Student Population at Carnegie Mellon University

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
16,002	7,059	8,943

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 16,002 students have enrolled in Carnegie Mellon University with 7,059 undergraduate and 8,943 graduate students.

By gender, 8,973 male and 7,029 female students are attending the school.

It has relatively fewer students compared to similar colleges (19,694 students in average - private (not-for-profit) Research University (very high research activity)).

572 students are enrolled exclusively, and 2,674 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

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Student Population by Gender

Carnegie Mellon University has a total of 16,002 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 7,059 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 8,943 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 8,973 male and 7,029 female students (the male-female ratio is 56:44) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	16,002	7,059	8,943
Men	8,973	3,512	5,461
Women	7,029	3,547	3,482

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 3,021 White, 459 Black, and 3,188 Asian students out of a total of 16,002 are attending at Carnegie Mellon University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).

All Students

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	6	2	4
Asian	3,188	1,477	1,711
Black	459	258	201
Hispanic	962	609	353
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	8	4	4
White	3,021	1,774	1,247
Two or more races	478	240	238
Race Unknown	836	475	361

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	2	0	2
Asian	2,368	998	1,370
Black	286	164	122
Hispanic	737	467	270
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	4	2	2
White	1,545	823	722
Two or more races	361	175	186
Race Unknown	402	195	207

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	4	2	2
Asian	820	479	341
Black	173	94	79
Hispanic	225	142	83
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	4	2	2
White	1,476	951	525
Two or more races	117	65	52
Race Unknown	434	280	154

Student Age Distribution

By age, CMU has 145 students under 18 years old and 2 students over 65 years old. There are 11,317 students under 25 years old, and 4,684 students over 25 years old out of 16,002 total students.

CMU has 6,985 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 74 students aged 25 and over.

It has 4,332 graduate students aged under 25 and 4,610 students aged 25 and over.

All Students

Student Age Distribution (Total)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	145	80	65
18-19	3,285	1,748	1,537
20-21	3,287	1,612	1,675
22-24	4,600	1,899	2,701
25-29	3,379	1,244	2,135
30-34	831	270	561
35-39	269	105	164
40-49	145	45	100
50-64	58	25	33
Over 65	2	0	2

Undergraduate

Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	145	80	65
18-19	3,283	1,748	1,535
20-21	3,062	1,513	1,549
22-24	495	186	309
25-29	41	8	33
30-34	17	5	12
35-39	3	0	3
40-49	10	6	4
50-64	3	1	2

Graduate

Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Carnegie Mellon University, 572 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 2,674 students are enrolled in some online courses.

125 students lived in Pennsylvania or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 447 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
	All Students	Enrolled Exclusively Online Courses	Enrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students	16,002	572	2,674
Undergraduate	7,059	26	923
Graduate	8,943	546	1,751

Online Student Population by Locality
	Pennsylvania Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	125	351	96
Undergraduate	19	6	1
Graduate	106	345	95

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 7,059 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 62 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 0.88%.61 students have transferred in as full-time status and 1 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	6,797
Transfer-in Full-time	61
Regular Part-time	200
Transfer-in Part-time	1

Student Population at Carnegie Mellon University

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