Headcounts and Directory Information
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is a private (not-for-profit), four-years institute located in Pittsburgh, PA. It has a total enrollment of 15,888 including undergraduate and graduate schools and students to faculty ratio is 5 to 1. It is a Research University (very high research activity) by Carnegie Classification and its highest degree is Doctor's degree - research/scholarship.
A total of 1,748 faculty (instructional staffs), including both full-time and part-time faculty, are working at CMU. The average faculty salary is $130,272 for the academic year 2023-2024. You can check salary information in detail at faculty salary by academic rank.
For non-instructional staffs, a total of 6,271 employees work at CMU. The average non-instructional staff salary is $97,890. The detailed staff salary information is available at salary by occupation page.
| Directory Information | |
|---|---|
| Address | 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA |
| Phone Number | 412-268-2000 |
| Web | www.cmu.edu/ |
| Faculty & Staffs Overview | |
| Student to Faculty Ratio | 5 to 1 |
| Number of Faculty | 1,387 Full-time / 361 Part-time |
| Number of Staffs | 5,538 Full-time / 733 Part-time |
| Faculty Average Salary | $130,272 |
| Staff Average Salary | $97,890 |
| Student Population | 15,888 |
Faculty and Staffs by Occupation
At Carnegie Mellon University, there are 6,271 employees including both full-time and part-time, instructional and non-instructional staffs. By employment types, 5,538 full-time and 733 part-time staffs work at CMU. By gender there are 3,356 male and 2,915 female employees.
Among them, 1,748 staffs are teaching (instructional) faculty - 1,508 full-time and 369 part-time faculty. By gender there are 1,234 male and 643 female faculty teaching at CMU.
The following table summarizes the number of faculty and staffs. You can check detailed staff statistics by gender, race, occupation, and faculty status.
| Staff Category | Total | Full-time | Part-time | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | |
| Grand Total | 6,271 | 3,356 | 2,915 | 5,538 | 2,961 | 2,577 | 733 | 395 | 338 |
| Postsecondary Teachers | 1,877 | 1,234 | 643 | 1,508 | 1,004 | 504 | 369 | 230 | 139 |
| Librarians, Curators, and Archivists and other teaching and Instructional support | 119 | 22 | 97 | 111 | 22 | 89 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Management | 481 | 200 | 281 | 473 | 194 | 279 | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| Business and Financial Operations | 1,019 | 306 | 713 | 934 | 276 | 658 | 85 | 30 | 55 |
| Computer, Engineering, and Science | 1,446 | 1,064 | 382 | 1,306 | 972 | 334 | 140 | 92 | 48 |
| Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media | 417 | 160 | 257 | 396 | 153 | 243 | 21 | 7 | 14 |
| Healthcare Practioners and Technical | 48 | 13 | 35 | 40 | 12 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 7 |
| Service | 133 | 113 | 20 | 133 | 113 | 20 | - | - | - |
| Sales and related | 9 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Office and Administrative Support | 588 | 113 | 475 | 496 | 84 | 412 | 92 | 29 | 63 |
| Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance | 107 | 106 | 1 | 107 | 106 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 27 | 21 | 6 | 27 | 21 | 6 | - | - | - |