Carnegie Mellon University offers 2% of incoming freshmen merit aid. The average merit aid award is $15,308. Carnegie Mellon University is a private college located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Its student population is 14,029. It is a four-year, large, highly residential campus. It has an acceptance rate of 17%. Carnegie Mellon University 4 year graduation rate is 76% .
FRESHMAN W/O NEED, RECEIVING MERIT AID
$15,308
AVG. MERIT AID AWARD
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Recent Financial Aid Offers For the 2019 Admissions Year
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Colleges with Similar Merit Aid Award Percentages and Award Amounts
Name | Cost ![]() | Received Merit Aid ![]() | Avg Merit Aid ![]() | Acceptance Rate ![]() | Merit Match ![]() |
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Carnegie Mellon University | $74,491 | 2% | $15,308 | 17% | |
Skidmore College | $74,140 | 1% | $15,000 | 27% | |
University Of California San Diego | $49,572 | 4% | $13,933 | 30% |
Colleges in Mid East Region with similar merit aid awards levels
Name | Cost ![]() | Received Merit Aid ![]() | Avg Merit Aid ![]() | Acceptance Rate ![]() | |
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Carnegie Mellon University | $74,491 | 2% | $15,308 | 17% | |
Wilmington University | $12,480 | n/a * | n/a * | 0% | |
Kean University | $37,510 | n/a * | n/a * | 86% | |
Carlow University | $45,912 | n/a * | n/a * | 87% | |
Columbia University In The City Of New York | $80,394 | n/a * | n/a * | 6% | |
Dominican College Of Blauvelt | n/a * | n/a * | n/a * | 77% | |
Bowie State University | $35,328 | n/a * | n/a * | 38% | |
St. Joseph's College Long Island | n/a * | n/a * | n/a * | 77% | |
Edinboro University Of Pennsylvania | $27,670 | n/a * | n/a * | 80% | |
Jefferson (Philadelphia University + Thomas Jefferson University) | n/a * | n/a * | n/a * | 0% | |
Suny At Fredonia | $33,879 | n/a * | n/a * | 76% | |
Suny College At Old Westbury | $34,663 | n/a * | n/a * | 78% | |
Misericordia University | $51,030 | n/a * | n/a * | 83% | |
New Jersey City University | $40,011 | n/a * | n/a * | 96% | |
Cuny New York City College Of Technology | $19,754 | n/a * | n/a * | 75% | |
Waynesburg University | $38,500 | n/a * | n/a * | 91% | |
Chestnut Hill College | $59,693 | n/a * | n/a * | 96% | |
United Talmudical Seminary | $15,500 | n/a * | n/a * | 0% | |
Ursinus College | $70,052 | n/a * | n/a * | 71% | |
Keuka College | $50,637 | n/a * | n/a * | 86% | |
Suny College Of Technology At Alfred | $36,104 | n/a * | n/a * | 63% |
Colleges with similar acceptance rate and median earnings of alumni after 10 years
Name | Acceptance Rate ![]() | 10 Year Salary ![]() |
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Carnegie Mellon University | 17 | $136,100 |
United States Military Academy | 11 | $144,000 |
United States Merchant Marine Academy | 22 | $140,700 |
United States Air Force Academy | 11 | $138,100 |
Lehigh University | 22 | $134,100 |
University Of Pennsylvania | 8 | $133,900 |
Babson College | 24 | $133,800 |
Colleges with similar acceptance rate and cost of attendance
College | Acceptance Rate ![]() | Attendance Cost ![]() |
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Carnegie Mellon University | 17 | $74,491 |
Rice University | 11 | $67,402 |
Grinnell College | 24 | $70,346 |
California Institute Of The Arts | 23 | $71,240 |
Lehigh University | 22 | $71,465 |
Emory University | 19 | $72,604 |
Rhode Island School Of Design | 24 | $72,780 |
Hamilton College | 21 | $72,890 |
Vanderbilt University | 10 | $73,148 |
Babson College | 24 | $73,178 |
Northeastern University | 19 | $73,236 |
Bates College | 18 | $73,538 |
Colorado College | 15 | $73,600 |
Claremont Mckenna College | 9 | $73,775 |
Bowdoin College | 10 | $73,800 |
Washington And Lee University | 21 | $73,900 |
Colby College | 13 | $74,100 |
University Of Southern California | 13 | $74,111 |
University Of Notre Dame | 18 | $74,193 |
Middlebury College | 17 | $74,248 |
Carleton College | 20 | $74,276 |
Colleges with similar acceptance rate and similar 4 year graduation rates
Name | Acceptance Rate ![]() | 4 year graduation ![]() |
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Carnegie Mellon University | 17 | 76% |
United States Coast Guard Academy | 19 | 77% |
University Of Southern California | 13 | 77% |
University Of Michigan Ann Arbor | 23 | 77% |
Lehigh University | 22 | 76% |
Pitzer College | 13 | 76% |
University Of California Berkeley | 15 | 76% |
University Of California Los Angeles | 14 | 75% |
United States Air Force Academy | 11 | 75% |
United States Merchant Marine Academy | 22 | 74% |
Tulane University Of Louisiana | 17 | 73% |
Comparing merit aid in colleges with similar acceptance rates.
Name | Received Merit Aid ![]() | Avg Merit Aid ![]() |
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Carnegie Mellon University | 2% | $15,308 |
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