Carnegie Mellon Comparisons

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Compare with Pennsylvania Public Colleges

Compare with Pennsylvania Public Colleges for Carnegie Mellon University
College	In-state tuition	Acceptance rate	Compare
Penn State Main Campus University Park, PA	$45,602 lower in-state tuition	49% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA	$44,320 lower in-state tuition	46% higher acceptance rate	Compare
West Chester University of Pennsylvania West Chester, PA	$55,471 lower in-state tuition	66% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Kutztown, PA	$54,932 lower in-state tuition	79% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Penn State Abington Abington, PA	$50,978 lower in-state tuition	85% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Penn State Harrisburg Middletown, PA	$50,274 lower in-state tuition	86% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Penn State Altoona Altoona, PA	$50,274 lower in-state tuition	86% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Penn State Brandywine Media, PA	$51,038 lower in-state tuition	86% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Penn State Erie Behrend College Erie, PA	$50,274 lower in-state tuition	85% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Penn State Lehigh Valley Center Valley, PA	$51,038 lower in-state tuition	85% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Penn State Berks Reading, PA	$50,274 lower in-state tuition	87% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Penn State Scranton Dunmore, PA	$51,038 lower in-state tuition	87% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Penn State York York, PA	$51,038 lower in-state tuition	85% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Penn State Hazleton Hazleton, PA	$51,038 lower in-state tuition	84% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Penn State Greater Allegheny McKeesport, PA	$51,838 lower in-state tuition	84% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Penn State New Kensington New Kensington, PA	$51,838 lower in-state tuition	83% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Pittsburgh Greensburg Greensburg, PA	$51,536 lower in-state tuition	83% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Penn State Beaver Monaca, PA	$51,838 lower in-state tuition	84% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Penn State Mont Alto Mont Alto, PA	$51,838 lower in-state tuition	86% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Penn State Wilkes Barre Dallas, PA	$51,966 lower in-state tuition	85% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Penn State Fayette Eberly Lemont Furnace, PA	$51,838 lower in-state tuition	83% higher acceptance rate	Compare

Compare with Pennsylvania Private Colleges

Compare with Pennsylvania Private Colleges for Carnegie Mellon University
College	In-state tuition	Acceptance rate	Compare
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	$2,440 higher in-state tuition	7% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Villanova University Villanova, PA	$1,530 higher in-state tuition	15% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Drexel University Philadelphia, PA	$3,834 lower in-state tuition	67% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA	$1,566 higher in-state tuition	17% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA	$1,266 lower in-state tuition	14% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Lafayette College Easton, PA	$848 lower in-state tuition	19% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA	$752 lower in-state tuition	5% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Haverford College Haverford, PA	$4,442 higher in-state tuition	0% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Muhlenberg College Allentown, PA	$3,441 lower in-state tuition	60% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Gettysburg College Gettysburg, PA	$394 higher in-state tuition	27% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Dickinson College Carlisle, PA	$596 lower in-state tuition	30% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Franklin and Marshall College Lancaster, PA	$4,548 higher in-state tuition	16% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr, PA	$326 lower in-state tuition	17% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Ursinus College Collegeville, PA	$5,036 lower in-state tuition	80% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Moore College of Art and Design Philadelphia, PA	$13,434 lower in-state tuition	44% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Grove City College Grove City, Pennsylvania	$44,546 lower in-state tuition	60% higher acceptance rate	Compare

Compare with Regional Public Colleges

Compare with Regional Public Colleges for Carnegie Mellon University
College	In-state tuition	Acceptance rate	Compare
University of Michigan Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	$48,510 lower in-state tuition	4% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	$57,252 lower in-state tuition	3% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA	$50,298 lower in-state tuition	43% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Ohio State University Main Campus Columbus, OH	$53,002 lower in-state tuition	49% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Maryland College Park College Park, MD	$54,437 lower in-state tuition	33% higher acceptance rate	Compare
North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC	$57,447 lower in-state tuition	30% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Virginia Main Campus Charlottesville, VA	$44,443 lower in-state tuition	5% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Delaware Newark, DE	$49,436 lower in-state tuition	59% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Miami University Oxford Oxford, OH	$48,085 lower in-state tuition	63% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Binghamton University Vestal, NY	$55,679 lower in-state tuition	27% higher acceptance rate	Compare
William & Mary Williamsburg, VA	$40,332 lower in-state tuition	22% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Rutgers University New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	$48,317 lower in-state tuition	46% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY	$55,310 lower in-state tuition	62% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Cincinnati Main Campus Cincinnati, OH	$52,270 lower in-state tuition	73% higher acceptance rate	Compare
CUNY Hunter College New York, NY	$58,864 lower in-state tuition	42% higher acceptance rate	Compare
United States Naval Academy Annapolis, Maryland	$66,246 lower in-state tuition	3% lower acceptance rate	Compare
University of Maryland Baltimore County Baltimore, MD	$52,990 lower in-state tuition	60% higher acceptance rate	Compare
New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ	$46,272 lower in-state tuition	53% higher acceptance rate	Compare
CUNY City College New York, NY	$58,906 lower in-state tuition	48% higher acceptance rate	Compare
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College New York, NY	$58,782 lower in-state tuition	36% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Mary Washington Fredericksburg, VA	$51,606 lower in-state tuition	68% higher acceptance rate	Compare
United States Military Academy West Point, New York	$66,246 lower in-state tuition	0% higher acceptance rate	Compare
SUNY at Purchase College Purchase, NY	$57,293 lower in-state tuition	62% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of North Carolina School of the Arts Winston Salem, NC	$56,769 lower in-state tuition	18% higher acceptance rate	Compare
SUNY at Fredonia Fredonia, NY	$57,415 lower in-state tuition	66% higher acceptance rate	Compare
SUNY Polytechnic Institute Utica, NY	$57,621 lower in-state tuition	69% higher acceptance rate	Compare

Compare with Regional Private Colleges

Compare with Regional Private Colleges for Carnegie Mellon University
College	In-state tuition	Acceptance rate	Compare
New York University New York, NY	$3,450 lower in-state tuition	3% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Duke University Durham, NC	$2,512 higher in-state tuition	6% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Princeton University Princeton, NJ	$3,558 lower in-state tuition	7% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	$1,016 lower in-state tuition	6% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Cornell University Ithaca, NY	$3,068 higher in-state tuition	3% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Georgetown University Washington, DC	$1,771 higher in-state tuition	1% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	$1,221 lower in-state tuition	1% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Syracuse University Syracuse, NY	$718 lower in-state tuition	34% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	$5,599 higher in-state tuition	8% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Fordham University Bronx, NY	$1,331 lower in-state tuition	47% higher acceptance rate	Compare
George Washington University Washington, DC	$1,464 higher in-state tuition	35% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Davidson College Davidson, NC	$1,836 lower in-state tuition	1% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Colgate University Hamilton, NY	$4,060 higher in-state tuition	2% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Rochester Rochester, NY	$834 higher in-state tuition	28% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Barnard College New York, NY	$3,642 higher in-state tuition	3% lower acceptance rate	Compare
American University Washington, DC	$7,475 lower in-state tuition	50% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY	$4,784 higher in-state tuition	7% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC	$1,396 higher in-state tuition	10% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Dayton Dayton, OH	$17,106 lower in-state tuition	53% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Richmond University of Richmond, VA	$1,016 lower in-state tuition	10% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Hofstra University Hempstead, NY	$8,586 lower in-state tuition	56% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Seton Hall University South Orange, NJ	$13,076 lower in-state tuition	61% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH	$362 higher in-state tuition	25% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Oberlin College Oberlin, OH	$1,120 higher in-state tuition	22% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY	$6,972 lower in-state tuition	55% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA	$1,799 higher in-state tuition	2% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Pratt Institute Main Brooklyn, NY	$4,401 lower in-state tuition	61% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Ithaca College Ithaca, NY	$12,706 lower in-state tuition	57% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Denison University Granville, OH	$754 higher in-state tuition	5% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Hamilton College Clinton, NY	$2,714 higher in-state tuition	2% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Kenyon College Gambier, OH	$5,274 higher in-state tuition	19% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ	$2,784 lower in-state tuition	36% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Loyola University Maryland Baltimore, MD	$9,096 lower in-state tuition	63% higher acceptance rate	Compare
The College of Wooster Wooster, OH	$4,606 lower in-state tuition	48% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Bard College Annandale-On-Hudson, NY	$190 higher in-state tuition	40% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Sarah Lawrence College Bronxville, NY	$616 higher in-state tuition	50% higher acceptance rate	Compare
St. John's College Annapolis, MD	$25,562 lower in-state tuition	43% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Caldwell University Caldwell, NJ	$25,398 lower in-state tuition	59% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Kalamazoo College Kalamazoo, MI	$5,196 lower in-state tuition	63% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Ohio Northern University Ada, OH	$26,446 lower in-state tuition	62% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Hobart William Smith Colleges Geneva, NY	$1,129 lower in-state tuition	52% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Centre College Danville, KY	$13,426 lower in-state tuition	42% higher acceptance rate	Compare
New York Institute of Technology Old Westbury, NY	$19,686 lower in-state tuition	69% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Yeshiva University New York, NY	$14,446 lower in-state tuition	44% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Transylvania University Lexington, KY	$19,376 lower in-state tuition	75% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Houghton University Houghton, NY	$47,816 lower in-state tuition	77% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Elmira College Elmira, NY	$27,270 lower in-state tuition	65% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Washington College Chestertown, MD	$10,920 lower in-state tuition	45% higher acceptance rate	Compare
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art New York, NY	$19,426 lower in-state tuition	9% higher acceptance rate	Compare

Compare with National Colleges

Compare with National Colleges for Carnegie Mellon University
College	In-state tuition	Acceptance rate	Compare
Stanford University Stanford, CA	$336 lower in-state tuition	8% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN	$1,252 higher in-state tuition	6% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Yale University New Haven, CT	$1,004 higher in-state tuition	8% lower acceptance rate	Compare
University of Chicago Chicago, IL	$4,416 higher in-state tuition	8% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Emory University Atlanta, GA	$1,966 lower in-state tuition	1% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Rice University Houston, TX	$2,102 lower in-state tuition	4% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA	$4,456 higher in-state tuition	4% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Brown University Providence, RI	$5,166 higher in-state tuition	7% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA	$3,850 lower in-state tuition	7% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Dartmouth College Hanover, NH	$2,022 higher in-state tuition	7% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA	$2,432 higher in-state tuition	2% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Tufts University Medford, MA	$4,458 higher in-state tuition	1% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Washington University in St Louis St. Louis, MO	$456 lower in-state tuition	0% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Babson College Wellesley, MA	$9,094 lower in-state tuition	5% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Brandeis University Waltham, MA	$1,834 higher in-state tuition	28% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Tulsa Tulsa, OK	$16,185 lower in-state tuition	50% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Wesleyan University Middletown, CT	$4,096 higher in-state tuition	4% higher acceptance rate	Compare

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Last updated: August 2026