[CalmLogic]

1. CMU tution is expensive, and, at least for the MSE program, there are no TA positions available for the first semester. This means you will have no idea if you will eventually get funding unless you get a scholarship/fellowship.
2. Their acceptance rate for professional degrees is much higher than at other grad programs:

Approximately 140 national and international applicants apply each year for the Fall start of the campus program. Of that number, less than one-half receive offers of admission.

http://www.mse.cs.cmu.edu/information-faq.html