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  • Students

    Find out more about the characteristics of students who attend PITT.

  • Admissions

    See how many students applied, accepted, and enrolled at PITT. Learn more about students’ high school preparation and test scores.

  • College Costs & Financial Aid

    Learn about costs to attend PITT and how much financial aid is typically awarded.

  • College Cost Estimator

    Estimate your cost to attend PITT in a few simple steps.

  • Classes and Campus Life

    Learn more about professors, where students live, and campus safety at PITT.

  • Student Experiences

    Discover ways to be actively involved in your education at PITT – inside and outside the classroom.

  • Majors, Graduation and Next Steps

    See which majors are most popular at PITT and what recent graduates plan to do after earning their bachelor's degree.

  • Student Success & Progress

    Discover how many students who start at PITT finish their bachelor's degree and how long it takes.

  • Student Learning Outcomes

    Figure out what learning gains to expect in critical thinking, writing, and other important subjects at PITT.

PITT Classes & Instructors

Classroom Environment
 
Students per Faculty 14 to 1
Undergraduate classes with fewer than 30 students 62%
Undergraduate classes with fewer than 50 students 82%
 
Total Full-Time Instructional Faculty 1,670
% of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Are Female 41%
% of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Are Persons of Color 16%
% of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Have the Highest Academic Degree Offered in Their Field of Study 93%

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Campus-based Housing

97% of new freshmen live in campus-based housing or residence halls.
45% of all undergraduates live on campus

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Campus Safety

The University of Pittsburgh is committed to maintaining a safe and secure campus while offering the intellectual, cultural, and social advantages of a vibrant urban environment. Measures such as safety lights around campus buildings and walkways, a 21 hour a day shuttle system, after dark point-to-point service, more than 500 emergency phones, and an Emergency Notification Service capable of communicating messages through email, voice, and text create a safer, more accessible, and more secure campus in which to live, work, and learn.

Campus Crime Statistics

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Carnegie Classification of Institutional Characteristics

The Carnegie Classification's were created "to reference the great diversity of colleges and universities in the United States, and ... enable [people] to identify groups of roughly comparable institutions." For information on the Carnegie Classifications system, please visit their website: http://classifications.carnegiefoundation.org/

Basic Type
Research Universities (very high research activity)
Size and Setting
Large four-year, primarily residential
Enrollment Profile
Majority undergraduate
Undergraduate Profile
Full-time four-year, more selective, lower transfer-in
Undergraduate Instructional Program
Arts & sciences plus professions, high graduate coexistence
Graduate Instructional Program
Comprehensive doctoral with medical/veterinary

NOTE: Institutional classifications based on the Carnegie 2010 edition.

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