Is Carnegie Mellon University better than IIM Shillong for MBA?

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    abdul shah | Contributor-Level 10

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    Comparing Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) with IIM Shillong for an MBA course will depend on your academic goals, financial situation, and career goals.

    • Global Recognition: CMU's Tepper School of Business is renowned worldwide, and some of the popular areas include consulting, technology, and entrepreneurship. It has international recognition and offers job opportunities for international students as compared to IIM Shillong.
    • CMU has a strong alumni network in the USA and Europe and has provided extensive career support.
    • CMU is more expensive, with higher tuition fees and living costs, whereas IIM Shillong is more affordable.
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Carnegie Mellon's international student strength makes up about 45% of the total student population. Also the Indian-origin students currently studying at CMU amount to 1,700+

The enrollment trends for international students over the last few years are given below: 

Year 

International Enrollment 

Indian Enrollment 

Fall 2023 

6,308 

1,777 

Fall 2022 

6,701 

1,947 

Fall 2021 

5,697 

1,471 

Fall 2020 

3,951 

1,080 

Fall 2019 

5,597 

1,445 

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Divya Shukla

No, Carnegie Mellon is not an Ivy, but its schools such as Tepper Business School is ranked highly in the list of the best business schools of the world. 

According to the rankings released by Bloomberg Business Week 2024-25, the full-time MBA of Tepper School of Business is ranked #9.

According to the rankings released by US World and news 2024, Tepper School of Business is ranked #16 among the best 124 Business Schools of the world. The Top MBA has ranked the Tepper full- time MBA #42 in 2025.

Below mentioned are some subject's rankings given by US World and News 2024:

Tepper School of Business Speciality

Rankings

Best Business Schools

16

Business Analytics

2

Information Systems

2

Production/Operations

2

Project Management

1

Supply Chain/Logistics

7

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Pallavi Garg

The Tepper School of Business is B-School under the umbrella of Carnegie Mellon University which is considered one of the best universities of the world and ranks #58 according to QS World University rankings 2025.

According to the rankings released by Bloomberg Business Week 2024-25, the full-time MBA of Tepper School of Business is ranked #9.

According to the rankings released by US World and news 2024, Tepper School of Business is ranked #16 among the best 124 Business Schools of the world. The Top MBA has ranked the Tepper full- time MBA #42 in 2025.

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Piyush Rastogi

The Tepper School of Business is B-School under the umbrella of Carnegie Mellon University which is considered one of the best universities of the world and ranks #58 according to QS World University rankings 2025.

According to the rankings released by Bloomberg Business Week 2024-25, the full-time MBA of Tepper School of Business is ranked #9.

According to the rankings released by US World and news 2024, Tepper School of Business is ranked #16 among the best 124 Business Schools of the world. The Top MBA has ranked the Tepper full- time MBA #42 in 2025.

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Lalit Shukla

The top industries Carnegie Mellon (Tepper) MBA graduates got the placements are Consulting, Consumer Packaged Goods, and Financial Services, with Consulting industry offering the highest average packages USD 192,000 (INR 1.64 Cr).

Below table sheds more light on the professional functions Tepper MBA graduates secured placements at:

Industries

Tepper School of Business  Placement (Class 2024)

Average Mean Base Salary

Consulting

30.9%

USD 165,134 (INR 1.65 Cr)

Finance/Accounting

21.3%

USD 144,941 (INR 1.24 Cr)

General Management

11.8%

USD 140,853 (INR 1.20 Cr)

Human Resources

0.7%

Not given

Marketing/Sales

19.1%

USD 145,873 (INR 1.25 Cr)

Information Technology

4.4%

USD 164,520 (INR 1.41 Cr)

Operations/Logistics

10.3%

USD 129,860 (INR 1.11 Cr)

Other

1.5%

Not given

  (USD 1 = INR 85.5)

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