M.S. in Computer Science 

at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh

Indian students who wish to study at Carnegie Mellon University must meet the admission requirements as per their program. They must have a qualfying GPA for UG and PG admission. Mentioned below are the general requirements to get into Carnegie Mellon from India:

• GPA – Should have an average GPA of minimum 3.2 out of 4

• SAT/ ACT – An average SAT score of 1460–1560 and 31-34 in the ACT

• GRE – An average of 315 in total

International students must meet the Carnegie Mellon University admission requirements to get into the university. Applicants must complete a high school degree for UG and a bachelor's degree for PG admission. Mentioned here are the general Carnegie Mellon University requirements for admission:

Requirements for UG admissions:

• Complete a high school education
• Meet the English language requirements
• Additional test score for ACT/SAT, if you are not choosing the test-optional application
• A letter of recommendation

Requirements for PG admissions:

• Complete a bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline
• Meet the English language requirements
• Additional test scores of GMAT/GRE
• Submit a CV or Resume
• A letter of recommendation

One of the major reasons to Study in the USA at Carnegie Mellon is its high ranking in the world. CMU ranks among the top 100 Universities in the world since 2020 by QS World University ranking. Another main reason to join CMU is its placement record. According to Carnegie Mellon University placements, MBA graduates get median base salary of USD 148,067 or INR 1.2Cr (USD 1 = INR 82.97). 

According to Carnegie Mellon University reviews given by students, CMU gets 4.8 out of 5.0 ratings for Post-study jobs, 4.7 out of 5.0 ratings for Public transportation, and 4.6 out of 5.0 ratings for Quality of faculty. Applicants can check the below table for more CMU ratings:

Computer Science and Engineering is the best ranking course offered at Carnegie Mellon Uni. It is one of the top 3 universities in US for CSE. CMU university Pittsburgh ranks #3 in the country for its CS program, as part of the latest Shiksha Popularity Rankings.

Given below is how some of its other popular courses rank on a country-level.

According to the Tepper School of Business report 2024, 81.4% of the MBA graduates received job offer by 3 months, post-graduation with an average mean base salary of USD 151,215 and an average signing bonus of USD 30,000. 

These graduates were placed at the top companies like Amazon, Bain, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Cisco, Facebook, Google, HP, JP Morgan etc..

The top industries Carnegie Mellon MBA graduates got the placements are Consulting, Consumer Packaged Goods, and Financial Services, with Consulting industry offering the highest packages.

The school offers programs at Undergraduate, graduate, PhD, and masters' levels. A traditional four-year undergraduate degree in Business administration is offered by the school in which the students can choose from various concentrations such as Accounting, Business Analytics, Business Technology, Entrepreneurship, and Finance etc.

Below mentioned degrees are provided under Tepper School of Business:

·         Undergraduate Courses

·         MBA

·         MSBA

·         MSPM

·         PhD

Below mentioned are concentrations available for mentioned courses:

·         Accounting

·         Economics

·         Entrepreneurship

·         Finance

·         Marketing

To apply for Tepper school of Business School, there is no minimum GMAT score mentioned, however, below is the data of Tepper MBA Class 2026, according to which the students who received the offer letter from this B-School has an average GMAT score of 697 along with other Tepper MBA application requirements. 

No, Carnegie Mellon is not an Ivy, but its schools such as Tepper Business School is ranked highly in the list of the best business schools of the world. 

According to the rankings released by Bloomberg Business Week 2024-25, the full-time MBA of Tepper School of Business is ranked #9.

Tepper School of Management acceptance rate is 19% - 20% which makes it ambitious school to get into.

Student can get admission to this B-School by fulfilling below mentioned requirements:

Tepper School of Business MBA Requirements as International student:

·         4 years Bachelor's Degree

·         Scanned copies of all Academic Records

·         English language proficiency

·         LORs

·         5 years work experience

·         Video essay

·         CV

·         Standardized entrance test scores

 (USD 1 = INR 89.22)