University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus

Pittsburgh, PA · Public · 20,370 undergrads (large, city) · website ↗

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What you'll actually pay

Average net price per year — tuition, fees, room & board minus grant and scholarship aid — for in-state students by household income.

Household income	Avg net price / year
Under $30,000	$14,709
$30,000 – $48,000	$18,371
$48,000 – $75,000	$23,192
$75,000 – $110,000	$31,567
Over $110,000	$36,008
All incomes (average)	$30,434

Sticker tuition and fees: $21,926 in-state, $41,430 out-of-state — before aid, from the same earlier College Scorecard release as the net prices above.

These are averages. For an estimate for your family, use University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus's own net price calculator — every college that takes federal student aid must publish one.

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Other costs of attendance, 2025–26

The college's own estimate for a full-time undergraduate for the year, before aid, from the October 2026 College Scorecard. It is a newer year than the tuition and net prices above, so don't add the two together.

Housing and meals, on campus	$15,728
Housing and meals, off campus (not with family)	$15,728
Books and supplies	$576
Other expenses, on campus	$2,872
Other expenses, off campus	$2,872

Grants and loans for first-year students, 2022–23

What the college reported for its full-time, first-time students (4,386 of them) in 2022–23; 87% got some kind of aid, loans included. Each average is over the students who received that kind of aid, not over everyone. It is an older year than the 2025–26 costs above.

Type of aid	Students awarded	Average amount
Any grant or scholarshipFederal, state, local and the college's own	82%	$10,551
Federal Pell GrantNeed-based, from the federal government	16%	$5,387
The college's own grants and scholarshipsNeed- or merit-based, funded by the college	52%	$13,582
Federal student loansBorrowed by the student; repaid with interest. No Parent PLUS or private loans	50%	$5,495

IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education, Student Financial Aid 2022–23 (SFA2223, provisional release); full-time, first-time degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates; public domain.

Admissions & outcomes

Acceptance rate: 58%
Average SAT: 1370
Median ACT: 31
Students with Pell grants: 14%
Graduation rate (6yr): 86%
Freshman retention: 92%
Median earnings @ 10yr: $66,125
Median debt at graduation: $24,250
International undergrads: 1,029 (4.1%)

For comparison, the median across all 1,596 four-year colleges on this site: graduation rate 56%, earnings ten years after entering $54,869, debt at graduation $23,250.

Admission policy, test scores and teaching

SAT/ACT policy: Test-optional
Application fee: $55
Students per faculty member: 13 to 1
Faculty who are full-time: 81%
Open admission: No

Middle 50% of test scores, fall 2024

25th to 75th percentile of enrolled first-year students who submitted scores. A quarter scored below the first figure and a quarter above the second. Section ranges can't be added together into a total-score range.

SAT Reading and Writing: 640–720
SAT Math: 640–740
ACT composite: 29–33

What the college considers in admission decisions, fall 2023

How the college said it used each item when deciding on first-time, degree- or certificate-seeking applicants for fall 2023. For SAT and ACT scores, see the fall 2024 policy above.

High school GPA	Considered if submitted
High school class rank	Considered if submitted
High school record	Required
Completion of a college-preparatory program	Required
Recommendations	Considered if submitted
Formal demonstration of competencies (e.g. portfolio)	Not considered
English proficiency test (for applicable students)	Required
Other test (Wonderlic, WISC-III, etc.)	Considered if submitted
Work experience	Considered if submitted
Personal statement or essay	Required
Legacy status	Not considered

First-time applicants: 58,416
Admitted: 29,034
Enrolled: 4,549

Counts of first-time, degree- or certificate-seeking students, including early decision and early action. The acceptance rate higher up this page comes from a different College Scorecard release, so it may not match these counts.

IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education, Admissions 2023–24 (ADM2023, provisional release), fall 2023; open admission from IPEDS Institutional Characteristics 2023–24 (revised); public domain.

Most popular fields of study

Share of bachelor's degrees awarded.

Health & Nursing12%

Engineering10%

Biology & Life Sciences10%

Business10%

Psychology9%

Computer Science8%

Social Sciences6%

English & Literature5%

Physics & Chemistry3%

Communications & Media3%

Earnings and debt by field of study

Median annual earnings of graduates who received federal student aid and were working, not studying: one year after completing (graduates of 2020–21 and 2021–22) and four years after (2017–18 and 2018–19), measured in 2022 and 2023 and shown in 2024 dollars. Median debt is federal Direct and Grad PLUS loans borrowed at this college by 2022–23 and 2023–24 graduates; it leaves out Parent PLUS and private loans. “National” is the median for the same field and credential across all US colleges.

Bachelor's degrees (71)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Research and Experimental Psychology	524	$38,331	—national $55,695	$22,250
Biology, General	326	$36,809	$62,744national $57,214	$23,000
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	249	$78,478	$83,313national $88,910	$23,298
Finance and Financial Management Services	248	$68,739	$95,087national $83,343	$20,500
Computer Science	237	$80,464	$108,680national $107,009	$23,250
Marketing	216	$58,512	$75,461national $69,303	$23,250
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies	188	$39,692	$57,012national $48,471	$20,885
Political Science and Government	182	$36,267	$66,231national $63,293	$23,000
Neurobiology and Neurosciences	171	$33,132	$65,239national $62,451	$23,125
Economics	170	$58,306	$76,549national $82,686	$24,188
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management	155	—	—national $85,063	$21,500
Mechanical Engineering	143	$75,105	$90,768national $92,135	$23,500
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions	141	$43,925	$75,950national $55,792	$23,307
Accounting and Related Services	136	$64,073	$82,966national $76,194	$23,000
Business Administration, Management and Operations	123	$66,348	$95,917national $68,257	$23,125
Biological and Physical Sciences	121	$40,202	$62,698national $58,891	$24,094
Criminal Justice and Corrections	106	$39,194	$52,837national $55,378	$23,250
Biomedical/Medical Engineering	102	$65,950	$86,893national $93,451	$26,790
History	86	$36,730	$53,682national $50,680	$21,000
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences	85	$44,191	$57,456national $60,190	$21,500
Industrial Engineering	84	$79,739	$98,654national $98,442	$22,750
Chemical Engineering	82	$81,156	$97,324national $98,158	$23,750
Civil Engineering	69	$71,195	$77,608national $86,517	$27,000
Anthropology	68	$34,039	$46,328national $46,676	$22,000
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology	67	—	$55,736national $50,523	$21,500
Communication and Media Studies	65	$42,754	$69,573national $56,359	$18,750
Sociology	59	$42,680	$51,654national $52,657	$21,375
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering	58	$81,295	$102,572national $100,647	$26,169
Chemistry	54	$47,559	$70,206national $65,120	$27,000
Computer Engineering	52	$78,502	$110,417national $109,015	$26,391
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology	52	$47,704	$63,707national $65,466	$23,000
Computer Software and Media Applications	50	—	—national $58,894	$24,219
Philosophy	46	—	$52,436national $54,455	$20,557
Information Science/Studies	45	$63,173	$81,117national $85,294	$23,732
Film/Video and Photographic Arts	42	$38,123	$37,066national $43,765	$21,500
Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology	40	$58,376	—national $86,713	$20,500
Applied Mathematics	38	$61,853	$95,719national $91,532	$24,031
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services	38	—	$63,436national $58,928	$23,125
Fine and Studio Arts	37	—	$57,705national $41,367	$25,500
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies	36	$38,493	—national $51,710	$22,500
Literature	36	$34,133	$45,749national $46,173	$20,500
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities	36	$43,232	—national $53,072	$23,875
Social Work	36	$42,871	$56,092national $51,790	$20,500
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness	35	$36,147	$45,013national $54,562	$27,000
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	33	$36,565	$56,041national $55,000	$22,000
Microbiological Sciences and Immunology	29	$42,734	—national $62,582	$20,906
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services	27	$34,459	$51,416national $49,984	$23,125
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology	27	$35,843	—national $48,842	$26,361
Mathematics	27	$47,745	$56,143national $69,562	$23,452
Human Resources Management and Services	26	$56,631	$69,674national $68,069	$19,750
Statistics	25	$57,611	—national $92,425	—
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	24	$67,879	—national $81,171	$23,562
Architecture	21	—	—national $66,914	$24,395
Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration	21	—	$121,958national $116,539	$27,000
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other	20	$43,032	$60,864national $68,245	$19,750
Social Sciences, Other	19	$32,210	$44,520national $56,812	$27,000
Computer and Information Sciences, General	16	$49,432	$65,892national $92,374	$23,100
Urban Studies/Affairs	16	$41,188	$51,378national $62,532	—
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft	15	—	$51,775national $39,775	—
Mathematics and Statistics, Other	8	$70,545	—national $88,839	—
Non-Professional Legal Studies	7	$41,769	—national $61,959	—
Business/Commerce, General	7	$41,934	$57,594national $68,407	$23,250
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions	5	—	$60,778national $68,061	—
Social Sciences, General	4	—	$54,069national $53,366	—
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods	—	$41,925	$45,202national $47,382	$26,885
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas	0	$40,050	$52,228national $51,389	—
Civil Engineering Technologies/Technicians	—	—	$72,587national $76,549	—
Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians	—	—	$75,897national $82,073	—
Psychology, General	—	$37,806	$54,379national $50,706	$23,980
Health and Medical Administrative Services	0	$68,653	$83,516national $58,716	—
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services	0	—	$59,609national $55,753	—

Associate degrees (3)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions	20	$62,324	$61,404national $61,982	$12,500
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions	—	$49,943	$63,823national $65,389	—
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	—	$72,964	$74,745national $80,813	$18,500

Undergraduate certificates (22)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other	414	$37,491	$70,128national $55,699	$21,500
Communication and Media Studies	94	$54,433	$68,990national $43,761	$24,250
Area Studies	93	—	$63,939national $52,845	—
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods	78	$75,554	$118,567national $84,309	$21,500
Sustainability Studies	72	$46,667	$61,805national $59,056	$22,250
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies	67	$51,072	$63,139national $55,975	$22,000
Engineering, Other	64	$80,632	$108,995national $88,441	$20,170
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions	61	—	$77,934national $45,385	$23,250
Business Administration, Management and Operations	50	$60,397	—national $47,440	$25,936
Literature	33	$30,933	$56,649national $57,951	$22,000
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services	28	—	$62,435national $45,242	$22,000
Radio, Television, and Digital Communication	27	—	—national $33,711	$24,375
Geography and Cartography	27	$45,192	$64,681national $58,705	$22,000
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness	24	—	—national $37,647	$23,250
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations	23	—	—national $50,211	$24,500
Nuclear Engineering	21	$80,881	$95,861national $96,054	$27,000
Human Resources Management and Services	21	$75,114	$98,082national $61,907	—
International Business	19	$68,807	$86,935national $72,496	—
Engineering, General	15	$76,614	$94,272national $79,019	—
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other	14	—	$61,390national $46,980	—
Public Administration	4	—	$60,537national $64,764	—
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	—	$75,841	—national $80,020	$25,899

Master's degrees (20)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Information Science/Studies	101	$74,740	—national $112,705	—
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions	81	$112,610	$123,128national $127,347	$113,739
Computer and Information Sciences, General	79	—	—national $124,201	$41,000
Library Science and Administration	68	$46,775	$49,625national $56,301	$30,326
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas	55	$48,417	$57,567national $63,707	$21,000
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions	42	—	—national $59,571	$41,000
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions	36	$49,670	$78,964national $71,416	$48,730
Biology, General	35	—	—national $69,830	$53,928
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology	33	$46,770	$50,131national $65,184	$41,000
Biomedical/Medical Engineering	32	$85,837	—national $106,375	$32,012
Special Education and Teaching	29	$51,449	—national $64,397	$33,000
Mechanical Engineering	26	$101,791	$116,951national $115,974	—
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering	24	$117,548	$132,129national $133,654	—
Medical Clinical Sciences/Graduate Medical Studies	24	$219,347	$250,731national $198,417	—
Computer Science	23	$104,021	—national $145,571	—
Educational Administration and Supervision	22	$44,531	—national $71,685	—
Public Policy Analysis	18	$55,435	—national $93,020	—
Accounting and Related Services	18	$69,935	$88,958national $95,833	—
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services	16	$57,220	$61,265national $62,269	—
Civil Engineering	15	—	$103,788national $98,323	—

First professional degrees (19)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions	147	$75,148	$78,103national $81,641	$107,759
Law	146	$78,295	$94,797national $107,773	$77,415
Medicine	126	$67,547	$98,219national $112,460	$195,737
Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration	116	$80,388	$138,129national $138,348	$41,000
Dentistry	87	$101,616	$187,912national $170,812	$239,213
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	69	$189,833	$155,798national $133,099	$100,468
Educational Administration and Supervision	33	$52,513	$61,285national $78,026	—
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services	11	$63,002	$78,063national $85,242	—
Education, General	8	$51,042	$56,333national $72,062	—
Legal Professions and Studies, Other	—	$78,262	—national $86,371	—
Microbiological Sciences and Immunology	—	$59,086	$68,039national $67,248	$55,970
Genetics	—	$73,972	—	$41,000
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology	0	$61,692	$74,229national $76,187	$30,750
Public Administration	—	$73,545	$78,355national $79,644	$33,471
Social Work	—	$53,435	$59,122national $64,950	$41,000
International Relations and National Security Studies	—	$65,790	$87,777national $87,697	$42,326
Health and Medical Administrative Services	—	$75,212	$97,530national $103,481	$48,980
Public Health	—	$71,333	$77,992national $101,541	$41,000
Business Administration, Management and Operations	—	$119,291	$138,548national $214,836	$51,255

Doctoral degrees (7)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Chemistry	28	—	$99,566national $115,386	—
Biomedical/Medical Engineering	18	$114,952	$158,761national $131,848	—
Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences	7	$84,351	—national $93,640	—
Educational Administration and Supervision	5	$95,400	$114,115national $100,573	$41,794
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions	5	$67,170	—national $82,893	$115,552
Education, General	0	$99,785	$88,543national $87,373	—
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other	—	—	—national $130,822	$27,224

Post-baccalaureate certificates (11)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies	—	$56,527	—national $69,708	—
Education, General	—	—	$53,406national $58,785	—
Educational Administration and Supervision	—	$82,132	$109,057national $88,516	—
Special Education and Teaching	—	$58,812	$68,642national $63,623	—
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas	—	—	$55,116national $60,439	—
Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies	—	$78,463	$103,797national $103,335	—
Social Work	—	—	$60,275national $59,439	$25,407
Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences	—	$150,317	$228,486national $231,133	—
Health and Medical Administrative Services	—	$95,244	$102,695national $105,177	—
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions	—	—	$57,321national $60,647	—
Public Health	—	$66,946	$77,434national $78,697	—

A dash means the Department of Education suppressed the figure because too few graduates were measured — not zero. 265 more programmes at this college have every figure suppressed and are not listed. These figures are calculated for all 5 campuses that share this college's federal student-aid ID, so a branch campus shows its institution's figures.

Contact and accreditation

Address: 4200 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Phone: (412) 624-4141
Institutional accreditor: Middle States Commission on Higher Education

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Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts) and IPEDS Fall Enrolment for international student counts. College Scorecard, October 2026 release: net price calculator link, mission flags and religious affiliation (2025–26), enrolment shares, test policy, SAT/ACT ranges and student-to-faculty ratio (fall 2024), cost-of-attendance components (2025–26), and earnings and debt by field of study. IPEDS Institutional Characteristics 2023–24 for the application fee and the IPEDS 2024 directory for the phone number. IPEDS Admissions 2023–24 (ADM2023, provisional release) for admission requirements and first-time applicants, admits and enrolments (fall 2023). IPEDS Student Financial Aid 2022–23 (SFA2223, provisional release) for grants and loans to full-time, first-time students. All are U.S. Department of Education data in the public domain. Verify current costs and requirements with the school.

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