US News Names Carnegie Mellon #1 School for AI, Cybersecurity, Software Engineering, Analytics, Programming Languages, Information Systems, Mobile/Web Apps

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In the latest US News Best Colleges 2026 rankings, in addition to being named a Top 20 Best National University (at #20), Carnegie Mellon also ranked as the No. 1 school for 7 disciplines as follows below:

• Artificial Intelligence
• Cybersecurity
• Software Engineering
• Analytics
• Programming Languages
• Information Systems
• Mobile/Web Apps

Twelve additional specialties ranked in the top 5, giving CMU a total of 19 that placed fifth or higher.

Carnegie Mellon Named a Top 20 US University

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These specialties like AI and Cybersecurity makes more sense for graduate rankings. It is a bit weird to have an undergraduate ranking for AI with some schools (like CMU, Purdue) which have an undergraduate AI major alongside schools (UIUC, UC Berkeley) which don’t.