA, the home state for Carnegie Mellon University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Software Applications Developers	28,260	$96,370
Computer Workers	19,010	$87,040
Computer and Information Systems Managers	13,070	$146,860
Computer Programmers	8,990	$85,800
Systems Software Developers	8,810	$103,520

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.