
Carnegie Mellon University's Early Action acceptance rate for the application year 2024 is 13.8%, with 612 out of 4423 applicants accepted. This marks a slight increase from 13.6% in 2023, where 615 applicants were accepted from a larger pool of 4515. Historically, acceptance rates have fluctuated significantly, with a high of 28.5% in 2015 and a low of 12.5% in 2022. The trend shows a decreasing acceptance rate over the past few years, dropping from 25% in 2020 to the current 13.8%, indicating a growing competitiveness in the Early Action pool.