Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) vs University of California-Berkeley (UC Berkeley)

Overview Comparison
Carnegie Mellon UniversityUniversity of California
Collegedunia Score6.4 Out of 108.4 Out of 10
ranking (overall)# 24 Times Higher Education 2024
# 24 US News 2024
# 52 QS World University 2024
# 9 Times Higher Education 2024
# 10 QS World University 2024
# 15 US News 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
# 3 for Engineering by US News 2024
# 24 for Medicine by QS World University 2023
# 6 for Law by Times Higher Education 2024
ProgramsUG Programs -60
PG Programs -57
Doctorate Programs -27
UG Programs -19
PG Programs -39
Doctorate Programs -13
Acceptance Rate21.7 %16.8 %
Exam ScoreIELTS - 7.5
SAT - 1430
TOEFL - 102
GMAT - 680
GRE updated - 310
IELTS - 6.5
SAT - 1330
TOEFL - 80
Cost to StudyAverage Tuition Fees   54244
[For UG Program]
Average Tuition Fees  48500
[For PG Program]
Hostel + Meal - 15864 Per Year
Average Tuition Fees   41196
[For UG Program]
Average Tuition Fees  26544
[For PG Program]
Hostel + Meal - 57578 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


Some programs and the average salary are:

Degree                            Average Salary

Executive Masters           $195,000 

MBA                               $150,000 

Masters in Finance         $144,000 

PhD                                 $143,000 

Doctorate                        $140,000 

Bachelor (Other)            $121,000 


application requirements

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

LORs (usually three);
SOP;
Resume;
Test Scores (such as TOEFL, IELTS, SAT, GRE, etc.)

Campuses and B-SchoolsCollege of Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
College of Fine Arts, Carnegie Mellon University
Tepper School of Business
Haas School of Business
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General Facts Comparison
General FactsCarnegie Mellon UniversityUniversity of California
Type of UniversityUniversity
University
Established1900
1868
Student:Faculty Ratio14:1
18:1
Male:Female52% Male, 48% Female0% Male, 0% 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


Overlooking the San Francisco Bay, UC Berkeley campus is spread over approximately 1,232 acres of land. It is the oldest of the ten campuses of University of California.


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


UCB Library is the fourth largest library in USA comprising 24 libraries, 325 employees and 832 student employees. UCB Library has 13 million volumes in 300+ languages which includes printed books, journals, e-books, etc.


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


UCB consists of the Sather Tower, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Lawrence Hall of Science, Space Sciences Laboratory, UC Botanical Garden, UC Museum of Paleontology, UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA).


Hostel#On campus - $13784
#Off campus (with family) - $2080
#Room & Board - $16242
#Room & Board--Apartment - $20168
#Room & Board--Residence Hall - $21168
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)


With a total of 520,566 alumni, UCB has 31 Nobel Laureates, 207 Turing Award, 20 Academic Awards, 20 Pulitzer Prize winners.
Steve Wosniak (co-founder of Apple Inc.);
Gordon Moore (co-founder of Intel);
Chris Pine (Actor);
Prithviraj Chavan (17th CM of Maharashtra, India)


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


Berkeley is in close proximity to San Francisco which is only a 20 minutes ride with public transport. You can hike up to Beverly Hills, explore the oldest museums, Victorian architecture, and more. Flying to Vegas and Los Angeles is also easy or drive to lake Tahoe, Berkeley’s location is within close distance to most locations. There are a lot of bars, restaurants, coffee shops, parks, etc. The unemployment rate for Nov 2022 was 3.3%.


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