Carnegie Mellon (Tepper)

Tepper is number 15 on the overall ranking of US business schools. The Pittsburgh-based school is known for its flexibilty and responsiveness to a rapidly-changing business world. It established management science as a scholarly discipline, as noted on its website. And it has a strong history of fostering entrepreneurship and supporting startups, many through Tepper’s Swartz Center of Entrepreneurship. The Center is often singled out by students who have started their own ventures. As one graduate noted in survey comments, it’s “an excellent launchpad.”

Of the five indexes this ranking is based on — Compensation, Learning, Networking, Entrepreneurship and Inclusion — Carnegie Mellon (Tepper) ranked 4th in Entrepreneurship, 5th in Learning, 7th in Networking, 20th in Compensation and 47th in Inclusion. Index scores are based on student and alumni survey responses as well as salary data the school reports to MBA CSEA.

Index Ranks

Index Scores

Student Population

The breakdown below is compared with other US schools. Collected gender and non-binary data is for all students in the newest class, which for most schools is the Class of 2026. Tepper reported 69% male and 31% female/non-binary.

Bloomberg also collects data on race and ethnicity from US schools — they provide us with percentages of the first-year class of American students for the following groups: White, Black, Asian, American Indian, Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, and Hispanic (of any race). These groups are categorized as such by the schools when submitting data to the federal government.

Hires by Industry

Tepper sent the majority of its recent MBA graduates, those with jobs, into Technology Industry, Consulting Industry and Financial Services.

Compensation by Industry

The median base salary across all industries reported by Tepper graduates is $148,000; the median signing/starting bonus is $30,000.

Demographics

Survey respondents weigh in on their school’s population, answering broad questions about what campus life is like for female, LGBTQ, and minority students.