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Architecture at Carnegie Mellon

Carnegie Mellon graduates about 33 architecture majors a year, 2% of its graduating class. That puts it 8th of 159 schools we score for architecture, a standout program at 88 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $57,000 four years out, 1.10× what the same major pays nationally.

88/100Standout#8 of 159 for architecture →
Graduates a year332% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$57,0001.10× the same major nationally
Admit rate11%whole school
SAT middle 50%1490–1570whole school

Around Carnegie Mellon

A lawn on the Carnegie Mellon University campus known at The Cut.
The Cut, Carnegie Mellon UniversityPhoto: Sdkb · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
20070520 31 Carnegie-Mellon Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
20070520 31 Carnegie-Mellon Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (22682736257)Photo: David Wilson from Oak Park, Illinois, USA · CC BY 2.0 · source
Pamela's Group shot
Pamelas Group shot (472332861)Photo: Kevin Galens · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
Cathedral of Learning
CathedralatSunsetPhoto: Jiuguang Wang from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source

Where architecture happens

Named buildings on the campus map: Dorm 27 · Academic 23 · Athletics 2 · Dining 1 · Library 1 · Arts 1.

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Nearby in the architecture ranking

  1. Rhode Island School of Design 91
  2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 91
  3. University of Southern California 90
  4. Cornell University 88
  5. University of Washington 87
  6. Yale University 87
  7. University of Virginia 86
  8. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 86

Other strong majors at Carnegie Mellon

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Carnegie Mellon with every school we score in architecture. It weighs the school's overall strength; how many students graduate in the major and what share of the class they are; research spending in the field (NSF); early pay against the same major nationally; how many courses the catalog lists; and test scores. 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.

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