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University Of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus

The University of Pittsburgh is a coeducational, public research university located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was founded as The Pittsburgh Academy in 1787 and became part of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education in 1966. 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 that are governed by the North-American Interfraternity Conference.

Campus Location

4200 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
USA
Main Tel: (412) 624-4141
Web Site

The campus is in a large city.

University Of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Highlights

Where University Of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus stands out most compared to other schools (details below):

  • 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

Degrees Awarded (in 2008-2009)

DegreeTotal
Earned
Different
Programs
Bachelor3,91378
Master2,00673
< 1 year certificate68235
5635
46361
Postbaccalaureate certificate37630
2-4 year degree261
Post-master's certificate134

University Of Pittsburgh Students

The student enrollment at University Of Pittsburgh 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)

ItemCost
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.

Please refer to BrainTrack's financial aid articles section for background information.

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).

University Of Pittsburgh Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. University Of Pittsburgh is in the Big East Conference for major sports.

University Of Pittsburgh 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) .

University Of Pittsburgh Admissions (2008-2009)

ApplicantsAdmitted
Men55%
Women56%
All56%

SAT Test Scores:

SATMiddle 50%
Verbal570-670
Math580-670

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees awarded in 2008-2009 in parentheses)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (956 awarded)

  • 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 (243 awarded)

  • Computer Engineering
  • Computer Science
  • Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
  • Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services
  • Information Science/Studies

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (20 awarded)

  • Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (557 awarded)

  • 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 (596 awarded)

  • 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 (368 awarded)

  • Public Administration
  • Public Administration and Social Service Professions
  • Public Policy Analysis
  • Social Work

FINE ARTS (81 awarded)

  • Art History, Criticism and Conservation
  • Fine/Studio Arts

LAW (343 awarded)

  • 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 (2,180 awarded)

  • 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 (85 awarded)

  • Applied Mathematics
  • Mathematics
  • Statistics

MEDIA (73 awarded)

  • Mass Communication/Media Studies

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (73 awarded)

  • 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 (127 awarded)

  • Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist
  • Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science and Allied Professions
  • Dental Hygiene/Hygienist

MEDICINE (523 awarded)

  • 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 (19 awarded)

  • Music

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (291 awarded)

  • Nurse Anesthetist
  • Nursing
  • Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (265 awarded)

  • Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services
  • Dietetics/Dietitian (RD)
  • Kinesiotherapy/Kinesiotherapist
  • Occupational Therapy/Therapist
  • Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (53 awarded)

  • Film/Cinema Studies

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (57 awarded)

  • Jewish/Judaic Studies
  • Philosophy
  • Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (543 awarded)

  • 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 (81 awarded)

  • Corrections

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (508 awarded)

  • Bioethics/Medical Ethics
  • Clinical/Medical Social Work
  • Educational Psychology
  • Physical Therapy/Therapist
  • Psychology

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