Carnegie Mellon University vs MIT

Overview Comparison
Carnegie Mellon UniversityMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Collegedunia Score6.4 Out of 109 Out of 10
ranking (overall)# 24 Times Higher Education 2024
# 24 US News 2024
# 52 QS World University 2024
# 1 QS World University 2024
# 2 US News 2024
# 3 Times Higher Education 2024
Subject Strength# 5 for Engineering by US News 2024
# 401 for Medicine by QS World University 2023
# 101 for Law by Academy Ranking of World Universities 2021
# 1 for Engineering by US News 2024
# 4 for Medicine by QS World University 2023
ProgramsUG Programs -60
PG Programs -57
Doctorate Programs -27
UG Programs -48
PG Programs -41
Doctorate Programs -30
Acceptance Rate21.7 %8.5 %
Exam ScoreIELTS - 7.5
SAT - 1430
TOEFL - 102
GRE updated - 310
IELTS - 7
PTE - 65
SAT - 1510
TOEFL - 90
Cost to StudyAverage Tuition Fees   54244
[For UG Program]
Average Tuition Fees  48500
[For PG Program]
Hostel + Meal - 15864 Per Year
Average Tuition Fees   57590
[For UG Program]
Average Tuition Fees  57590
[For PG Program]
Hostel + Meal - 24390 Per Year
placement (average package)

Average salary of university graduates is 98,000 USD per annum; Annual ROI is 6.8%; Top employers are Amazon, IBM, Apple, etc.
Graduate Employability ranks (2020): #39. 
Executive MBA: $169,000.
Masters in Finance: $155,000.
MBA: $140,000
Masters: $100,000


#1 Graduate employability QS rankings (2020)
#3 Graduate employability THE rankings
Over 55% UG and 82% PG students enter workforce. 
Average salaries offered to baccalaureates $85,000
Average salaries offer to masters graduates $112,000 
Top recruiters: Google, Microsoft, Amazon, McKinsey & Co., Bain & Co. 


application requirements

UG applicants must have at least grade B+ (3.69 GPA on 4.0). Interviews are conducted for many UG programs. 

Letter of recommendations (two, preferrably from teachers of subjects maths and science or humanities)
Student profile
Creative portfolio
Interview
 

Campuses and B-SchoolsCollege of Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
College of Fine Arts, Carnegie Mellon University
Tepper School of Business
MIT Sloan School of Management
CollegeDunia Reviews8.3/10 Read 3 reviews-
General Facts Comparison
General FactsCarnegie Mellon UniversityMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Type of UniversityUniversity
University
Established1900
1861
Student:Faculty Ratio14:1
3:1
Male:Female52% Male, 48% Female54% Male, 46% Female
Location Facts

Main campus is located 5 km away from Downtown Pittsburgh; Over 12 degree-granting campuses are located in six continents including Qatar and Silicon Valley


Lying between central and kendall squares across Charles River from Boston’s Back bay. Small instituition with close knit student body postioned to collaborate and contribute to neighbors


Library

University has 5 libraries: Hunt Library, Roger Sorrells Engineering & Science Library, Mellon Institute Library, Posner Library and Qatar Library; Hunt Library is solely dedicated to the research of botany, horticulture and history of the plant sciences


More than 5 million items, with over 21,000 MIT theses
478 online database
17,000 journals
55,000 electronic journals


Campus Life

Over 300 student organizations, activities and support services including Division of Student Affairs, Student Academic Success Center, Center for Diversity and Inclusion; Campus has an art store, bookstore, computer store, coffee shops, cafeterias and other dine options


Over 450 co-curricular organizations, Society for Women Engineers, LGTQ+ community, Black stuents union, 33 varsity sports, The Tech (student newspaper), The Byte (graduate student publication), religious organizations, around 43 sororities, fraternities and independent living groups.


Hostel#On campus - $13784
#Off campus (with family) - $2080
#Rooms - $10430
#Rooms - $8000
Famous Alumni

Over 20 Nobel laureates, 124 Emmy Award recipients, 10 Academy Award recipients, 47 Tony Award recipients, 2 winners of the Stockholm Prize in Criminology; Steven Bocho (ten times recipient of Emmy Award); Charles Geschke (Co-founder of Adobe Systems); Randy Pausch (author of The Last Lecture); Edgar Mitchell (astronaut)


85 Nobel laureates, 58 National Medal of Science Winners, 29 National Medal of Technology and Innovation Winners
Kofi Annan (Former secretary general of UN), Buzz Aldrin (former Apolo 11 astronaut & fighter pilot), Benjamin Netanyahu (Iraesli Prime Minister), Amar Gopal Bose (Owner of Bose), etc


City Life

Pittsburgh is 66th largest city in the USA and 2nd largest in Pennsylvania in terms of population; Popularly known as the Steel City; the Unemployment rate in January 2020 was 5.2%; Mining and logging, construction and manufacturing are the largest employing non-farm sectors of the city


Cambridge- city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts; City is part of the Boston metropolitan area; home to a huge student community; Average salaries offered within the state are up to 97,5000 USD; Famous tourist attractions: Charles River, Harvard Square, Mount Auburn Cemetery, MIT Museum, CambrdgeSide, John Harvard Statue, Sanders Theatre; Unemployment rate- 2.1% (Dec 2019)


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