Carnegie Mellon University Student Population and Demographics

CMU Student Population

There are 15,888 students including 7,377 undergraduate and 8,511 graduate students at Carnegie Mellon University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 14,873 full-time and 1,015 part-time students with gender distribution of 8,977 male and 6,911 female students.

Carnegie Mellon University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 554 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Carnegie Mellon University has a total enrollment of 15,888 with a gender distribution of 56.50% male (8,977 students) and 43.50% female (6,911 students). There are 3,765 male and 3,612 female students in undergraduate school and 5,212 male and 3,299 female students are attending graduate school at Carnegie Mellon University.

Student Population By Gender
Carnegie Mellon University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	15,888	8,977	6,911
Undergraduate	7,377	3,765	3,612
Graduate	8,511	5,212	3,299
Full-time	14,873	8,361	6,512
Part-time	1,015	616	399

[Chart] Carnegie Mellon University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Carnegie Mellon University has 14,873 full-time and 1,015 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 7,133 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 244 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 7,740 students are full-time and 771 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Carnegie Mellon University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	15,888	14,873	1,015
Undergraduate	7,377	7,133	244
Graduate	8,511	7,740	771
Men	8,977	8,361	616
Women	6,911	6,512	399

[Chart] Carnegie Mellon University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Carnegie Mellon University, 554 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 3,497 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 15,888 students.

In undergraduate schools, 2,331 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 1,720 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Carnegie Mellon University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	15,888	7,377	8,511
Online Exclusively	554	25	529
In Some Online Classes	3,497	2,306	1,191
Not In Online Classes	11,837	5,046	6,791

[Chart] Carnegie Mellon University Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Carnegie Mellon University. There are 9 American Indian/Native American, 2,805 White, 494 Black/African American, 3,425 Asian, 987 Hispanic, 5 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 841 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Carnegie Mellon University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	15,888	8,977	6,911
American Indian/Native American	9	4	5
Asian	3,425	1,682	1,743
Black/African American	494	279	215
Hispanic	987	589	398
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	5	3	2
White	2,805	1,639	1,166
Two More	589	316	273
Race Un-Known	900	525	375

[Chart] Carnegie Mellon UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

The following table and chart show the student enrollment by age distribution at Carnegie Mellon University.

Age Distribution
Carnegie Mellon University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	15,888	7,377	8,511
Under 18	175	175	0
Age 18-19	3,204	3,202	2
Age 20-21	3,549	3,305	244
Age 22-24	4,637	613	4,024
Age 25-29	3,042	46	2,996
Age 30-34	779	10	769
Age 35-39	267	9	258
Age 40-49	181	12	169
Age 50-64	49	5	44
Over 64	1	0	1
Age Un-Known	4	0	4

[Chart] Carnegie Mellon University 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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