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See which careers fit your traits — based on what 644+ CMU alumni actually went on to do.

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What CMU grads actually do

Based on 644 notable CMU alumni with Wikipedia pages. Data: Wikidata (CC0).

computer scientist
128
university teacher
106
actor
99
television actor
86
film actor
71
engineer
68
stage actor
58
writer
36
economist
29
screenwriter
24
politician
24
singer
23

Notable CMU alumni

Ken Goldberg
Ken Goldberg
roboticist · visual artist
Blair Underwood
Blair Underwood
actor · writer
Keith B. McCutcheon
Keith B. McCutcheon
military officer
Michael Hollick
Michael Hollick
voice actor · television actor
Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol
performance artist · illustrator
Tony Spear
Tony Spear
engineer · military flight engineer
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film actor · writer
Sutton Foster
Sutton Foster
television actor · stage actor

Salary outlook for top CMU career paths

National median annual wage (BLS Occupational Employment Statistics).

computer scientist
10th–90th percentile: $81,450$233,110
$145,080
median / yr
engineer
10th–90th percentile: $62,130$177,020
$111,970
median / yr
writer
10th–90th percentile: $40,900$148,240
$73,690
median / yr
economist
10th–90th percentile: $62,520$216,900
$115,730
median / yr
politician
10th–90th percentile: $21,010$129,510
$47,290
median / yr

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About CMU

Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The institution was established in 1900 by Andrew Carnegie as the Carnegie Technical Schools. In 1912, it became the Carnegie Institute of Technology and began granting four-year degrees. In 1967, it became Carnegie Mellon University through its merger with the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research, founded in 1913 by Andrew Mellon and Richard B. Mellon and formerly a part of the University of Pittsburgh. The university consists of seven colleges, including the College of Engineering, the School of Computer Science, the Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences, and the Tepper School of Business. The university has its main campus located five miles (eight kilometers) from downtown Pittsburgh. It also has over a dozen degree-granting locations on six continents, including campuses in Qatar, Silicon Valley, and Kigali, Rwanda (Carnegie Mellon University Africa) and partnerships with universities nationally and globally. In 2022, Carnegie Mellon enrolled 15,818 students across its multiple campuses from 117 countries and employed more than 1,400 faculty members. Carnegie Mellon is a member of the Association of American Universities and is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". Carnegie Mellon competes in NCAA Division III athletics as a founding member of the University Athletic Association. Carnegie Mellon fields eight men's teams and nine women's teams as the Tartans. The university's faculty and alumni include 21 Nobel Prize laureates and 13 Turing Award winners and have received 142 Emmy Awards, 64 Tony Awards, and 13 Academy Awards.

Source: Wikipedia · Licensed under CC-BY-SA 4.0.

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