Carnegie Mellon University
Private research university in Pittsburgh
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| 2024 | Carnegie Mellon Tartans football team competed in NCAA Division III Second Round, defeating Centre (KY) 24-15. Advanced to Third Round but lost to Mount Union 19-24. |
| 2024 | Sam Benger was inducted into the Carnegie Mellon Hall of Fame, continuing the recognition of outstanding Tartans football players. |
| 2024 | Carnegie Mellon's Tepper School of Business placed 9th in the annual Bloomberg Businessweek ranking of U.S. business schools. |
| 2023 | The Tartans continue their strong performance with a 10-1 season, though they are not selected for the Division III playoffs. |
| 2023 | Carnegie Mellon defeats SUNY Brockport Golden Eagles 37-7 in a bowl game, demonstrating their competitive prowess despite being excluded from the playoffs. |
| 2023 | Undergraduate tuition was set at $62,260, with room and board costs of $17,468 for the 2023-2024 academic year. |
| 2022 | In Larsen's debut season, the Tartans achieve an impressive 11-1 record and establish an eighteen-game winning streak, the longest in college football at the time. |
| 2022 | Carnegie Mellon hires Ryan Larsen as head football coach from Columbia, marking the start of a transformative era for the Tartans football program. |
| 2022 | The Tartans' winning streak is ultimately ended in the sweet sixteen of the playoffs, where they are defeated by the eventual National Champion North Central Cardinals. |
| 2022 | Carnegie Mellon University received 34,261 applications for the class of 2026, with an 11% acceptance rate, admitting approximately 3,873 students and enrolling 1,736. |
| 2022 | U.S. News ranked Carnegie Mellon as having 23 graduate programs in the Top 10 nationwide and 16 in the Top 5 nationwide, including three programs ranked first in Artificial Intelligence, Programming Languages, and Information and Technology Management. |
| 2021 | Chuck Klausing, Raymond Carnelly, and Scott Barnyak were inducted into the Carnegie Mellon Hall of Fame, honoring their achievements in Tartans football. |
| 2021 | The Tartans won the PAC conference championship, after which Coach Lackner announced his retirement from football. |
| 2021 | Carnegie Mellon Tartans football team competed in NCAA Division III First Round against North Central (IL), with the game marked as No Contest. |
| 2019 | Lloyd Yoder, Howard Harpster, Aaron Lewis, Rich Lackner, and Ken Murawski were inducted into the Carnegie Mellon Hall of Fame, recognizing their significant contributions to the Tartans football program. |
| 2019 | Linebacker and long snapper Brian Khoury was signed to the DC Defenders of the XFL, later going on to have an NFL career with the New England Patriots and Baltimore Ravens. |
| 2017 | Sam Benger was inducted into the national football foundation hall of fame. |
| 2017 | SDC sets current men's and women's buggy race records: 2:02.16 for men and 2:23.27 for women. |
| 2016 | The Hollywood Reporter ranked the School of Drama 3rd in the world among undergraduate drama schools. |
| 2015 | Runningback Sam Benger led all of college football with 2,092 rushing yards, becoming only the twenty-first Division 3 player to exceed 2,000 yards in a season. |
| 2015 | The Hollywood Reporter ranked the MFA program at the School of Drama 5th in the world. |
| 2010 | The Wall Street Journal ranked Carnegie Mellon 1st in computer science, 4th in finance, 10th overall, and 21st in engineering according to job recruiters. |
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See Also
Middle States Commission on Higher Education
University accreditation organization in the United States
Association of American Universities
Organization of leading research universities
National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities
Organization of private US colleges and universities