University profile

Carnegie Mellon University

Location: Pittsburgh, PA

Minimum graduate stipend

$30,000/yr Official

Paid over 12 months · Academic year not stated by source · Set Oct 2023; later update not found · Oct 2023 announcement set $2,500/month ($30,000) for 12-month programs, retroactive to Jul 1 2023. Rechecked 2026-10-10: still the newest university-wide figure found. Departments pay more; CMU Chemistry states $39,600 for 2026-27 (see the department_example row). · Flagged for re-verification: treat as provisional until we re-check the source

Official: published by the university · Source: CMU Provost communication (Oct 2023) · Verified 2026-10-10

Other stipend figures

Supporting detail: pay scales, specific schools or departments, and prior years. These are not the headline figure above.

Another department’s · Base $39,600/yr Official Paid over 12 months · 2026-2027 · $3,300/month, 2026-27 · Chemistry PhD basic stipend for 2026-27: $3,300/month, $39,600/year (9 months of departmental support plus summer support normally from the advisor). Department figure, not a university minimum, and not engineering. Source: CMU Department of Chemistry: Financial Support · Verified 2026-10-10
Another department’s · Typical $37,500/yr Crowdsourced Paid over 12 months · 2025-2026 · Self-reported; not official. · Flagged for re-verification: treat as provisional until we re-check the source Source: PhDStipends.com (self-reported), Chemical Engineering · Verified 2026-09-27

Cost of living in Pittsburgh, PA

City-median rent is a city-level figure, not a near-campus price; university graduate housing lines are the university's own published rates. Each line is labeled with its own source.

Rent, 1-bedroom (university graduate housing, single occupant) $1,749/mo Official Apartment single: $15,742 per academic year. 2026-27 proposed rate, subject to approval. Monthly derived by dividing by 9 months. Source: CMU Housing: 2026-27 housing rates · Verified 2026-09-29
Rent, 1-bedroom (city median) $1,350/mo Estimated City median 1BR Source: Zumper city median asking rent (Sept 2026) · Verified 2026-09-27
Rent, 2-bedroom split two ways (university graduate housing, shared, per person) $1,660/mo Official Apartment double: $14,938 per academic year. 2026-27 proposed rate, subject to approval. Monthly figure derived by dividing by 9 months. The sheet has no graduate-specific category. Source: CMU Housing: 2026-27 housing rates · Verified 2026-09-29
Rent, 2-bedroom split two ways (city median) $770/mo Estimated City median 2BR, split two ways Source: Zumper city median asking rent (Sept 2026) · Verified 2026-09-27
Utilities $253/mo Crowdsourced Basic utilities (electricity, heating, cooling, water, garbage). 85 m2 apartment, excludes internet; overstates a studio. Source: Numbeo (Americas table, Sept 27 2026) · Verified 2026-09-27
Public transit $98/mo Official Pittsburgh Regional Transit 31-day. A proposed increase to $106.50 was unconfirmed. Source: Pittsburgh Regional Transit (rideprt.org) · Verified 2026-09-27
Parking $50/mo Official Chatham Eastside remote lot $50 per month (5-day lease); core-campus permits cost more. The new Chatham Eastside remote lot (6585 Penn Ave., 300+ permits) is $50 per month for 2026-27. The Bakery Square South Garage remote-lot rate was $810 per year in 2025-26. Core-campus garage and lot permit rates are only in CMU's rate PDF and were not retrieved; they cost substantially more. A $0 Nights/Weekends permit gives free evening and weekend parking. Source: CMU Transportation Services: Student Transportation and Parking Information for 2026-2027 · Verified 2026-09-28
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Master's tuition

Published tuition (before any aid). PhD students usually have tuition waived; their offer letter confirms. This is not part of the stipend-versus-cost-of-living comparison.

College of Engineering - Masters $61,510/yr Official 2026-2027. $30755 per fall/spring semester; $855 per CMU unit Source: CMU SFS College of Engineering 2026-2027 Cost of Attendance · Verified 2026-09-30
Mellon College of Science - Masters $60,900/yr Official 2026-2027. $30450 per semester; $846 per CMU unit Source: CMU SFS Mellon College of Science 2026-2027 · Verified 2026-09-30
Information Networking Institute (MS programs) $30,755/semester Official 2026-2027. 36+ units; $855/unit below 36 Source: CMU INI Tuition & Fees · Verified 2026-09-30
Tepper Full-Time MBA $42,093/semester Official 2026-2027. 2-year program Source: CMU SFS 2026-2027 Graduate Tuition & Fees index · Verified 2026-09-30
Tepper Full-Time MS Business Analytics $743/credit Official 2026-2027. per CMU unit Source: CMU SFS 2026-2027 Graduate Tuition & Fees index · Verified 2026-09-30

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