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Virajita Bisht

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As per the Carnegie Mellon University admission requirements, any standardized test such as ACT or SAT is not mandatory but they are highly recommended to have an edge against other applicants. 

Other than the above mentioned requirement, below are the rest of them: 

  • Must hold a high school or equivalent from an accredited institution
  • Must provide English Language Proficiency exam score of any (TOEFL, IELTS, or Duolingo DET)
  • Provide other supporting documents
  • Must submit two professional recommendations
  • Submit an essay (maximum 500 words)

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Kanika Pandey

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If you're an Indian student looking for admission to PG courses at the university, then you would need to submit a four-year UG degree, GMAT or GRE scores, provide 2 LORs, and submit a 500-word essay. This is not it, you would also need to provide good scores in IELTS or TOEFL.

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10 months ago

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Lalit Shukla

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Conidered a highly selective university, Carnegie Mellon University acceptance rate stands at around 12% meaning, out of every 100 applications only 12 students were rolled out an offer letter. To get CMU admission, students are required to meet certain admission requirements which are mentiioned below: 

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 la
...more

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11 months ago

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Tasneem Hoda

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Quacquarelli Symonds Rankings are known to be one of the top ranking bodies around the world and is known for publishing university rankings for various global universities. Some of the Quacquarelli Symonds world rankings of Carnegie Mellon University are given as follows:

YearQuacquarelli Symonds World Rank 
2024#52
2025#58
2026#52

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11 months ago

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Tasneem Hoda

Contributor-Level 10

Carnegie Mellon University and New York University are known to be some of the top universities worldwide and in USA. The comparative US News rankings of both universities are given as follows:

University Name

US News National University Ranking 2024

US News National University Ranking 2025

Carnegie Mellon University

2421

New York University

32

32

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11 months ago

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Tasneem Hoda

Contributor-Level 10

US News and World Report is a US American media company known to provide global, national, regional and subject based rankings of top universities around the world. Some crucial factors for ranking the universities include graduation rates, peer assessment, first-year retention rates, student-faculty ratio, standardized tests, and more. The US News Global rankings of Carnegie Mellon University are given in the table below:

YearUS News Global Rank US News National Rank 
2023#118#22
2024#134#24
2025NA#21

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11 months ago

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Tasneem Hoda

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Carnegie Mellon University is known for its Business and Management courses and has been ranked by various top ranking bodies. The MBA course rankings of the university are given in the table below:

Ranked by202320242025
QS - Global MBA394342
FT (Financial Times) - MBA493349
US News & World Report - Information Systems MBA12NA
US News & World Report - MBA Business Analytics22NA

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11 months ago

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Tasneem Hoda

Contributor-Level 10

Shiksha has ranked some of the top courses offered at Carnegie Mellon University including Business and Management Studies, Engineering, Arts, Computer Sciences, Information Technology, Entrepreneurship, etc. Some of the course rankings at the university are given as follows: 

Course Name Shiksha Popularity Rank US News Rank 
MS#20#5
Electrical Engineering #8#7
MBA/PGDM#12#2
IT and Systems #3#2
BE/BTech #6#7

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11 months ago

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Tasneem Hoda

Contributor-Level 10

Carnegie Mellon University is known to be one of the most recognised universities globally. According to the Shiksha Popularity Rankings, the university has been ranked at #127. Some of the world rankings of Carnegie Mellon University are given in the table below:

Year Quacquarelli Symonds World RankingsUS News Global Universities Rank
2023#52#118
2024#52#134
2025#58NA

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