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Carnegie Mellon University

  • Graduate School
  • Pittsburgh, PA
  • 14 reviews
    Carnegie Mellon is a private graduate school in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It has a large graduate student body with an enrollment of 7,336 graduate students. Of the 85 graduate programs offered at Carnegie Mellon University, 9 are offered online or through graduate distance education programs. The most popular graduate school programs at Carnegie Mellon University are Information Technology, Business, and Electrical Engineering. 9% of its graduate students are part-time graduate students.
    Address
    5000 Forbes Avenue
    Pittsburgh, PA 15213
    Website
    cmu.edu
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    Masters and Doctoral Programs

    Most Popular Programs
    • Information Technology
      589 Students
    • Business
      298 Students
    • Electrical Engineering
      240 Students
    • Mechanical Engineering
      181 Students
    • Computer Software Engineering
      138 Students
    • Robotics and Automation Engineering
      129 Students
    • Civil Engineering
      107 Students
    • Public Policy Analysis
      105 Students
    • Actuarial Science
      97 Students
    • Artificial Intelligence
      83 Students

    Graduate Students

    Total Graduate Students
    7,336
    Part-Time Grad Students
    662
    Research Assistants
    3,008
    Teaching Assistants
    —
    Racial Diversity
    • International (Non-Citizen)
      62%
    • White
      22.1%
    • Asian
      7%
    • Unknown
      4.5%
    • Hispanic
      1.8%
    • African American
      1.5%
    • Multiracial
      1.1%
    • Pacific Islander
      0%
    • Native American
      0%
    Living in the Area
    A+
    Overall Niche Grade
    How are grades calculated?
    1. Cost of Living
      C
    2. Crime & Safety
      B
    3. Nightlife
      A+
    Median Household Income
    $117,231
    National
    $55,322
    Median Rent
    $1,568
    National
    $949
    Median Home Value
    $480,990
    National
    $184,700
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    Carnegie Mellon University Graduate Reviews

    14 reviews
    CMU is an INTENSE school with brilliant professors and students. If you graduate from CMU, especially with a STEM degree, you're basically guaranteed a great job. But be warned: If you're not EXCELLENT at managing both your time and your stress levels, you'll be overwhelmed 99 percent of the time. Working yourself to death is a cultural value of the school (for both professors AND students). They pay lip service to mental health and "work-life balance," but don't be fooled: there is NO work-life balance at CMU. As a consequence, their on-campus psychological services office is often overwhelmed. If your insurance will cover it, I recommend getting a therapist off-campus. And you WILL need a therapist.

    That said, the intensity of the programs often creates close bonds between CMU students. If you're the kind of person who craves the company of intelligent, like-minded people, you will likely make lifelong friends at CMU. It's also a GREAT place for building your professional network!
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    There was little connection to students outside of my immediate program, but excellent connection to the larger Pittsburgh community in my select field (arts management) through internships, work study, and other academic and non-academic opportunities.
    Most coursework was useful, and I learned many applicable skills in my field that have helped me tremendously and in occasionally unexpected ways since graduating. The arts management program was very data oriented, which is where the field as a whole is heading.