The school has the top computer college in America. Computer major ranks first in the United States along with MIT, Stanford University and University of California, Berkeley, and software engineering major of Carnegie Mellon University is far ahead of other famous universities. Carnegie Mellon University enjoys a high reputation in the international software industry. At present, the most popular standard in the international software industry-Capability Maturity Model for Software Productivity Maturity Model (CMM) was developed by the Institute of Software Engineering of Carnegie Mellon University. In recent years, Carnegie Mellon University has introduced the latest CMMI system on the basis of the original CMM system, which has become the latest standard in the software industry.

The School of Software Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University has become a model of the Military Management School of the US Department of Defense and the global software school, and most of its graduates have become elites in the industry. IT giants in the global top 500 enterprises have donated money to set up research institutes in Carnegie Mellon University, so that the tuition income of Carnegie Mellon University students is only a tiny part of their total annual income. It is for this reason that Carnegie Mellon University has attracted worldwide attention for its high demand for enrolling students.

Carnegie Mellon University is also recognized as a pioneer in the application of computers to education. Among them, the "Andrew" campus network named after two founders, Andrew Carnegie and Andrew Mellon, has always maintained a leading position in American universities.