Carnegie Mellon University Common Data Set 2025-26

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Acceptance rate

11.1%

3,859 of 34,867

Early decision rate

20.6%

Non-ED pool: 10.3%

SAT middle 50%

1500–1560

ACT middle 50%

34–36

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Admissions

AppliedC1	34,867
AdmittedC1	3,859
EnrolledC1	1,804
YieldC1	46.7%
Early decisionC21	553 of 2,680 (20.6%)
Early actionC22	Not offered

Waitlist

Offered a placeC2	7,117
Accepted a placeC2	4,937
Admitted from waitlistC2	36
Odds if you stay on the listC2	0.7%

Test scores and GPA

Submitted SATC9	65.5%
Submitted ACTC9	18.1%
SAT Reading & Writing (25th–75th)C9	730–770
SAT Math (25th–75th)C9	770–800
Average high school GPAC12	3.89
GPA of 4.0C11	43.9%
GPA 3.75–3.99C11	41.7%
GPA 3.50–3.74C11	10.9%
GPA below 3.50C11	3.5%

Cost and financial aid

TuitionG1	$69,702
Required feesG1	$1,862
Food and housingG1	$19,560
Need fully met (first-years)H2	97%
Average % of need metH2	100%
Average need-based packageH2	$62,154
Average need-based grantH2	$61,136

What admissions looks at

Rigor of secondary school recordVery important
Class rankVery important
Academic GPAVery important
Standardized test scoresConsidered
Application essayImportant
Recommendation(s)Important
InterviewNot considered
Extracurricular activitiesVery important
Talent/abilityImportant
Character/personal qualitiesVery important
First generationImportant
Alumni/ae relationNot considered
Geographical residenceConsidered
State residencyNot considered
Religious affiliation/commitmentNot considered
Volunteer workVery important
Work experienceConsidered
Level of applicant's interestNot considered

From item C7.

Outcomes

UndergraduatesB1	7,728
First-year retentionB22	96.6%
4-year graduation rateB	—
6-year graduation rateB	94.3%

Notes on this filing

Admissions C1 and C9 are for Pittsburgh campus first-time first-year students; C1 enrolled uses the full-time total of 1,804 (part-time is 0).
C2 waitlist counts are for Fall 2024 admissions, not Fall 2025. Labels were cut off, so counts were mapped by position: offered 7,117, accepted 4,937, admitted 36.
C2 'Is your wait-list ranked?' answered No; release questions marked N/A.
C8: the SAT/ACT checkbox is 'Consider if Submitted'; C8F clarification is blank. Test policy summarized from C8A and the essay rows in C8.
C22: no early action plan, so early_action offered=false.
C21: early decision closing date listed as November 1 and notification December 15, so offered=true.
Graduation: the 4-year rate is not printed (line D gives counts only, 1,248 of 1,581, and computing it is not permitted), so grad_rate_4yr is null. The 6-year rate of 94.3% is printed in line H.
Cost G1: first-year undergraduate column used. Tuition is a single figure for all students, so in-state and out-of-state are null. Required fees of $1,862 do not match the itemized fees listed below the table ($680 + $282 + $480 + $314 = $1,756). Room ($11,700) plus board ($7,950) = $19,650, which does not match the printed room-and-board total of $19,560.
Aid H2: first-time, full-time freshman column used. pct_need_fully_met = line H 779 / line D 803 = 97.0%. pct_with_need_awarded_aid not printed as a percent and not computed, so null.
avg_need_based_package uses H2 line J ($62,154), which is the average total financial aid package of all aided students, not need-based only; avg_need_based_grant uses line K ($61,136).
Enrollment undergrad_total 7,728 is the total undergraduates (degree and non-degree) from B1 and B2.
Summing C11 bands below 3.50 gives 2.2 + 1.0 + 0.3 = 3.5.

Source: Carnegie Mellon University Common Data Set 2025-26 . “—” means the college left the item blank.