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How Well Is Carnegie Mellon University Ranked?

2023 Rankings

College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.

Carnegie Mellon University was awarded 1,491 badges in the 2023 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is rhetoric and composition.

Overall Quality

College Factual ranked Carnegie Mellon as #8 out of 2,241 colleges and universities in the country on its 2023 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 1% of all schools in the nation! This is an improvement over the previous year, when Carnegie Mellon held the #20 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.

Out of the 117 colleges in Pennsylvania, Carnegie Mellon is ranked at #2.

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How Much Money Do Carnegie Mellon Graduates Make?

Yearly salaries vary depending on what you major in, but on average, bachelor's degree recipients from Carnegie Mellon make around $99,998 per year during the early years of their employment. That's great news for Carnegie Mellon students since it is 135% more than the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year.