Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA
Carnegie Mellon University admitted 3,859 of 34,867 applicants for the fall 2025 entering class (11.1%).
Every figure on this page is published by the college or a federal survey, and carries the source it came from. They describe the fall 2025 entering class, a read on the school, not a prediction about any one applicant.
What stands out at Carnegie Mellon University
Three things Carnegie Mellon University published, ranked by how much each could change what you actually do, not by how impressive it looks. Every one describes a class that has already enrolled.
Early Decision admitted 20.6%. The regular round admitted 10.3%.
2×
the regular-round rate
A ratio between two rates the school published. Not a change in anyone’s odds.
553 of 2,680 early applicants were admitted, against 3,306 of 32,187 in the regular round. Early Decision is binding, and you can only use it at one school, which is exactly why the gap is worth knowing before you choose where to spend it.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
2×
the regular-round rate
A ratio between two rates the school published. Not a change in anyone’s odds.
36 admitted from a waitlist of 7,117.
4,937 students accepted a place on that list, and 36 were admitted from it, 0.7% of the students who waited. A waitlist offer here is not a near-miss anyone can plan around.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Families paid $31,944 on average after aid.
Averaged across students who received federal aid: the price after grants and scholarships, not the sticker price.
Source: the College Scorecard
Every figure, in full
The same measured fields on every one of these pages. Nothing is filled in where the school published nothing.
Acceptance rate
11.1%
3,859 admitted of 34,867 applicants
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
SAT, middle 50%
1500–1560
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
ACT, middle 50%
34–36
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Average GPA of admitted students
3.89
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Enrolled students who sent an SAT
65.5%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Enrolled students who sent an ACT
18.1%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Where do you actually stand at Carnegie Mellon University?
The figures above describe a class that already enrolled. GoodGoblin reads them against your own transcript, scores and activities, then builds the balanced list, the essay plan and the deadline calendar around what it finds.
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What Carnegie Mellon University says it weighs
The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.
- Course rigorvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- GPAvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Class rankvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Essayimportant
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Recommendationsimportant
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Test scoresconsidered
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Not considered
- Legacy
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Demonstrated interest
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
The early round, in counts
Two published rates side by side. Early applicants are a different group of students, so the gap is a fact about those pools, not a lever anyone can pull.
Early Decision
2× the rateEarly Decision admitted 20.6% (553 of 2,680), against 10.3% in the regular round.
3,306 of 32,187 in the comparison pool.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
The waitlist, as the school reported it
Published counts, including the ones schools rarely lead with.
- Offered a waitlist place
- 7,117
- Accepted the place
- 4,937
- Admitted from the waitlist
- 36
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
What students actually pay
Net price after grants and scholarships: not the sticker price.
Average net price: $31,944 a year.
- Family income under $30k
- $9,097
- $30k–$48k
- $6,994
- $48k–$75k
- $14,468
- $75k–$110k
- $24,865
- Over $110k
- $51,480
Source: the College Scorecard
Essays on this application
3 essay prompts on the application: 3 you would write.
Published deadlines
Each date is read from the college's own materials and re-checked on a schedule.
Guides for Carnegie Mellon University applicants
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Other colleges in Pennsylvania
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Colleges with a nearby acceptance rate
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