Graduate Programs | Carnegie Mellon University

2023 Graduate Tuition & Fees

The following table and chart describe 2022-2023 graduate tuition & fees at Carnegie Mellon University with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. The tuition & fees is $48,557 for all students.The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $649.

Data source: NCES(National Center for Education Statistics

Updated with 2022-2023 tuition (Last update: Feb. 27, 2023)

2023 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
	Amounts
Tuition	$47,629
Fees	$928
Cost per Credit	$649
Books & Supplies	$1,000
Room & Board	$16,486 (On-Campus) / $14,986 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$1,400 (On-Campus) / $1,400 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$67,443
Off-Campus Total	$65,943

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2019-2023)
	2018-2019	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023
Tuition & Fees	$44,667	$45,909	$47,326	$47,347	$48,557

Graduate Program Overview

Carnegie Mellon University is a four-years, private (not-for-profit) school located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs.

For the academic year 2022-2023, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $48,557.

It offers 196 graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	Carnegie Mellon University
Type	Four-years, Private (not-for-profit)
Address	5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA
Graduate School Students	6,897 students 223 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2022-2023)	$48,557
Student to Faculty	5:1 (20.00%)
Number of Graduate Programs	Total 196 Graduate Programs 113 Master's, 75 Doctorate, 8 Post graduate certificates

Conferred Degrees and Graduate Programs by Major

Carnegie Mellon University offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 196 major areas - 113 Master's , 75 Doctorate , 7 Post-Bachelor', 1 Post-Master'. 3,045 students have been conferred Master's degree and 333 students have received Doctorate degree last year.The following table summarizes the total number of completers by degree and gender.

Total Number of Conferred Graduate Degree
	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Bachelor's	Post-Master's
Total	3,045	333	50	-
Men	1,860	234	31	-
Women	1,185	99	19	-

Below, you can check major programs and concentration for each area of study with offered degrees and completers. ^ONLINE denotes the program offered by distance learning (online degree). You may want to see all graduate schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of the program.

Computer and Information Sciences

what is Computer and Information Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Information Technology	-	-	-	NOT OFFERED

Engineering

what is Engineering program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Computer Software Engineering	-	-	-	NOT OFFERED

Visual and Performing Arts

what is Visual and Performing Arts program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Music Performance	-	NOT OFFERED	29	-
Music Technology	-	NOT OFFERED	3	NOT OFFERED
Music (other)	-	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED
Actuarial Science	-	NOT OFFERED	18	NOT OFFERED

Architecture

what is Architecture program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Architecture	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology	14	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Communication and Journalism

what is Communication and Journalism program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Journalism (other)	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Computer and Information Sciences

what is Computer and Information Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Artificial Intelligence	126	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Information Technology	438	-	-	NOT OFFERED
Computer and Information Sciences (other)	27	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Computer Science	63	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Computer Graphics	74	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications	94	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	79	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Information Technology Project Management	38	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Computer/Information Technology Services Administration and Management (other)	60	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services (other)	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Engineering

what is Engineering program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Engineering	2	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	35	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Chemical Engineering	57	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Civil Engineering	88	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Civil Engineering (other)	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Computer Software Engineering	140	-	-	NOT OFFERED
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	341	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Engineering Mechanics	1	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Engineering Science	19	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	3	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Mechanical Engineering	148	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Construction Engineering	4	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Manufacturing Engineering	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Operations Research	5	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering	102	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Biological/Biosystems Engineering	13	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Engineering (other)	37	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Engineering Technology

what is Engineering Technology program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
CAD/CADD Drafting and/or Design Technology/Technician	9	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Engineering/Industrial Management	6	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Engineering Design	35	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Engineering-Related Fields (other)	12	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics

what is Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Language Interpretation and Translation	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (other)	2	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

English Language and Literature

what is English Language and Literature program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
English Language and Literature	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing	8	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Rhetoric and Composition	4	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
English Language and Literature/Letters (other)	7	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Biological and Biomedical Sciences

what is Biological and Biomedical Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Biology/Biological Sciences	1	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Biometry/Biometrics	31	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Computational Biology	2	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology (other)	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Neurobiology and Anatomy	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (other)	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Mathematics and Statistics

what is Mathematics and Statistics program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Mathematics	14	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Computational Mathematics	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Financial Mathematics	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Statistics	43	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

what is Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Science, Technology and Society	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Behavioral Sciences	1	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Computational Science	68	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Human Computer Interaction	15	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Sustainability Studies	11	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Philosophy and Religious Studies

what is Philosophy and Religious Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Philosophy	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Logic	7	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Physical Sciences

what is Physical Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Chemistry	8	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Polymer Chemistry	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Physics	25	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Materials Science	38	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Psychology

what is Psychology program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Psychology	3	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Psychology (other)	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Human Services

what is Human Services program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Public Administration	17	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Public Policy Analysis	62	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Public Policy Analysis (other)	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Social Sciences

what is Social Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	6	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Economics (other)	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
International Relations and Affairs	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Social Sciences (other)	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Visual and Performing Arts

what is Visual and Performing Arts program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Digital Arts	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Design and Visual Communications	12	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Game and Interactive Media Design	20	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Design and Applied Arts (other)	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Playwriting and Screenwriting	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Directing and Theatrical Production	7	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Costume Design	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Dramatic/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft (other)	8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Art/Art Studies	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Music	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Music Performance	24	NOT OFFERED	-	-
Music Theory and Composition	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Conducting	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Keyboard Instruments	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Voice and Opera	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Stringed Instruments	8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Music Pedagogy	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Music Technology	1	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED
Music (other)	-	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED
Arts, Entertainment,and Media Management	29	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Theatre/Theatre Arts Management	22	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

what is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	36	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business Administration and Management	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Operations Management and Supervision	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Business Administration, Management and Operations (other)	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Accounting	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Business/Managerial Economics	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations (other)	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Finance	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Organizational Behavior Studies	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Management Information Systems	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Management Science	272	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Actuarial Science	86	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (other)	3	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Marketing/Marketing Management	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Telecommunications Management	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

History

what is History program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
History	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Visual and Performing Arts

what is Visual and Performing Arts program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Music Performance	-	NOT OFFERED	-	-

Architecture

what is Architecture program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Architecture	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Computer and Information Sciences

what is Computer and Information Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Artificial Intelligence	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Information Technology	-	-	-	NOT OFFERED
Computer and Information Sciences (other)	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Computer Science	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services (other)	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Engineering

what is Engineering program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Engineering	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Chemical Engineering	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Civil Engineering	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Civil Engineering (other)	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Computer Software Engineering	-	-	-	NOT OFFERED
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Engineering Mechanics	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Mechanical Engineering	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Construction Engineering	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Operations Research	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Engineering (other)	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Engineering Technology

what is Engineering Technology program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
CAD/CADD Drafting and/or Design Technology/Technician	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Engineering/Industrial Management	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics

what is Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (other)	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

English Language and Literature

what is English Language and Literature program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
English Language and Literature	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Rhetoric and Composition	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
English Language and Literature/Letters (other)	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Biological and Biomedical Sciences

what is Biological and Biomedical Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Biology/Biological Sciences	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Biophysics	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Biometry/Biometrics	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Computational Biology	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Neuroscience	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Neurobiology and Anatomy	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Neurobiology and Neurosciences (other)	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Mathematics and Statistics

what is Mathematics and Statistics program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Mathematics	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Computational Mathematics	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Financial Mathematics	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Statistics	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Mathematical Statistics and Probability	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Statistics (other)	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Mathematics and Statistics (other)	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

what is Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Systems Science and Theory	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Science, Technology and Society	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Behavioral Sciences	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Philosophy and Religious Studies

what is Philosophy and Religious Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Philosophy	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Logic	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Physical Sciences

what is Physical Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Chemistry	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Chemistry (other)	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Physics	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Materials Science	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Psychology

what is Psychology program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Psychology	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Psychology (other)	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Human Services

what is Human Services program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Public Administration	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Public Policy Analysis	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Public Policy Analysis (other)	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Social Sciences

what is Social Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Economics (other)	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Social Sciences (other)	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Visual and Performing Arts

what is Visual and Performing Arts program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Design and Visual Communications	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business Administration and Management	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Operations Management and Supervision	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Business Administration, Management and Operations (other)	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Accounting	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Business/Managerial Economics	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations (other)	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Finance	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Organizational Behavior Studies	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Management Information Systems and Services (other)	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (other)	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Marketing/Marketing Management	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Telecommunications Management	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

History

what is History program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
History	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
History (other)	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Graduate Student Population

Total 13,519 students enrolled in Carnegie Mellon University including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status.

In graduate school, 6,897 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees. By gender, it has 4,347 male and 2,550 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 5,979 full-time and 918 part-time students in graduate schools.

It offers online degree programs and 223 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively and 2,509 students are taking some online graduate courses.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
Total	6,897
Men Students	4,347
Women Students	2,550

Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
Total	6,897
Full-time Students	5,979
Part-time Students	918

By race/ethnicity 1,510 White, 160 Black, and 608 Asian students are attending at Carnegie Mellon University. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution
Total	6,897
American Indian / Native American	2
Asian	608
Black	160
Hispanic	177
Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islander	5
White	1,510
Two or more races	87
Un-Known	402

224 students are younger than 22 and 186 students are older than 65. The school has 6,740 students aged between 22 and 30 and 974 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total	6,897
21 & Under	224
22-24	3,771
25-29	2,969
30-34	772
35-39	202
40 & Over	186

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At Carnegie Mellon University, 223 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 2,509 students are enrolled in some online courses.