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University Rankings and Reputation

A full listing of Carnegie Mellon’s rankings is available on the university website. Carnegie Mellon has been home to 16 Nobel Laureates, 10 Turing Award Winners, 9 members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, numerous National Academy of Engineering Honorees, and 10 members of the National Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Heinz College Rankings and Reputation

The School of Public Policy and Management was ranked in the top 10 among schools of public affairs, according to U.S. News & World Report magazine's analysis of "America's Best Graduate Schools, 2009 edition." Of the 269 schools of public affairs across the nation that were surveyed, the School of Public Policy and Management is ranked in the top 10 in the following specialties:

  • Information and Technology Management.
  • Public Policy Analysis.
  • Environmental Policy and Management.
  • Health Policy and Management.

Rankings of master's programs in public affairs are based on a nation-wide survey. The list of programs that were ranked was provided by the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA) and the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM). Respondents were asked to rate the academic quality of programs based on their assessment of all factors bearing on excellence, such as curriculum, record of scholarship, and quality of faculty and graduates.

Most Connected Campus

Carnegie Mellon is among the 25 "Most Connected Campuses" according to the latest Princeton Review survey of colleges and universities offering the most cutting-edge technology. Criteria included the breadth of the computer science curriculum; the sophistication of campus technology, including streaming media of classes and extracurricular offerings; availability of school-owned digital cameras and equipment for student use; wireless Internet access on campus and support for handheld computing.

Collaborative Environment

Heinz College students receive an education characterized by its focus on creating and implementing solutions to solve real problems, interdisciplinary collaboration and innovation. A small student-to-faculty ratio provides an opportunity for close interaction between students and professors.

Dedicated to Technology from the Beginning

Industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie founded the Carnegie Technical Schools in 1900 for the sons and daughters of Pittsburgh blue-collar workers. The institution became the degree-granting Carnegie Institute of Technology in 1912 and in 1967, Carnegie Tech merged with Mellon Institute of Research to become Carnegie Mellon University.

A History of Innovation

The core values that Carnegie instilled in the Carnegie Technical Schools more than 100 years ago—problem solving, collaboration and innovation—continue to drive the university today and will play a key role in setting its agenda for the next several decades.