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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.

Student Learning at University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus

All colleges and universities use multiple approaches to measure student learning. Many of these are specific to particular disciplines, many are coordinated with accrediting agencies, and many are based on outcomes after students have graduated.

The University of Pittsburgh has a commitment to excellence in instruction as evidenced by our culture of assessment through which we continually evaluate the success of our educational programs and feed the results of those assessments back into our academic planning processes. Each school’s and campus’ student learning outcomes are consistent with the University’s goals for all of our graduates, namely that our students will be able to think critically and analytically, gather and evaluate information effectively and appropriately, understand and be able to apply basic, scientific and quantitative reasoning, communicate clearly and effectively, use information technology appropriate to their discipline, exhibit mastery of their discipline, understand and appreciate diverse cultures (both locally and internationally), work effectively with others, have a sense of self and responsibility to others.

Learning Assessment Examples

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Pilot Project to Measure Core Learning Outcomes

Colleges and universities participating in the College Portrait measure the typical improvement in students' abilities to think, reason, and write using one of three tests. This is part of a pilot project to better understand and compare what students learn between their freshman and senior years at different colleges and universities.

This university is in the process of collecting and analyzing learning outcomes test results.

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