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Art & design at Carnegie Mellon

Carnegie Mellon graduates about 60 art & design majors a year, 3% of its graduating class. That puts it 3rd of 828 schools we score for art & design, a standout program at 98 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $110,000 four years out, 2.43× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $3 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

98/100Standout#3 of 828 for art & design →
Graduates a year603% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$110,0002.43× the same major nationally
Research in the field$3Ma year, NSF
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 art & design happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: College of Fine Arts, Hall of the Arts, Purnell Center for the Arts.

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 art & design ranking

  1. University of Southern California 100
  2. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor 98
  3. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 97
  4. University of California, Davis 96
  5. Syracuse University 96
  6. Northeastern University 96

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How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Carnegie Mellon with every school we score in art & design. It weighs what graduates earn four years out against the same major nationally (25%), research spending in the field (20%, NSF), how many undergraduate courses the department lists (20%), the student body's test scores (20%) and the size of the program (15%, capped so size alone can't win). 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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