# Carnegie Mellon University

- Location: Pittsburgh, United States
- Type: Private
- Founded: 1900
- Official website: http://www.cmu.edu/
- CollegeStat profile: https://collegestat.britexstudy-15d.workers.dev/university/carnegie-mellon-university-b7c4c075

## Summary

Andrew Carnegie founded the Carnegie Technical Schools in Pittsburgh in 1900 to give vocational training to working-class families. The school became the Carnegie Institute of Technology in 1912 and began granting degrees, and in 1967 it merged with the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research to form Carnegie Mellon University. It is a private research university with campuses in Pittsburgh and abroad, including Qatar.

## Key facts

- rank: #55 (QS 2027) — https://insights.qs.com/hubfs/Rankings%20Excel%20Reports/2027%20QS%20World%20University%20Rankings%201.1%20%28For%20qs.com%29.xlsx
- tuition: $62,260 (per year, 2023)
- admission: 11.7% (2024)

## Sources

- [rank](https://insights.qs.com/hubfs/Rankings%20Excel%20Reports/2027%20QS%20World%20University%20Rankings%201.1%20%28For%20qs.com%29.xlsx)
- [Official website](http://www.cmu.edu/)
- [Admissions](https://www.cmu.edu/admission/admission)
- [Financial aid](https://www.cmu.edu/sfs/financial-aid/index.html)
- [Reference](https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/complete-data-files/HD2025.zip)
- [Official About page: 16,582+ students (no year given)](https://www.cmu.edu/about/)
- [Founding 1900, 1912 and 1967 milestones, motto (Wikipedia cross-check)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnegie_Mellon_University)

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