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Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PAPrivate nonprofit MSCHEEntertainment Technology Center (ETC)

Carnegie Mellon University's Entertainment Technology Center (ETC), a joint venture of the School of Computer Science and the College of Fine Arts, offers the two-year Master of Entertainment Technology (MET). The university's undergraduate game offering is a Game Design minor rather than a degree.

Game degrees at Carnegie Mellon University

1 program verified (1 master's). Dedicated game degrees and officially named game concentrations only; the school may offer related courses or minors that are not degrees.

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Carnegie Mellon University

Entertainment Technology

Master'sMET

Master of Entertainment Technology

Field: Game-focused Interactive Media · Game Development
Administering location: Pittsburgh, PA
Delivery: On campusClasses meet on campus. · Full-time
Campus attendance: Regular campus attendance
Portfolio: Portfolio required for some pathways
Duration: two-year program; four full-time semesters; cannot be completed in less than two years
Tuition: Tuition: $61,628 per academic year · All students — Tuition, total cost for academic year · 2026-2027
Next deadline: January 1, 2027 · Fall 2027
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Department, studios and facilities

As the school describes them. Facilities are campus resources unless the school states that online students can use them.

Student work

Official showcases of student games and projects, linked from the school's own pages. We link to them; we do not copy or rate student work.

Accreditation

  • Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE)

    Institutional accreditation — accredited · since July 1, 1921

    Recognized by: U.S. Department of Education

    Source: ope.ed.gov · verified October 12, 2026

Institutional accreditation covers the whole institution. Programmatic accreditation (for example NASAD for an art and design unit) is shown on a program page only when the school names it for that program.

Offerings we reviewed but do not list

This directory lists dedicated game degrees and officially named game concentrations. These offerings were checked against official pages and fall outside that scope (minors, certificates, degrees without a named game pathway, esports).
  • Game Design, MinorUndergraduate minor offered by the ETC through IDeATe, not a degree. No undergraduate game degree was found in the CMU catalog's degrees-offered list.Source: coursecatalog.web.cmu.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Institution

Official name
Carnegie Mellon University
Control
Private nonprofit
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 12, 2026
Main location
5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 12, 2026
Students enrolled exclusively in distance education
514 of 15,596 students (Fall 2023)
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 12, 2026

Sources

Last verified October 12, 2026. Program facts and their sources are on each program page.
  1. coursecatalog.web.cmu.edu/intercollegeprograms/ideate/game-design-minor/ — Official catalog / bulletin, verified October 12, 2026
  2. IPEDS 2024–25 Institutional Characteristics (HD2024), via College Navigator — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 12, 2026
  3. IPEDS Fall 2023 enrollment by distance-education status (EF2023A_DIST) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 12, 2026
  4. DAPIP — MSCHE institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-12) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 12, 2026
  5. etc.cmu.edu/about/ — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
  6. etc.cmu.edu/academics/facilities-technology — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
  7. etc.cmu.edu/admissions/ — Official admissions page, verified October 12, 2026
  8. etc.cmu.edu/our-work/projects — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
  9. etc.cmu.edu/tuition-financial-aid — Official tuition and fees page, verified October 12, 2026

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Carnegie Mellon University Game Design Degrees (Master's)