University of Pittsburgh

Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Population 1,700,000

Weather

Comfortable Days 115 (84%)
Sunshine Hours 2,021 (3% 🌧️)
Days Without Precipitation 213 (11%)

Honors College

Name David C. Frederick Honors College
Students 3,605 (18%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 20,102
Men / Women 42% / 58%
From State 64%
From Region 18%
Athletes 545 (2.8%)

Racial/Ethnic

White 61%
Asian 15%
Hispanic 7%
Black 5%
Mixed 5%
International 5%
Native American 0%

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Business Administration 519 57% 72% 9% 3% 6% 6% $92,244 91 +0.25 89 98%
Accounting 131 — 63% 78% 10% 1% 5% 3% $89,777 62 +0.18 88 100% — — — —
Business Analytics 9 +1 33% 44% 11% 0% 22% 22% $92,910 55 +0.03 90 — — — — —
Finance 176 +100 73% 73% 11% 3% 5% 6% $103,276 68 +0.14 95 99% — — — —
General Business 4 +1 25% 50% 50% 0% 0% 0% $63,700 18 -0.72 51 98% — — — —
Human Resources Management and Services 30 +2 43% 70% 3% 7% 7% 7% $82,193 80 +0.45 82 96% — — — —
International Business 4 +9 50% 25% 25% 25% 0% 25% $97,058 77 +0.59 92 97% — — — —
Logistics 20 +86 40% 60% 15% 0% 15% 5% $96,917 65 +0.26 92 94% — — — —
Marketing 145 +50 39% 70% 6% 3% 8% 7% $83,132 70 +0.43 83 97% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of General Studies 114 35% 75% 7% 4% 4% 4% $54,880 3 -0.82 27 98%
Public Administration 6 — 0% 83% 0% 17% 0% 0% $83,397 86 +0.82 83 96% — — — —
Criminal Justice 108 +30 37% 75% 7% 4% 5% 4% $53,296 14 -0.91 23 98% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences 2,910 35% 60% 16% 6% 7% 4% $67,175 35 +0.24 59 96%
Data Science 22 +18 59% 55% 18% 5% 5% 5% $101,807 24 -0.42 94 — — — — —
Applied Mathematics 24 — 54% 54% 21% 4% 0% 17% $90,170 31 -0.59 88 96% — — — —
Astronomy — — — — — — — — $76,999 28 -0.47 76 — — — — —
Chemistry 63 — 44% 67% 14% 5% 5% 3% $73,754 70 +0.21 71 98% — — — —
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences 27 +3 33% 89% 4% 0% 0% 0% $60,038 31 -0.45 41 95% — — — —
Geosciences 65 +2 29% 77% 9% 3% 8% 0% $60,038 31 -0.45 41 95% — — — —
Mathematical Biology 1 — 100% 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% $90,170 31 -0.59 88 96% — — — —
Mathematics 22 +1 73% 77% 9% 0% 5% 9% $68,924 28 -0.62 63 94% — — — —
Mathematics and Statistics 10 — 50% 60% 30% 0% 0% 10% $87,607 26 -0.67 86 100% — — — —
Physical Sciences 9 +1 44% 89% 11% 0% 0% 0% $77,363 28 -0.45 77 — — — — —
Physics 16 — 88% 62% 19% 0% 12% 6% $79,484 38 -0.30 79 — — — — —
Statistics 17 +2 59% 71% 12% 0% 0% 18% $84,745 21 -0.76 84 — — — — —
Theoretical and Mathematical Physics 3 — 67% 33% 0% 0% 33% 33% $78,872 37 -0.34 78 — — — — —
Biochemistry 20 — 50% 70% 10% 5% 5% 0% $67,031 25 -0.40 59 100% — — — —
Biological and Physical Sciences 165 — 25% 64% 12% 8% 7% 1% $70,138 70 +0.43 65 97% — — — —
Biology 330 +1 37% 50% 29% 5% 7% 2% $74,010 87 +0.88 72 96% — — — —
Computational Biology 50 — 30% 34% 54% 2% 2% 6% $103,405 100 +2.84 95 — — — — —
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 22 — 36% 82% 9% 0% 5% 0% $81,485 99 +2.79 81 96% — — — —
Microbiology 41 — 37% 63% 27% 5% 5% 0% $76,682 84 +0.86 76 100% — — — —
Molecular Biology 45 — 44% 42% 42% 0% 4% 9% $67,031 25 -0.40 59 100% — — — —
Neuroscience 208 +4 32% 43% 38% 5% 4% 3% $76,745 85 +0.86 76 96% — — — —
Nutrition Sciences 24 — 8% 71% 8% 0% 8% 8% $65,551 57 +0.15 55 — — — — —
Exercise Science and Kinesiology 61 — 46% 69% 10% 5% 3% 0% $50,033 6 -1.37 16 96% — — — —
Economics 174 +13 69% 53% 16% 4% 3% 13% $79,455 26 -0.70 79 98% — — — —
African-American Studies 5 +1 40% 20% 0% 20% 20% 0% $50,051 21 -0.73 16 96% — — — —
Arabic 1 — 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% $68,780 86 +0.96 63 — — — — —
Area Studies — — — — — — — — $52,798 33 -0.51 22 — — — — —
Chinese 8 +1 38% 62% 12% 0% 25% 0% $84,396 99 +2.35 84 86% — — — —
Classical Languages 16 — 44% 81% 0% 0% 12% 0% $67,830 84 +0.87 61 — — — — —
Creative Writing 49 +2 24% 67% 8% 8% 10% 2% $60,589 88 +1.00 43 96% — — — —
English Literature (British and Commonwealth) 33 +3 24% 64% 6% 6% 24% 0% $54,807 65 +0.29 27 98% — — — —
French 5 +2 0% 80% 0% 0% 0% 0% $65,018 73 +0.62 54 97% — — — —
German 9 +1 56% 78% 0% 0% 11% 0% $69,819 89 +1.05 65 — — — — —
History 78 +19 55% 82% 3% 4% 6% 0% $58,079 66 +0.11 36 98% — — — —
History and Philosophy of Science and Technology 12 +2 33% 50% 25% 8% 0% 8% $58,079 66 +0.11 36 98% — — — —
Interdisciplinary Studies 1 — 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $68,597 92 +1.08 62 96% — — — —
Italian 3 +1 0% 67% 0% 0% 0% 0% $65,018 73 +0.62 54 97% — — — —
Japanese 3 +1 67% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $84,396 99 +2.35 84 86% — — — —
Linguistics 25 +7 20% 48% 12% 8% 12% 4% $48,904 18 -0.81 14 100% — — — —
Museology/Museum Studies 6 +9 0% 83% 0% 0% 0% 0% $63,880 86 +0.68 51 — — — — —
Philosophy 39 +17 67% 54% 13% 3% 5% 21% $53,986 33 -0.56 25 95% — — — —
Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing 12 +8 8% 83% 8% 0% 0% 0% $60,589 88 +1.00 43 96% — — — —
Religious Studies 5 +2 20% 60% 20% 0% 0% 0% $54,534 77 +0.46 26 — — — — —
Research Methodology and Quantitative Methods 2 — 50% 50% 0% 50% 0% 0% $56,757 57 -0.05 32 87% — — — —
Rhetoric and Composition 116 +9 48% 64% 4% 12% 9% 3% $60,589 88 +1.00 43 96% — — — —
Russian 3 +2 33% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $69,849 89 +1.05 65 — — — — —
Spanish 6 +5 0% 33% 17% 17% 33% 0% $65,018 73 +0.62 54 97% — — — —
Women's Studies 11 +15 9% 73% 18% 0% 0% 0% $50,051 22 -0.76 16 96% — — — —
Anthropology 49 +8 27% 61% 10% 6% 10% 2% $51,041 29 -0.53 18 97% — — — —
Communication 66 — 29% 64% 3% 12% 12% 0% $69,227 75 +0.69 63 97% — — — —
Educational Psychology 70 — 11% 71% 3% 10% 4% 4% $57,795 69 +0.41 35 98% — — — —
General Social Sciences 1 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $56,757 56 -0.01 32 87% — — — —
Political Science 98 +69 52% 70% 4% 7% 10% 0% $68,099 40 -0.30 61 93% — — — —
Psychology 545 +56 18% 60% 15% 7% 7% 5% $61,805 50 +0.05 46 — — — — —
Social Sciences 14 +7 57% 79% 7% 7% 0% 0% $51,622 34 -0.48 19 100% — — — —
Social Sciences 5 — 0% 40% 40% 20% 0% 0% $56,757 56 -0.01 32 87% — — — —
Sociology 30 +17 43% 60% 17% 10% 7% 7% $53,583 43 -0.30 24 92% — — — —
Architecture 44 — 48% 64% 11% 9% 2% 2% $70,555 63 +0.28 66 — — — — —
Art History 24 +4 25% 62% 12% 4% 17% 4% $54,161 72 +0.18 25 97% — — — —
City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning 6 +1 17% 83% 0% 0% 0% 17% $68,702 52 +0.07 63 — — — — —
Film Studies 38 +2 47% 63% 0% 8% 16% 3% $42,734 12 -0.92 6 92% — — — —
Music 7 — 43% 71% 14% 0% 14% 0% $50,628 66 +0.42 17 — — — — —
Studio Arts 18 +4 22% 56% 11% 11% 11% 0% $54,161 85 +0.79 25 97% — — — —
Theatre 14 +5 21% 43% 7% 21% 21% 7% $49,931 88 +0.92 16 94% — — — —
Urban Studies/Affairs 12 +12 33% 92% 0% 0% 0% 8% $51,020 2 -1.95 18 100% — — — —
Legal Studies 2 — 0% 0% 0% 0% 50% 0% $61,291 63 +0.19 44 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
School of Computing and Information 538 68% 52% 23% 6% 5% 7% $98,700 93 -0.48 93 96%
Computer Science 256 +3 78% 52% 21% 5% 6% 7% $121,591 54 -0.10 99 97% — — — —
Digital Narrative and Interactive Design 66 +10 55% 53% 20% 9% 6% 6% $86,939 55 +0.12 86 — — — — —
Informatics 33 — 30% 36% 33% 12% 3% 6% $55,474 1 -2.08 29 97% — — — —
Information Science 45 +5 69% 44% 27% 9% 4% 4% $95,091 47 -0.15 91 95% — — — —
Information Technology Project Management 138 +26 63% 59% 25% 3% 3% 6% $73,374 8 -1.21 71 95% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
School of Education 58 40% 57% 16% 10% 0% 5% $47,992 1 -0.83 12 90% 9.5%
Humanities/Humanistic Studies 1 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $46,469 6 -0.94 10 86% — — — —
General Education 32 +1 47% 38% 28% 16% 0% 9% $46,469 12 -1.01 10 86% — — — —
Teacher Education 25 — 32% 80% 0% 4% 0% 0% $50,004 23 -0.59 16 95% 9.5% — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences 241 22% 65% 13% 5% 9% 1% $79,912 72 +0.76 79 98% 7.8%
Communication Sciences and Disorders 53 — 4% 74% 4% 2% 13% 0% $65,657 68 +0.46 56 98% — — — —
Dental Hygiene/Hygienist 10 — 0% 80% 10% 0% 10% 0% $64,902 27 -0.67 54 100% — — — —
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences 18 — 11% 50% 11% 22% 17% 0% $70,616 61 +0.15 66 94% — — — —
Rehabilitation Science 160 — 30% 63% 17% 4% 7% 2% $86,619 80 +1.02 85 98% 7.8% — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
School of Nursing 309 12% 72% 12% 3% 7% 0% $90,442 90 +0.13 88 99% 4.1%
Nursing 274 — 12% 74% 12% 2% 7% 0% $93,401 63 +0.12 90 99% 4.1% — — —
Public Health 35 — 14% 51% 14% 9% 9% 0% $67,286 62 +0.20 59 97% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
School of Pharmacy 73 22% 60% 26% 5% 1% 3% $134,376 100 +0.56 99 99%
Pharmaceutical Sciences 73 — 22% 60% 26% 5% 1% 3% $134,376 61 +0.56 99 99% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
School of Social Work 46 9% 57% 9% 20% 7% 2% $61,439 14 +0.97 45 92%
Social Work 46 — 9% 57% 9% 20% 7% 2% $61,439 94 +0.97 45 92% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Swanson School of Engineering 594 72% 71% 14% 2% 5% 2% $101,122 95 -0.21 94 98%
Biomedical Engineering 97 — 49% 51% 32% 2% 2% 3% $91,355 27 -0.63 89 98% — — — —
Chemical Engineering 64 — 58% 84% 9% 2% 2% 2% $105,260 51 -0.03 95 97% — — — —
Civil Engineering 65 — 72% 82% 6% 5% 3% 0% $88,525 28 -0.54 87 99% — — — —
Computer Engineering 76 — 76% 64% 20% 1% 4% 3% $125,313 75 +0.39 99 98% — — — —
Electrical Engineering 46 — 83% 74% 7% 2% 7% 4% $103,211 19 -0.65 95 95% — — — —
Engineering Science 9 — 67% 67% 22% 0% 0% 0% $95,808 48 -0.21 91 — — — — —
Environmental Engineering 22 — 45% 77% 5% 0% 5% 5% $87,631 65 +0.31 86 — — — — —
Industrial Engineering 48 — 73% 69% 10% 2% 10% 0% $111,197 51 -0.16 97 99% — — — —
Materials Engineering 12 +1 83% 92% 0% 0% 8% 0% $90,745 27 -0.42 88 — — — — —
Mechanical Engineering 155 +1 91% 74% 10% 3% 6% 0% $98,237 51 -0.12 93 99% — — — —

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $23,035
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $44,076
Est. In-State Cost $29,798
Est. Out-of-State Cost $57,017
ROI Percentile 78th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 92%
4-Year Graduation Rate 72%
6-Year Graduation Rate 86%
Transfer-Out Rate 11%

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Social Sciences 17.2% 931 23% 63% 12% 8% 8% 3% $61,780 63 +0.08 46 95% —
Life & Natural Sciences 16.3% 881 34% 52% 29% 5% 6% 3% $75,395 88 +0.85 74 97% —
Business & Economics 12.8% 693 60% 67% 11% 3% 5% 8% $89,033 69 +0.01 87 98% —
Health Sciences 12.7% 684 19% 68% 14% 4% 7% 1% $87,818 83 +0.26 86 98% 5.5%
Engineering 11.0% 594 72% 71% 14% 2% 5% 2% $101,123 48 -0.21 94 98% —
Computer Science 10.4% 560 67% 52% 23% 6% 5% 6% $98,822 29 -0.48 93 96% —
Humanities 8.3% 448 40% 67% 7% 7% 9% 3% $59,280 74 +0.47 39 96% —
Physical Sciences & Math 4.8% 257 47% 71% 13% 2% 5% 5% $71,836 31 -0.34 68 96% —
Arts 3.0% 163 37% 64% 7% 8% 10% 4% $55,711 69 -0.07 29 95% —
Professional 2.0% 110 36% 74% 7% 4% 5% 4% $53,441 6 -0.89 23 98% —
Education 1.1% 57 40% 56% 16% 11% 0% 5% $48,019 16 -0.83 12 90% 9.5%
Agriculture & Food Science 0.4% 24 8% 71% 8% 0% 8% 8% $65,551 73 +0.15 55 — —

Research R1

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Health Sciences $912M #7 64% $27.0M 46 #42 345 517
Life & Natural Sciences $393M #7 65% $9.9M 88 #24 684 185
Engineering $83.9M #59 66% $1.8M 77 #52 538 64
Physical Sciences & Math $56.8M #62 68% $0.5M 57 #54 443 39
Humanities & Social Sciences $20.0M #106 67% $0 92 #49 218 17
Computer Science $11.3M #79 67% $0.2M 19 #52 152 4
Education $4.6M #106 36% $0.0M 8 #352 — —
Business & Economics $1.2M #196 27% $0.1M 16 #78 62 —
Agriculture & Food Science $0.5M #184 44% $0 — — — —
Total $1,484M #18 65% $39.6M 403 #55 2,442 826

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Sports NCAA D1

⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Football 118 $57.2M $47.1M $10.1M
Track & Field (combined) 77 $1.8M $1.8M $0
Baseball 37 $2.9M $2.9M $0
Swimming 34 $1.9M $1.9M $0
Wrestling 32 $1.8M $1.8M $0
Soccer 29 $2.3M $2.3M $0
Basketball 16 $13.9M $11.4M $2.4M
Total 301 $81.9M $69.3M $12.5M
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 118 $2.1M $2.1M $0
Lacrosse 40 $2.1M $2.1M $0
Soccer 38 $2.2M $2.2M $0
Swimming 33 $2.0M $2.0M $0
Softball 25 $2.3M $2.3M $0
Basketball 24 $5.1M $5.1M $0
Gymnastics 20 $2.1M $2.1M $0
Volleyball 16 $3.4M $3.4M $0
Total 244 $21.3M $21.3M $0
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 195 $3.9M $3.9M $0
Football 118 $57.2M $47.1M $10.1M
Soccer 67 $4.5M $4.5M $0
Swimming 67 $3.9M $3.9M $0
Basketball 40 $19.0M $16.6M $2.4M
Lacrosse 40 $2.1M $2.1M $0
Baseball 37 $2.9M $2.9M $0
Wrestling 32 $1.8M $1.8M $0
Softball 25 $2.3M $2.3M $0
Gymnastics 20 $2.1M $2.1M $0
Volleyball 16 $3.4M $3.4M $0
Total 545 $151.3M $151.3M $0

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Equity in Athletics Data Analysis. Each team's revenue and expenses are what the college attributes to it. The Total view's totals row is the department's grand total, which also includes money not attributed to any team; the Male and Female totals rows only add up their teams.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 59%
Yield (non-ED) 13%
Early Action Nov 1
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 59% 59% 59%

This college’s Common Data Set does not break down admissions by applicant demographics, so in-state, out-of-state, and international applicants share one Regular Decision rate.

Early Action and Restrictive Early Action applicants are reported at the regular-decision rate.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 50%
SAT Range 1280 – 1460
SAT Math Range 640 – 740
SAT RW Range 640 – 720