| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Information Technology | NOT OFFER |
For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $49,450. It offers 179 graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.
| School Name | Carnegie Mellon University |
|---|---|
| Type | Four-year, Private (not-for-profit) |
| Address | 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA |
| Graduate School Students | 8,125 students 546 students enrolled online exclusively |
| Tuition & Fees (2023-2024) | $49,450 |
| Student to Faculty | 5:1 (20.00%) |
| Number of Graduate Programs | Total 179 Graduate Programs 103 Master's, 66 Doctorate, 10 Post graduate certificates |
The following tables describe 2023-2024 graduate tuition & fees at Carnegie Mellon University with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. The tuition & fees is $49,450 for prospective students.
The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $680.
| Amounts | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $48,496 | |
| Fees | $954 | |
| Cost per Credit | $680 | |
| Books & Supplies | $1,000 | |
| Room & Board | $17,468 (On-Campus) / $15,658 (Off-Campus) | |
| Personal Expenses | $1,400 (On-Campus) / $1,400 (Off-Campus) | |
| On-Campus Total | $69,318 | |
| Off-Campus Total | $67,508 | |
| 2019-2020 | 2020-2021 | 2021-2022 | 2022-2023 | 2023-2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuition & Fees | $45,909 | $47,326 | $47,347 | $48,557 | $49,450 |
Carnegie Mellon University offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 179 major areas - 103 Master's (2 online programs), 66 Doctorate, 9 Post-Bachelor's, 1 Post-Master's. 4,339 students have been conferred Master's degree and 332 students have received Doctorate degree last year.
The following table summarizes the total number of completers by degree and gender.| Master's | Doctorate | Post-Bachelor's | Post-Master's | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 4,339 | 332 | 82 | - |
| Men | 2,586 | 223 | 46 | - |
| Women | 1,753 | 109 | 36 | - |
Below, you can check major programs and concentration for each area of study with offered degrees and completers. ONLINE denotes the program offered by distance learning (online degree). You may want to see all graduate schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of the program.
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Information Technology | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Software Engineering | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engineering Design | NOT OFFER | 50 | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music Performance | NOT OFFER | 26 | ||
| Music Technology | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | ||
| Music (other) | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration and Management | 6 | NOT OFFER | ||
| Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | |
| Actuarial Science | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | ||
| Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology | 37 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Journalism (other) | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artificial Intelligence | 178 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | |
| Information Technology | 847 | NOT OFFER | ||
| Human-Centered Technology Design | 19 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Computer and Information Sciences (other) | 41 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | |
| Computer Science | 61 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | |
| Computer Graphics | 91 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications | 168 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance | 143 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | |
| Information Technology Project Management | 40 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Computer/Information Technology Services Administration and Management (other) | 93 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services (other) | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engineering | 16 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | |
| Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering | 84 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | |
| Chemical Engineering | 46 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | |
| Civil Engineering | 80 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | |
| Civil Engineering (other) | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | ||
| Computer Software Engineering | 205 | NOT OFFER | ||
| Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 446 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | |
| Engineering Mechanics | 1 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | |
| Engineering Science | 22 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering | 1 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | |
| Mechanical Engineering | 203 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | |
| Construction Engineering | 2 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | |
| Manufacturing Engineering | 5 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Operations Research | 5 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | |
| Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering | 109 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | |
| Biological/Biosystems Engineering | 9 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Engineering (other) | 60 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAD/CADD Drafting and/or Design Technology/Technician | 23 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | |
| Engineering/Industrial Management | 16 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | |
| Engineering Design | 54 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | |
| Engineering-Related Fields (other) | 19 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Language Interpretation and Translation | 2 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (other) | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language and Literature | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | ||
| Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing | 13 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | |
| Rhetoric and Composition | 7 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | |
| English Language and Literature/Letters (other) | 9 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biology/Biological Sciences | 1 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | |
| Biometry/Biometrics | 39 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | |
| Computational Biology | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | ||
| Biotechnology | 9 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Neurobiology and Anatomy | 1 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | |
| Biological and Biomedical Sciences (other) | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 19 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | |
| Computational Mathematics | 1 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | |
| Financial Mathematics | 97 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | |
| Statistics | 49 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Science, Technology and Society | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | ||
| Behavioral Sciences | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | ||
| Computational Science | 95 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Human Computer Interaction | 19 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Sustainability Studies | 25 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Data Analytics, General | 15 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Data Visualization | 10 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philosophy | 1 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Logic | 7 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chemistry | 4 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | |
| Physics | 10 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | |
| Materials Science | 44 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | |
| Materials Sciences (other) | 9 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 3 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | |
| Psychology (other) | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public Administration | 13 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | |
| Public Policy Analysis | 117 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Econometrics and Quantitative Economics | 5 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | |
| International Relations and Affairs | 8 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Social Sciences (other) | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digital Arts | 2 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Design and Visual Communications | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | ||
| Game and Interactive Media Design | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | |
| Design and Applied Arts (other) | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | |
| Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | |
| Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | |
| Playwriting and Screenwriting | 2 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Directing and Theatrical Production | 4 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Costume Design | 2 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Dramatic/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft (other) | 10 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Art/Art Studies | 7 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Music | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | |
| Music Performance | 20 | NOT OFFER | ||
| Music Theory and Composition | 4 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Conducting | 1 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Voice and Opera | 8 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Stringed Instruments | 4ONLINE | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Music Pedagogy | 2ONLINE | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Music Technology | 5 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | |
| Music (other) | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | ||
| Arts, Entertainment,and Media Management | 33 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Theatre/Theatre Arts Management | 38 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health/Health Care Administration/Management | 36 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration and Management | NOT OFFER | |||
| Operations Management and Supervision | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | ||
| Business Administration, Management and Operations (other) | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | ||
| Management Information Systems | 3 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Management Science | 337 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Actuarial Science | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | ||
| Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (other) | 6 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| History | 5 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music Performance | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | ||
| Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artificial Intelligence | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | ||
| Information Technology | NOT OFFER | |||
| Computer and Information Sciences (other) | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | ||
| Computer Science | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | ||
| Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | ||
| Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services (other) | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engineering | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | ||
| Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | ||
| Chemical Engineering | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | ||
| Civil Engineering | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | ||
| Civil Engineering (other) | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | ||
| Computer Software Engineering | NOT OFFER | |||
| Electrical and Electronics Engineering | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | ||
| Engineering Mechanics | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | ||
| Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | ||
| Mechanical Engineering | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | ||
| Construction Engineering | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | ||
| Operations Research | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | ||
| Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | ||
| Engineering (other) | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAD/CADD Drafting and/or Design Technology/Technician | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | ||
| Engineering/Industrial Management | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (other) | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language and Literature | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | ||
| Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | ||
| Rhetoric and Composition | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | ||
| English Language and Literature/Letters (other) | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biology/Biological Sciences | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | ||
| Biophysics | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | |
| Biometry/Biometrics | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | ||
| Computational Biology | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | ||
| Neuroscience | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | |
| Neurobiology and Anatomy | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | ||
| Neurobiology and Neurosciences (other) | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | ||
| Computational Mathematics | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | ||
| Financial Mathematics | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | ||
| Statistics | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | ||
| Mathematical Statistics and Probability | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | |
| Statistics (other) | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | |
| Mathematics and Statistics (other) | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Systems Science and Theory | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | |
| Science, Technology and Society | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | ||
| Behavioral Sciences | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logic | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chemistry | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | ||
| Chemistry (other) | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | |
| Physics | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | ||
| Materials Science | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psychology | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | ||
| Psychology (other) | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public Administration | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | ||
| Public Policy Analysis | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | ||
| Public Policy Analysis (other) | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Econometrics and Quantitative Economics | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | ||
| Social Sciences (other) | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Design and Visual Communications | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration and Management | NOT OFFER | |||
| Operations Management and Supervision | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | ||
| Business Administration, Management and Operations (other) | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | ||
| Management Information Systems and Services (other) | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | |
| Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (other) | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| History | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | ||
| History (other) | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
By attending status, there are 7,326 full-time and 799 part-time students in graduate schools. It offers distance learning for graduate programs, and 546 students enrolled through online exclusively and 1,751 students are taking some online graduate courses.
By race/ethnicity 1,581 White, 190 Black, and 783 Asian students are attending at Carnegie Mellon University. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.
227 grad students are younger than 22 and 192 students are older than 65. It has 7,443 students aged between 22 and 30 and 1,080 students aged 30 to 40.
| Total | 8,125 |
|---|---|
| Men | 5,059 |
| Women | 3,066 |
| Total | 8,125 |
|---|---|
| Full-time Students | 7,326 |
| Part-time Students | 799 |
| Total | 8,125 |
|---|---|
| American Indian / Native American | 5 |
| Asian | 783 |
| Black | 190 |
| Hispanic | 208 |
| Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islander | 4 |
| White | 1,581 |
| Two or more races | 113 |
| Un-Known | 462 |
| Total | 8,125 |
|---|---|
| 21 & Under | 227 |
| 22-24 | 4,105 |
| 25-29 | 3,338 |
| 30-34 | 814 |
| 35-39 | 266 |
| 40 & Over | 192 |
At Carnegie Mellon University graduate schools, 546 students enrolled online exclusively and 1,751 students enrolled in some online courses.
| Total Enrollment | 8,943 |
|---|---|
| Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses | 546 |
| Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses | 1,751 |
| Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses | 6,646 |
| Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses | 546 |
|---|---|
| Pennsylvania Resident | 106 |
| Other State In U.S. | 345 |
| Outside of U.S. | 95 |