Enrollment Trends at CMU

The student population at Carnegie Mellon University is 16,002 (7,059 undergraduate and 8,943 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 3,635 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at CMU is 44.11% which is increased by 1,142 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 2,493 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 0.78 to 1 which means that male students enrolled more than female students.

572 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 111.85% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 13,783 where 16,002 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

44.11% of total students is undergraduate students and 55.89% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 1,142 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 2,493 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.78 to 1 and it means that there are more male students enrolled in CMU than female students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Carnegie Mellon University since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	12,367	5,917	3,420	2,497	6,450	4,320	2,130
2014-15	12,587 220	5,888 -29	3,342 -78	2,546 49	6,699 249	4,463 143	2,236 106
2015-16	12,963 376	6,049 161	3,333 -9	2,716 170	6,914 215	4,565 102	2,349 113
2016-17	13,258 295	6,283 234	3,385 52	2,898 182	6,975 61	4,502 -63	2,473 124
2017-18	13,869 611	6,533 250	3,408 23	3,125 227	7,336 361	4,665 163	2,671 198
2018-19	14,029 160	6,589 56	3,370 -38	3,219 94	7,440 104	4,745 80	2,695 24
2019-20	14,180 151	6,618 29	3,345 -25	3,273 54	7,562 122	4,765 20	2,797 102
2020-21	13,519 -661	6,622 4	3,336 -9	3,286 13	6,897 -665	4,347 -418	2,550 -247
2021-22	15,057 1,538	6,932 310	3,482 146	3,450 164	8,125 1,228	5,059 712	3,066 516
2022-23	16,002 945	7,059 127	3,512 30	3,547 97	8,943 818	5,461 402	3,482 416
Average	13,783	6,449	3,393	3,056	7,334	4,689	2,645

Carnegie Mellon University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 6,449 where 7,059 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Carnegie Mellon University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	5,917	5,723	3,303	2,420	194	117	77
2014-15	5,888	5,699	3,226	2,473	189	116	73
2015-16	6,049	5,853	3,221	2,632	196	112	84
2016-17	6,283	6,069	3,261	2,808	214	124	90
2017-18	6,533	6,298	3,278	3,020	235	130	105
2018-19	6,589	6,343	3,231	3,112	246	139	107
2019-20	6,618	6,425	3,239	3,186	193	106	87
2020-21	6,622	6,341	3,176	3,165	281	160	121
2021-22	6,932	6,743	3,373	3,370	189	109	80
2022-23	7,059	6,858	3,399	3,459	201	113	88
Average	6,449	6,449	3,271	2,965	6,449	123	91

Carnegie Mellon University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 7,334 where 8,943 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Carnegie Mellon University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	6,450	5,556	3,638	1,918	894	682	212
2014-15	6,699	5,821	3,823	1,998	878	640	238
2015-16	6,914	5,937	3,851	2,086	977	714	263
2016-17	6,975	6,185	3,949	2,236	790	553	237
2017-18	7,336	6,674	4,202	2,472	662	463	199
2018-19	7,440	6,817	4,329	2,488	623	416	207
2019-20	7,562	6,893	4,317	2,576	669	448	221
2020-21	6,897	5,979	3,757	2,222	918	590	328
2021-22	8,125	7,326	4,556	2,770	799	503	296
2022-23	8,943	8,148	4,986	3,162	795	475	320
Average	7,334	7,334	4,141	2,393	7,334	548	252

Carnegie Mellon University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 18.88% and the percentage of black students is 2.87% at Carnegie Mellon University. 19.92% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Carnegie Mellon University over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	7	1,936	426	574	1	3,956	308
2014-15	9	2,071	402	574	2	3,747	334
2015-16	11	2,195	386	620	3	3,539	327
2016-17	5	2,347	391	650	5	3,478	349
2017-18	4	2,506	414	726	4	3,401	356
2018-19	3	2,628	421	763	4	3,356	337
2019-20	3	2,722	394	759	5	3,288	352
2020-21	2	2,895	415	788	7	3,171	367
2021-22	5	3,108	461	885	7	3,210	454
2022-23	6	3,188	459	962	8	3,021	478
Average	6	2,560	417	730	5	3,417	366

Carnegie Mellon University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

572 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 4% of total students. The number of online students has increased 111.85% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Carnegie Mellon University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	12,587	270	69	12,248
2015-16	12,963	75	661	12,227
2016-17	13,258	46	1,099	12,113
2017-18	13,869	37	1,274	12,558
2018-19	14,029	27	1,297	12,705
2019-20	14,180	24	809	13,347
2020-21	13,519	15	416	13,088
2021-22	15,057	241	4,425	10,391
2022-23	16,002	572	2,674	12,756
Average	13,940	145	1,414	12,381

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