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University Of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus
The University of Pittsburgh, also known as Pitt, is a coeducational, public research, state-related university located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The school was founded as The Pittsburgh Academy in 1787--located in a log cabin near Pittsburgh's three rivers--and is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in the country. It became part of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education in 1966.
Today the main campus has more than 90 buildings on 132 acres, in the city's Oakland neighborhood. Pitt also has four regional campuses in Bradford, Greensburg, Johnstown and Titusville, all in Pennsylvania.
Pitt was selected to membership in the Association of American Universities, in acknowledgment of its position as a top research university. As of 2010, it ranks in top ten nationally in terms of research funds received from the National Institutes of Health.
Pitt offers classes in the following academic divisions:
- College of Business Administration
- College of General Studies
- Graduate School of Public & International Affairs (GSPIA)
- Graduate School of Public Health
- Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business
- School of Arts and Sciences
- School of Dental Medicine
- School of Education
- School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
- School of Information Sciences
- School of Law
- School of Medicine
- School of Nursing
- School of Pharmacy
- School of Social Work
- Swanson School of Engineering
- University Honors College
Pitt has an active Greek community constituting of several fraternities and sororities governed by the North-American Interfraternity Conference.
The athletic teams of the University of Pittsburgh are the Panthers. They have won championships in football, conference titles in many sports and national rankings in basketball, wrestling and volleyball.
Notable alumni include Michael Chabon, Pulitzer Prize-winning author; Bill Cullen, host of many TV game shows; Gene Kelly, legendary actor-dancer; Lorin Maazel, conductor, New York Philharmonic; Fred Rogers, host of "Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood" on public TV; DuJuan Blair, power forward for San Antonio Spurs and All-American; Mike Ditka, Pro Football Hall of Famer; Roger Kingdom, two-time Olympic Gold Medalist, sprint hurdler; Andrew Mellon, banker, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, philanthropist; Lauren Resnick, president of American Education Research Association; Gust Avrakotos, CIA gent mentioned in book "Charlie Wilson's War," who armed Afghan Mujaheddin in 1980s; Ben Cardin and Orrin Hatch, U.S. Senators; and Yuan Chang, virologist-pathologist, co-discoverer of cause of Kaposi's sarcoma. Novelist John Irving attended but did not graduate.
Campus Location4200 Fifth Avenue The campus is in a large city. |
Degrees Awarded (in 2008-2009)
| Degree | Total Earned | Different Programs |
|---|---|---|
| Bachelor | 3,913 | 78 |
| Master | 2,006 | 73 |
| < 1 year certificate | 682 | 35 |
| 563 | 5 | |
| 463 | 61 | |
| Postbaccalaureate certificate | 376 | 30 |
| 2-4 year degree | 26 | 1 |
| Post-master's certificate | 13 | 4 |
Students
Student enrollment was 27,020 in 2007-2008 (27,246 full-time equivalent).
About 47% of the freshmen class in 2008-2009 was male and women were 53% of the class.
Undergrads are 65% of enrolled students, graduate students are 29%, and those seeking first-professional graduate degrees represent 6%.
Students living in the US make up 100% of incoming freshmen.
Among freshmen students, 100% are full-time and 0% are part-time.
Tuition and Other Costs (2008-2009)
| Item | Cost |
|---|---|
| State Tuition and fees | $ 13,642 |
| Out-of-state tuition and fees | $ 23,290 |
| Room | $ 5,100 |
| Board | $ 3,500 |
| Books and supplies | $ 1,030 |
| Other | $ 2,840 |
Financial Aid: University Of Pittsburgh participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.
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Similar Schools
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Schools Similar to University Of Pittsburgh
| School | Location | Enrollment | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The University of Tennessee | Knoxville, TN | 29,937 |
| 2 | Columbia University in the City of New York | New York, NY | 22,655 |
| 3 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | Ann Arbor, MI | 41,042 |
| 4 | University of Miami | Coral Gables, FL | 15,449 |
| 5 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill, NC | 28,136 |
| 6 | Case Western Reserve University | Cleveland, OH | 9,844 |
| 7 | Clemson University | Clemson, SC | 17,585 |
| 8 | Saint Louis University-Main Campus | Saint Louis, MO | 15,539 |
| 9 | Emory University | Atlanta, GA | 12,570 |
| 10 | University of Rochester | Rochester, NY | 9,334 |
Admissions (2008-2009)
Applicants Admitted Men 55% Women 56% All 56%
SAT Test Scores:SAT Middle 50% Verbal 570-670 Math 580-670
Faculty
Tenure (2008-2009):
| Full-Time Faculty | Total | |
|---|---|---|
| With tenure | 1,073 | |
| Without tenure; working toward tenure | 498 | |
| Without tenure; tenure not available | 2,226 |
Housing and Meals
University Of Pittsburgh provides on-campus housing for 7,000 of its 27,246 (full-time) students (as of 2008-2009).
Athletics
School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the Big East Conference for major sports.
The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 203 male students received the aid (men were 60% of those receiving aid) and 134 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 40% of students receiving such aid) .
Highlights
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University Of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Highlights
- Many students concentrating in medicine and liberal arts.
- Large number of programs of study offered.
- Large number of students.
- High faculty salary.
- High SAT scores (combined Verbal and Math).
- Good faculty-to-student ratio.
Other important characteristics:
- Faculty tenure system.
- Library on-campus.
- Campus housing available.
- Study abroad option.
- Distance learning available.
- Part-time classes available.
- ROTC.
- Athlete financial aid.
Programs of Study
(Number of degrees in 2008-2009 in parentheses)
BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT
- Accounting
- Business Administration and Management
- Business/Commerce
- Finance
- International Business/Trade/Commerce
- Management Information Systems
- Marketing/Marketing Management
- Organizational Behavior Studies
COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
- Computer Engineering
- Computer Science
- Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
- Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services
- Information Science/Studies
DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS
- Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts
EDUCATION AND TEACHING
- Education
- Education/Teaching Individuals - Vision Impairments/ Blindness
- Educational Leadership and Administration
- Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
- Reading Teacher Education
- Teaching English as Second/Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor
ENGINEERING
- Biomedical/Medical Engineering
- Chemical Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
- Engineering Physics
- Engineering
- Engineering/Industrial Management
- Industrial Engineering
- Materials Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Nuclear Engineering
FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK
- Public Administration
- Public Administration and Social Service Professions
- Public Policy Analysis
- Social Work
FINE ARTS
- Art History, Criticism and Conservation
- Fine/Studio Arts
LAW
- Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources Law (LLM, MS, JSD/SJD)
- Health Law (LLM, MJ, JSD/SJD)
- International Law and Legal Studies (LLM, JSD/SJD)
- Law (LLB, JD)
- Legal Professions and Studies
LIBERAL ARTS
- African Studies
- African-American/Black Studies
- Anthropology
- Area Studies
- Asian Studies/Civilization
- Central/Middle and Eastern European Studies
- Chinese Language and Literature
- Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
- Creative Writing
- East Asian Studies
- Economics
- English Composition
- English Language and Literature
- English Language and Literature/Letters
- English Literature (British and Commonwealth)
- European Studies/Civilization
- French Language and Literature
- Geography
- German Language and Literature
- Historic Preservation and Conservation
- History and Philosophy of Science and Technology
- History
- Humanities/Humanistic Studies
- International Relations and Affairs
- Italian Language and Literature
- Japanese Language and Literature
- Latin American Studies
- Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
- Library Science/Librarianship
- Linguistics
- Medieval and Renaissance Studies
- Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
- Political Science and Government
- Russian Language and Literature
- Russian Studies
- Slavic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
- Social Sciences
- Sociology
- Spanish Language and Literature
- Speech and Rhetorical Studies
- Urban Studies/Affairs
- Western European Studies
- Women's Studies
MATHEMATICS
- Applied Mathematics
- Mathematics
- Statistics
MEDIA
- Mass Communication/Media Studies
MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION
- Community Health and Preventive Medicine
- Environmental Health
- Health Information/Medical Records Administration/Administrator
- Health/Health Care Administration/Management
- Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene
- Public Health Education and Promotion
MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY
- Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist
- Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science and Allied Professions
- Dental Hygiene/Hygienist
MEDICINE
- Dental Clinical Sciences, General (MS, PhD)
- Dentistry (DDS, DMD)
- Gerontology
- Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences
- Medical Scientist (MS, PhD)
- Medicine (MD)
- Neuroscience
- Orthodontics/Orthodontology (Cert, MS, PhD)
- Pharmaceutics and Drug Design (MS, PhD)
- Pharmacy (PharmD [USA], PharmD or BS/BPharm [Canada])
- Public Health
MUSIC
- Music
NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE
- Nurse Anesthetist
- Nursing
- Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)
NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY
- Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services
- Dietetics/Dietitian (RD)
- Kinesiotherapy/Kinesiotherapist
- Occupational Therapy/Therapist
- Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART
- Film/Cinema Studies
RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY
- Jewish/Judaic Studies
- Philosophy
- Religion/Religious Studies
SCIENCE
- Biochemistry
- Bioinformatics
- Biological and Physical Sciences
- Biology/Biological Sciences
- Biostatistics
- Cell/Cellular Biology and Histology
- Chemistry
- Ecology
- Epidemiology
- Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences
- Geology/Earth Science
- Immunology
- Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology
- Microbiology
- Molecular Biology
- Molecular Biophysics
- Molecular Pharmacology
- Neurobiology and Neurophysiology
- Optics/Optical Sciences
- Pathology/Experimental Pathology
- Physical Sciences
- Physics
SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Corrections
THERAPY AND COUNSELING
- Bioethics/Medical Ethics
- Clinical/Medical Social Work
- Educational Psychology
- Physical Therapy/Therapist
- Psychology
Selected Careers of Interest
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- Administrative Services Managers
- Advertising Managers
- Chief Executives
- Credit Analysts
- Engineering Managers
- Financial Analysts
- Financial Examiners
- Financial Managers
- Financial Specialists
- General Managers
- Insurance Underwriters
- Loan Counselors
- Loan Officers
- Logisticians
- Management Analysts
- Marketing Managers
- Medical And Public Health Social Workers
- Mental Health And Substance Abuse Social Workers
- Operations Research Analysts
- Purchasing Managers
- Sales Managers
- Substance Abuse And Behavioral Counselors
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