Information Technology at Carnegie Mellon University

If you are interested in studying information technology, 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 has a total student population of 13,519.

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

Carnegie Mellon Information Technology Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in IT

Carnegie Mellon Information Technology Rankings

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.

In 2021, 177 students received their master’s degree in IT from Carnegie Mellon. This makes it the #7 most popular school for IT master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in IT, making the school the #8 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

IT Student Demographics at Carnegie Mellon

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

Carnegie Mellon Information Technology Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 177 students earned a master's degree in IT from Carnegie Mellon. About 36% of these graduates were women and the other 64% were men.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	35
International Students	119
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Carnegie Mellon also has a doctoral program available in IT. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Information Technology

The following IT concentations are available at Carnegie Mellon University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Carnegie Mellon University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Computer & IS Security	79
Information Technology Management	60
Information Technology Project Management	38

Related Majors

• Computer Software & Applications
• Computer Systems Networking
• Computer Science
• Computer Information Systems

Careers That IT Grads May Go Into

A degree in IT 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
Computer User Support Specialists	22,790	$52,370
Computer Workers	19,010	$87,040
Computer and Information Systems Managers	13,070	$146,860
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	12,760	$77,700
Managers	11,060	$126,290

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.