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#29 Best Undergraduate Teaching
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#30 Best Value Schools
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#12 Undergraduate Research/Creative Projects
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#6 Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs
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#27 Accounting
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#16 Entrepreneurship
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#7 Finance
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#20 Management
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#1 Management Information Systems
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#26 Marketing
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#6 Production / Operation Management
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#2 Quantitative Analysis
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#9 Supply Chain Management / Logistics
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#22 Biomedical
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#13 Chemical
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#12 Civil
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#2 Computer
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#8 Electrical / Electronic / Communications
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#9 Environmental / Environmental Health
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#10 Materials
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#9 Mechanical
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#7 Best Colleges for Veterans
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#7 Most Innovative Schools
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#303 Top Performers on Social Mobility
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#76 First-Year Experiences
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#20 Senior Capstone
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#19 Co-ops/Internships
Carnegie Mellon University is ranked #25 in National Universities. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence. Read more about how we rank schools.
U.S. News Overall Score
Score
75
Outcomes (35%)
Outcomes rank
72
Graduation and retention rank
30
Average 6-year graduation rate (17.6%)
89%
Average first-year student retention rate (4.4%)
97%
Social Mobility Rank
303
6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant (2.5%)
82%
6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant (2.5%)
90%
Predicted graduation rate (8%)
94%
Overperformance(+)/Underperformance(-)
-5
Expert Opinion (20%)
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
4.3
Faculty Resources (20%)
Faculty resources rank
22
Faculty compensation rank (7%)
25
Percent of faculty who are full-time (1%)
98.5%
Full-time faculty with Ph.D or terminal degree (3%)
93%
Class Size Index (8%)
Classes with fewer than 20 students
66.4%
Classes with 50 or more students
12%
Student-faculty ratio (1%)
13:1
Student Excellence (10%)
Student excellence rank
17
SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile (7.75%)
1450-1550
First-year students in top 10 percent of high school class (2.25%)
87%
Financial Resources (10%)
Financial resources rank
38
Alumni Giving (5%)
Alumni giving rank
63
Average alumni giving rate
14.3%
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Ranking Factors
- U.S. News Overall Score
- Outcomes (35%)
- Expert Opinion (20%)
- Faculty Resources (20%)
- Student Excellence (10%)
- Financial Resources (10%)
- Alumni Giving (5%)
