university of pittsburgh-pittsburgh campus

4200 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

General information:	(412) 624-4141
Website:	www.pitt.edu
Type:	Public, 4-year or above
Awards offered:	Less than one year certificate One but less than two years certificate Two but less than 4 years certificate Bachelor's degree Postbaccalaureate certificate Master's degree Post-master's certificate Doctor's degree - research/scholarship Doctor's degree - professional practice Doctor's degree - other
Campus setting:	City Large
Campus housing:	Yes

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Admissions:	http://www.oafa.pitt.edu
Financial Aid:	http://www.oafa.pitt.edu
Apply Online:	http://www.pitt.edu/~oafa/applying.html
Mission Statement:	The University of Pittsburgh, founded in 1787, is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in the UnitedStates. As one of the nation's distinguished comprehensive universities, the resources of the University constitute an invaluable asset for the intellectual, economic, and social enrichment of Pennsylvania, while the international prestige of the University enhances the image of Pennsylvania throughout the world. The University's mission is to: Provide high-quality undergraduate programs in the arts and sciences and professional fields, with emphasis upon those of special benefit to the citizens of Pennsylvania.Offer superior graduate programs in the arts and sciences and the professions that respond to the needs of Pennsylvania, as well as to the broader needs of the nation and the world.Engage in research, artistic, and scholarly activities that advance learning through the extension of the frontiers of knowledge and creative endeavor.Cooperate with industrial and governmental institutions to transfer knowledge in science, technology, and health care.Offer continuing education programs adapted to the personal enrichment, professional upgrading, and career advancement interests and needs of adult Pennsylvanians.Make available to local communities and public agencies the expertise of the University in ways that are consistent with the primary teaching and research functions and contribute to social, intellectual, and economic development in the Commonwealth, the nation, and the world.The trustees, faculty, staff, students, and administration of the University are dedicated to accomplishing thismission, to which they pledge their individual and collective efforts, determined that the University shall continue to be counted among the prominent institutions of higher education throughout the world.
Special Learning Opportunities:	Distance learning opportunities ROTC (Army, Navy, Air Force) Study abroad Teacher certification
Student Services:	Remedial services Academic/career counseling service Employment services for students Placement services for completers On-campus day care for students' children
Credits Accepted:	Dual credit Advanced placement (AP) credits
Carnegie Classification:	Research Universities (very high research activity)
Religious Affiliation:	Not applicable
Other Characteristics:	None
OPE ID:	00337900

Estimated student expenses (before aid):

Undergraduate academic year prices

Detailed expenses	2008-2009	2007-2008	2006-2007
Tuition and fees
In-state	$13,642	$12,876	$12,138
Out-of-state	$23,290	$22,386	$21,456
Books and supplies	$1,030	$1,000	$1,000
Living arrangement
On campus
Room and board	$8,600	$8,300	$7,800
Other	$2,840	$2,760	$2,760
Off campus
Room and board	$8,600	$8,300	$7,800
Other	$2,676	$2,760	$2,760
Off campus with family
Other	$2,676	$2,600	$2,600
Total expenses	2008-2009	2007-2008	2006-2007
In-state
On campus	$26,112	$24,936	$23,698
Off campus	$25,948	$24,936	$23,698
Off campus with family	$17,348	$16,476	$15,738
Out-of-state
On campus	$35,760	$34,446	$33,016
Off campus	$35,596	$34,446	$33,016
Off campus with family	$26,996	$25,986	$25,056

Financial aid:

Enrollment:

Admissions:

Undergraduate application fee: $45

Undergraduate admissions:

	TOTAL	MALE	FEMALE
Number of applicants:	19056	8851	10205
Percent admitted:	56%	55%	56%
Percent admitted who enrolled:	32%	33%	32%

Admissions Considerations	Required	Recommended
Secondary school GPA		X
Secondary school rank		X
Secondary school record	X
Completion of college-prepatory program	X
Recommendations		X
Formal demonstration of competencies		X
Admission test scores	X
TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)	X

Test Scores (enrolled first-time students):

Students submitting scores	NUMBER	PERCENT
SAT	3329	97%
ACT	951	28%

Test Scores	25th Percentile*	75th Percentile**
SAT Critical Reading	570	670
SAT Math	580	670
ACT Composite	24	30

Notes:

* 25% of students scored at or below

** 25% of students scored above

Programs/majors

Completions 2007-2008:

Program	Certificate	Master	Bachelor	Doctor
Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies.
African Studies	1	-	-	-
Asian Studies/Civilization	19	-	-	-
East Asian Studies	-	3	-	-
Central/Middle and Eastern European Studies	4	-	-	-
European Studies/Civilization	-	-	-	-
Latin American Studies	26	-	-	-
Russian Studies	3	-	-	-
Western European Studies	6	-	-	-
Area Studies, Other	4	-	-	-
African-American/Black Studies	-	-	9	-
Womens Studies	5	-	-	-
Category total	68	3	9	-
Communication, journalism, and related programs.
Mass Communication/Media Studies	-	-	36	-
Category total	-	-	36	-
Computer and information sciences and support services.
Information Science/Studies	1	38	42	11
Computer Science	-	11	59	8
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications	-	14	-	-
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other	-	2	2	2
Category total	1	65	103	21
Education.
Education, General	121	211	-	18
Educational Leadership and Administration, General	40	44	-	23
Education/Teaching Individuals	2	-	-	-
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching	-	29	28	13
Reading Teacher Education	24	-	-	-
Teaching English as Second/Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	4	-	-	-
Category total	191	284	28	54
Engineering.
Engineering, General	-	-	-	-
Biomedical/Medical Engineering	-	16	42	13
Chemical Engineering	-	2	51	10
Civil Engineering, General	-	26	90	2
Computer Engineering, General	-	2	49	-
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering	-	18	75	4
Engineering Physics	-	-	6	-
Materials Engineering	-	6	14	-
Mechanical Engineering	-	23	105	1
Nuclear Engineering	-	-	-	-
Industrial Engineering	-	24	43	7
Engineering, Other	-	-	-	-
Category total	-	117	475	37
Engineering technologies/technicians.
Engineering/Industrial Management	1	-	-	-
Category total	1	-	-	-
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics.
Linguistics	-	6	25	1
Chinese Language and Literature	-	-	2	-
Japanese Language and Literature	-	-	19	-
Slavic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General	-	3	-	2
Russian Language and Literature	-	-	3	-
German Language and Literature	-	4	8	1
French Language and Literature	-	2	12	2
Italian Language and Literature	-	2	5	-
Spanish Language and Literature	-	4	33	4
Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics, General	-	1	6	1
Category total	-	22	113	11
Legal professions and studies.
Law (LLB, JD)	-	-	-	240
Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources Law (LLM, MS, JSD/SJD)	4	-	-	-
Health Law (LLM, MJ, JSD/SJD)	16	-	-	-
International Law and Legal Studies (LLM, JSD/SJD)	-	-	-	16
Legal Professions and Studies, Other	43	12	12	-
Category total	63	12	12	256
English language and literature/letters.
English Language and Literature, General	-	32	-	13
English Composition	3	-	-	-
Creative Writing	-	-	122	-
English Literature (British and Commonwealth)	-	-	86	-
Speech and Rhetorical Studies	-	1	231	2
English Language and Literature/Letters, Other	4	-	-	-
Category total	7	33	439	15
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities.
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	-	-	24	-
Humanities/Humanistic Studies	-	-	24	-
Category total	-	-	48	-
Library science.
Library Science/Librarianship	3	212	-	4
Category total	3	212	-	4
Biological and biomedical sciences.
Biology/Biological Sciences, General	-	1	156	10
Biochemistry	-	-	-	4
Molecular Biology	-	-	16	-
Molecular Biophysics	-	2	-	-
Cell/Cellular Biology and Histology	-	-	-	3
Microbiology, General	-	-	9	-
Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology	-	7	-	14
Immunology	-	-	-	4
Neurobiology and Neurophysiology	-	1	-	6
Pathology/Experimental Pathology	-	-	-	5
Molecular Pharmacology	-	1	-	4
Biostatistics	-	9	-	5
Bioinformatics	2	5	-	1
Ecology	-	-	6	-
Epidemiology	-	22	-	15
Category total	2	48	187	71
Mathematics and statistics.
Mathematics, General	-	16	36	8
Mathematics, Other	-	-	3	-
Applied Mathematics	-	-	5	-
Statistics, General	-	12	2	3
Category total	-	28	46	11
Multi/interdisciplinary studies.
Biological and Physical Sciences	-	-	42	-
Gerontology	-	-	-	-
Historic Preservation and Conservation	-	-	-	-
Medieval and Renaissance Studies	1	-	-	-
Neuroscience	-	3	77	6
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other	-	-	5	-
Category total	1	3	124	6
Philosophy and religious studies.
Philosophy	-	4	30	3
Religion/Religious Studies	-	-	11	1
Jewish/Judaic Studies	-	-	-	-
Category total	-	4	41	4
Physical sciences.
Physical Sciences	-	-	5	-
Chemistry, General	-	7	73	31
Geology/Earth Science, General	-	3	11	2
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences, Other	-	-	21	-
Physics, General	-	21	9	6
Optics/Optical Sciences	-	-	-	-
Category total	-	31	119	39
Psychology.
Psychology, General	-	11	336	11
Educational Psychology	-	34	46	7
Category total	-	45	382	18
Security and protective services.
Corrections	-	-	81	-
Category total	-	-	81	-
Public administration and social service professions.
Public Administration	-	55	17	-
Public Policy Analysis	-	29	-	-
Social Work	-	212	26	11
Public Administration and Social Service Professions, Other	-	-	-	8
Category total	-	296	43	19
Social sciences.
Social Sciences, General	-	-	39	-
Anthropology	-	4	70	5
Economics, General	-	2	101	9
Geography	-	3	-	-
International Relations and Affairs	-	88	-	-
Political Science and Government, General	-	5	163	3
Sociology	-	3	45	6
Urban Studies/Affairs	-	-	12	-
Social Sciences, Other	-	-	26	-
Category total	-	105	456	23
Visual and performing arts.
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General	-	6	13	1
Film/Cinema Studies	2	-	38	-
Fine/Studio Arts, General	-	-	11	-
Art History, Criticism and Conservation	-	2	63	5
Music, General	-	6	7	6
Category total	2	14	132	12
Health professions and related clinical sciences.
Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	-	37	35	13
Dentistry (DDS, DMD)	-	-	-	72
Dental Clinical Sciences, General (MS, PhD)	7	-	-	-
Orthodontics/Orthodontology (Cert, MS, PhD)	3	-	-	-
Dental Hygiene/Hygienist	-	-	10	-
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	-	24	-	-
Health Information/Medical Records Administration/Administrator	-	-	23	-
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science and Allied Professions, Other	5	-	-	-
Medicine (MD)	-	-	-	139
Medical Scientist (MS, PhD)	2	18	-	-
Clinical/Medical Social Work	13	-	-	-
Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)	-	-	204	-
Nurse Anesthetist	-	39	-	-
Nursing, Other	-	39	-	9
Pharmacy (PharmD [USA], PharmD or BS/BPharm [Canada])	-	-	-	96
Pharmaceutics and Drug Design (MS, PhD)	-	-	-	3
Environmental Health	1	4	-	1
Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene	-	3	-	-
Public Health Education and Promotion	16	-	-	-
Community Health and Preventive Medicine	1	-	-	-
Public Health, Other	2	58	-	10
Occupational Therapy/Therapist	-	35	-	-
Physical Therapy/Therapist	-	-	-	46
Kinesiotherapy/Kinesiotherapist	-	-	-	-
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions, Other	-	50	102	13
Dietetics/Dietitian (RD)	-	-	12	-
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services, Other	-	8	-	-
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	-	4	-	-
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other	-	-	13	-
Category total	50	319	399	402
Business, management, marketing, and related support services.
Business/Commerce, General	-	-	35	-
Business Administration and Management, General	-	341	-	15
Accounting	-	-	130	-
Finance, General	-	-	170	-
Organizational Behavior Studies	-	-	-	-
International Business/Trade/Commerce	-	3	-	-
Management Information Systems, General	-	14	-	-
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	-	-	169	-
Category total	-	358	504	15
History
History, General	-	4	126	4
History and Philosophy of Science and Technology	-	3	10	4
Category total	-	7	136	8
Grand total	389	2006	3913	1026

Data shown are for first majors
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