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===Admissions=== {| class="wikitable" style="float:right; font-size:85%; margin:10px" ! !2023<ref>{{Cite web |last=University |first=Carnegie Mellon |date=August 22, 2023 |title= CMU President Jahanian Welcomes the Class of 2027+ - News - Carnegie Mellon University |url=https://www.cmu.edu/news/stories/archives/2023/august/cmu-president-jahanian-welcomes-the-class-of-2027 |access-date=September 16, 2024 |website=www.cmu.edu |language=en |archive-date=September 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240916031055/https://www.cmu.edu/news/stories/archives/2023/august/cmu-president-jahanian-welcomes-the-class-of-2027 |url-status=live }}</ref> !2022<ref>{{Cite web |last=University |first=Carnegie Mellon |date=August 22, 2022 |title=CMU President Welcomes Class of 2026+ - News - Carnegie Mellon University |url=http://www.cmu.edu/news/stories/archives/2022/august/presidents-welcome.html |access-date=August 22, 2022 |website=www.cmu.edu |language=en |archive-date=August 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220822213618/https://www.cmu.edu/news/stories/archives/2022/august/presidents-welcome.html |url-status=live }}</ref> !2021<ref>{{Cite web|title=Fall 2020 First-year Admission Rates|url=https://www.cmu.edu/ira/undergraduate-admission/pdfs/2021-pdfs/fall-2021-first-year-cohort-admission-rates.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=January 4, 2022|publisher=Carnegie Mellon University Institutional Research and Analysis|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204055522/https://www.cmu.edu/ira/undergraduate-admission/pdfs/2021-pdfs/fall-2021-first-year-cohort-admission-rates.pdf |archive-date=December 4, 2021 }}</ref> !2020<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Common Data Set 2020-2021 - Institutional Research and Analysis |url=http://www.cmu.edu/ira/CDS/cds_2021.html|access-date=March 7, 2021|publisher=Carnegie Mellon University|archive-date=January 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120073814/https://www.cmu.edu/ira/CDS/cds_2021.html|url-status=live}}</ref> !2019<ref>{{Cite web|title=Common Data Set 2019-2020 - Institutional Research and Analysis |url=http://www.cmu.edu/ira/CDS/cds_1920.html|access-date=March 7, 2021|publisher=Carnegie Mellon University|archive-date=November 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112010943/https://www.cmu.edu/ira/CDS/cds_1920.html|url-status=live}}</ref> !2018<ref>{{Cite web|title=Common Data Set 2018-2019 - Institutional Research and Analysis |url=http://www.cmu.edu/ira/CDS/cds_1819.html|access-date=March 7, 2021|publisher=Carnegie Mellon University|archive-date=November 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111193631/https://www.cmu.edu/ira/CDS/cds_1819.html|url-status=live}}</ref> !2017<ref>{{Cite web|title=Common Data Set 2017-2018 - Institutional Research and Analysis |url=http://www.cmu.edu/ira/CDS/cds_1718.html|access-date=March 7, 2021|publisher=Carnegie Mellon University|archive-date=October 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181011030730/https://www.cmu.edu/ira/CDS/cds_1718.html|url-status=live}}</ref> !2016<ref>{{Cite web|title=Common Data Set 2016-2017 - Institutional Research and Analysis |url=http://www.cmu.edu/ira/CDS/cds_1617.html|access-date=March 7, 2021|publisher=Carnegie Mellon University|archive-date=May 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518050527/https://www.cmu.edu/ira/CDS/cds_1617.html|url-status=live}}</ref> |- style="text-align:center;" !Applicants |33,707 |34,261 |32,896 |26,189 |27,634 |24,351 |20,497 |21,189 |- style="text-align:center;" !Admits | |3,873 |4,447 |4,524 |4,267 |4,170 |4,550 |4,601 |- style="text-align:center;" !Admit rate |11% |11.30% |13.52% |17.27% |15.44% |17.12% |22.20% |21.71% |- style="text-align:center;" !Enrolled | |1,736 |1,896 |1,637 |1,585 |1,572 |1,676 |1,552 |- ![[Yield (college admissions)|Yield]] |45% |45% |42.64% |36.18% |37.15% |37.70% |36.68% |33.73% |} ''U.S. News & World Report'' rates admission to Carnegie Mellon as "most selective".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Carnegie Mellon University|url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/carnegie-mellon-university-3242|url-status=live|access-date=January 4, 2022|website=U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227032311/https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/carnegie-mellon-university-3242 |archive-date=February 27, 2017 }}</ref> For the class of 2026 (enrolling in fall 2022), Carnegie Mellon received 34,261 applications and admitted approximately 3,873 (11%), with 1,736 enrolling.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Undergraduate Admission - Institutional Research and Analysis |url=http://www.cmu.edu/ira/undergraduate-admission/index.html|access-date=January 4, 2022|publisher=Carnegie Mellon University|archive-date=January 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220104215002/https://www.cmu.edu/ira/undergraduate-admission/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The acceptance rates of the individual colleges and programs range from [[Carnegie Mellon School of Architecture]]'s 30% to [[Carnegie Mellon School of Drama]]'s 3%.<ref name="Facts">{{cite web |title=General Fact Sheet |url=https://admission.enrollment.cmu.edu/media/W1siZiIsIjIwMTkvMTEvMjAvNjVmbnBxOTlvc19BRE1fMjBfMDc3X0dlbmVyYWxfRmFjdF9TaGVldF8wNF9Gb3JXZWIucGRmIl1d/ADM-20-077_General_Fact_Sheet_04_ForWeb.pdf |website=Carnegie Mellon Undergraduate Admissions |access-date=December 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191212200356/https://admission.enrollment.cmu.edu/media/W1siZiIsIjIwMTkvMTEvMjAvNjVmbnBxOTlvc19BRE1fMjBfMDc3X0dlbmVyYWxfRmFjdF9TaGVldF8wNF9Gb3JXZWIucGRmIl1d/ADM-20-077_General_Fact_Sheet_04_ForWeb.pdf |archive-date=December 12, 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The largest college, in terms of the class of 2025 enrollment, is the College of Engineering with 499 students, followed by the Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences with 391, and the Mellon College of Science with 266.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Fall 2021 First-year, First-time, Full-time Enrollment by Race/Citizenship|url=https://www.cmu.edu/ira/undergraduate-admission/pdfs/2021-pdfs/fall-2021-first-year-cohort-by-college-and-racecitizenship.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=January 4, 2022|website=Carnegie Mellon Institutional Research and Analysis|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220104215001/https://www.cmu.edu/ira/undergraduate-admission/pdfs/2021-pdfs/fall-2021-first-year-cohort-by-college-and-racecitizenship.pdf |archive-date=January 4, 2022 }}</ref> The smallest college is the School of Design, with 34.<ref name="Facts" /> The middle 50% range of [[SAT]] scores of enrolled freshmen was 720-770 for reading and writing, and 770-800 for math, while the middle 50% range of the [[ACT (test)|ACT]] composite score was 34β35.<ref>{{Cite web |last=University |first=Carnegie Mellon |title=Common Data Set 2021-2022 - Institutional Research and Analysis - Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Planning - Carnegie Mellon University |url=http://www.cmu.edu/ira/CDS/cds_2122.html |access-date=January 5, 2023 |website=www.cmu.edu |language=en |archive-date=January 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105031345/https://www.cmu.edu/ira/CDS/cds_2122.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The university is [[need-blind]] for domestic applicants.<ref>{{cite web|title=Financial Aid & Affordability|date=May 20, 2021|url=https://admission.enrollment.cmu.edu/pages/financial-aid|publisher=Carnegie Mellon University|access-date=May 3, 2023|archive-date=January 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118011556/https://admission.enrollment.cmu.edu/pages/financial-aid|url-status=live}}</ref> The class of 2026 enrolled students from 46 U.S. states and 42 countries.<ref name="Facts" /> Undergraduate tuition for 2023-2024 is $62,260, and room and board is $17,468.<ref>{{Cite web |last=University |first=Carnegie Mellon |title=2023-2024 Undergraduate Tuition - Student Financial Services - Office of Enrollment Management - Carnegie Mellon University |url=https://www.cmu.edu/sfs/tuition/undergraduate/index.html |access-date=August 13, 2023 |website=www.cmu.edu |language=en |archive-date=September 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240913231726/https://www.cmu.edu/sfs/tuition/undergraduate/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
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