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Music at Carnegie Mellon

Carnegie Mellon graduates about 28 music majors a year, 1% of its graduating class. That puts it 2nd of 749 schools we score for music, a standout program at 98 out of 100. 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#2 of 749 for music →
Graduates a year281% of the class
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 music 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 music ranking

  1. Vanderbilt University 100
  2. Northwestern University 97
  3. University of Florida 97
  4. New York University 96
  5. Northeastern University 96

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 music. 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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