In the midstate of Pennsylvania, the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University are the most prestigious public post-secondary institutions. Pittsburgh and CMU are both in the state of Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh is the state’s largest university and CMU is one of its premier research universities. The three institutions are all highly ranked by U.S. News & World Report with well over 2,200 students per year.
While the three institutions are highly ranked by U.S. News, their respective schools do not rank them at the top of their respective fields. In this case, the difference between Pittsburgh and CMU is simply the size of their student body. The difference between CMU and Pittsburgh is in the quality of their research programs. For CMU, they are ranked as #1 for science and #5 for engineering and have an impressive research budget of nearly $12 billion.
Pittsburgh is a little bit of a step down from the other two. They may not be at the top, but that’s not the point. The point is that CMU’s research program is much better and they have a much better reputation than the other two. At Pittsburgh they are ranked 1 for science and 8 for engineering, while CMU is ranked 9 for science and 17 for engineering and has an impressive research budget of over 10 billion.
They are also one of the two largest public universities in the US. In terms of research expenditures, its clear that CMU is the most expensive public university in the country. CMU is also ranked 1 for science and 5 for engineering, while Pitt is ranked 9 for science and 20 for engineering and has an impressive research budget of over 9 billion.
CMU and Pitt have one of the best science departments in the country. However, they both have some of the largest research budget in the country, but that doesn’t mean they’re making the best use of it. CMU has over 10 billion dollars to spend on research every year. However, with a research budget like that, CMU doesn’t really have a ton of money to play with.
Pitt has a research budget of over 9 billion dollars, as well as a research focus on energy and materials research. However, its much more selective in what it funds, as it only funds things, like Pitt, that are important. I think there’s a lot of merit to the idea that a “small” institution like Pitt can make a big difference.
CMU is a very selective research university. It is a public institution, so it has to get its funding from somewhere. It is also very selective in the fields that it funds. CMU is one of only five schools in the country to have been designated by the National Science Foundation as a National Science Foundation Center. To be a center you have to be a national leader in a related field.
I don’t think CMU makes as much as a difference as it should. I don’t doubt that there are very talented people who work here, but they are not all of the same caliber. Of the hundreds of PhDs awarded at CMU, only one of them made it to the top 50,000 on the US News & World Report list of the top 100 in America.
The only reason CMU is a good place to go to school is because it is a national leader in the field of science, engineering, technology, and health (STEM) education. I know that this means a lot to folks like me, but it’s not the reason CMU has been named one of the top science and math universities in the country.
If you would have told me a couple years ago that CMU would have a PhD in biomedical engineering, I would have told you, “no way.” The university has done an excellent job at getting its research results to the public, but the school doesn’t exactly have the most research-minded faculty. CMU has a strong track record of attracting and retaining excellent scientists, as well as teaching them how to take care of their research.
