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Carnegie Mellon University MS in General Mechanical Engineering

General Mechanical Engineering is a concentration offered under the mechanical engineering major at Carnegie Mellon University. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the master’s degree program in general mechanical engineering, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.

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• Graduate Cost
• Online Learning
• Student Diversity
• References

How Much Does a Master’s in General Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon Cost?

Carnegie Mellon Graduate Tuition and Fees

Part-time graduates at Carnegie Mellon paid an average of $633 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$46,441	$46,441
Fees	$885	$885

Does Carnegie Mellon Offer an Online MS in General Mechanical Engineering?

Carnegie Mellon does not offer an online option for its general mechanical engineering master’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Carnegie Mellon Online Learning page.

Carnegie Mellon Master’s Student Diversity for General Mechanical Engineering

There were 158 master’s degrees in general mechanical engineering awarded during the 2019-2020 academic year. Information about those students is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Of the students who received their master’s degree in general mechanical engineering in 2019-2020, 24.7% of them were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 17.2%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Around 23.4% of general mechanical engineering master’s degree recipients at Carnegie Mellon in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 17%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	18
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	9
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	33
International Students	84
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.