The College of Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University is one of the ten best engineering colleges in the USA. With campuses in Pittsburgh and Silicon Valley, the College is known for excellence in education, innovation and the impact and social relevance of its pursuits. The college was started by a renowned industrialist Andrew Carnegie in 1900, with a mission to provide best technical education to the children of local steel mill workers.

Based on values like trust, respect, and exploration of diverse perspectives, the college aims to create engineers capable of providing meaningful solutions to global challenges.

Rankings

  • The College of Engineering of Carnegie Mellon University was ranked 17th best Engineering and Technology institute in the world by QS World Universities ranking.
  • The College of Engineering was ranked 4th among the best engineering schools in the USA by US News.
  • The institute received 16th rank in Times higher education world university rankings survey.

Highlights

Type of University Private
Campus Setting Urban
Total programs 61
Acceptance Rate 22%
Admission helpdesk Undergraduate Admission: Telephone: 412.268.2082 Email: admission@andrew.cmu.edu
Graduate Admission: 412.268.1422
English Language Proficiency TOEFL: 102 IELTS: 7.5
Average GPA Required 3.92
No. of international students 23%
Placement Rate 92.6%

Campus

  • The college of engineering of Carnegie Mellon University has three campuses in Pittsburgh, Silicon Valley, and a foreign campus in Africa. The Pittsburgh campus acts as the main campus.
  • It is home to more than 3,500 brightest minds. More than 40% of the currently enrolled students are female.
  • The college houses more than 20 specialized research centers, each specific for a particular subject.
  • The State-of-the-art Sherman and Joyce Bowie Scott Hall in Pittsburgh campus is the most beautiful and unique research center of the region and is located inside the university campus just like a fitted jigsaw piece.
  • The campus houses a specialized innovation and technology center called Tech Spark which helps the students to give life to their innovative ideas.
  • The college houses stream specific student organizations, which hold lots of special activities for the students.

Residence

  • The students can avail of the housing facilities provided by the Carnegie Mellon University in their Pittsburgh campus.
  • The college provides three types of apartments, Morewood Gardens, Firefox apartments, and Margaret Morrison apartments for students residing on campus.
  • All the residential halls are well furnished, and provide a 24x7 community support facility.

Programs

  • The college provides undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degrees in 7 departments including Biomedical, electrical and computer, mechanical, civil, chemical and material science,among others.
  • The most enrolled major is Electrical and Computer Engineering, which comprises 41% of the total enrollments, followed by Mechanical Engineering (33%)
  • The undergraduate students need to study a mix of majors as an introductory phase in their initial year of study, they can choose their major in the later years of their study.
  • The college is known for their path breaking research projects like build18, and rethink the rink, and the research projects are open for students of all years and all study levels.

Admission Process

International students seeking admissions at the College of Engineering can follow the below-mentioned admission details:

  • Application Portal: Online application portal of the college/university, common application
  • Application Fee: USD 75
  • Student Class profile:
    • Total applicants: 10,905; students accepted : 1,854; students enrolled: 407
  • English Proficiency test scores:
Test Name Undergraduate Graduate (may differ with department)
TOEFL iBT 102 84
IELTS 7.5 ---
  • Average admission Test Scores of the students admitted:
Name of the test Average Score
SAT Reading and Writing 710-770
SAT Maths 780-800
ACT English 34-36
ACT Maths 34-36
  • Required high school/college GPA for UG/G students: Not specified
  • Supporting Documents:
    • Carnegie Mellon supplemental essay
    • School/college transcripts
    • Letter of recommendations
  • Graduation rate: 89% , student retention rate: 97%
  • Application Deadlines:
Session Undergraduate Graduate
Fall January 1 December 15
Spring - September 15

Note: The competition for getting admission to this college is very high, as the average GPA of the students enrolled in last session was 3.92 on the scale of 4, which is very high.

Cost of Attendance

For Graduate and Doctoral Courses :

Expenditure Type Yearly Cost for graduate in USD Yearly cost for PhD in USD
Tuition fees 50,100 45,300
Room Rent 10,200 10,200
Boarding 6,120 6,120
Books and Supplies 2,212 2,212
Health Insurance 3,021 3,021
Student Activity Fees 222 222
Miscellaneous expenses 2,856 2,856
Travel expenses 1,224 1,224
Transportation fees 244 244
Technology fees 440 440
Total cost of attendance 76,639 71,810

For Undergraduate Courses :

Expenditure Type Yearly Cost in USD
Tuition Fees 57,560
Other fees 1,364
Books and Miscellaneous 2,400
Room and board 15,550
Health Insurance 3,021
Total Cost of Attendance 79,895 (approx)

Financial Aid for International Students

  • College of Engineering and Carnegie Mellon University does not offer any financial aid or advantages of fee waivers and part payments to international students.
  • The students are advised to consider the total cost of attendance as final.
  • However, the students may try for the general scholarships provided to international students by many private agencies, some of which are scholarships.com and Fulbright scholarships.

Other Sources of Funding

Applying for financial aid programs in the US can be overwhelming due to their extensive application filing process. Here’s a brief list of research scholarship opportunities from private organizations both within the U.S. and India.

Alumni

  • The college has more than 30,000 alumni who receive the following benefits:
    • Participation in Alumni communities, and career development programs.
    • Discounts on insurance plans.
  • Some notable alumni are Andrew Jon (AJ) Eggenberger, Ivan Sutherland, Vinod Khosla, among others.

Placements

  • According to a survey, the highest salary for College of Engineering alumni is USD 137,000 for the position of Senior Software Engineer, followed by USD 114,000 for the position of Software Engineer.
  • 48% of the students completing their graduation get employed, while 45% go for higher studies.
  • The top recruiters are IBM, Accenture, Boeing, Samsung, among others.