by our College Data Analytics TeamThe goal of College Factual's yearly Best Quality Schools rankings is to help students find graduate schools that provide excellent learning environments that are a great fit for them. Our methodology places a high weight on things such as post-graduation wages, time to graduate, and student-per-faculty ratio. Post-graduation debt, faculty and staff diversity, and other factors are also taken into account.
University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus came in at #77 out of the 1149 colleges and universities that were ranked in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking. This means that the school is among the Top 10% of the nation when it comes to overall quality. As a result, Pitt is a recipient of this year's Best Master's Schools badge.
For the Best Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania, Pitt came in at #4.
There were 676 college and universities analyzed in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, and Pitt took the #98 spot on the list. This means that the school is among the Top 15% of the nation when it comes to overall quality. This makes Pitt a recipient of this year's Best Doctorate Schools badge.
For the Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania, Pitt came in at #9.
The total graduate student population at Pitt is made up of 58.7% women and 41.3% men. Note that these percentages may differ for certain degree programs.
Racial-ethnic minorities* make up 19.5% of the graduate student population at Pitt. Pitt is popular with people from outside the United States, too. International students make up 20.1% of the graduate student population. For more details on graduate school diversity at the school, check out the chart below. If you click on it, you'll be taken to a page with more details.
The average tuition and fees for graduate students is shown below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $24,118 | $40,894 |
| Fees | $1,130 | $1,130 |
The average early-career salary for master's degree recipients from Pitt is $75,980. That's pretty good comparatively. In fact, it is 30% higher than the national average of $58,425.
After obtaining their doctorate degree from Pitt, graduates go on to jobs earning an average starting salary of $63,253. That's about 16% lower than the countrywide average of $75,260 for all doctorate degree holders.
Get more details about the location of University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus.
Contact details for Pitt are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 4200 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 |
| Phone: | 412-624-4141 |
| Website: | www.pitt.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/upitt |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/PittTweet |
Around 18.8% of Pitt graduate students took at least one course online during the 2020-2021 academic year. For that same period, 5.9% of grad students took all of their classes online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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