University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus

Carnegie Foundation Classification

Research Universities (very high research activity)

General Characteristics

Highest offering	Doctoral degree
Calendar System	Semester
Years of college work required	N/A
Variable Tuition

Special Learning Opportunities

Distance Learning
ROTC — Army / Navy / Air Force	— / /
Study Abroad
Weekend College
Teacher Certification

University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Academics

University of Pittsburgh is unique in its study options. There’s never a reason to feel alone in your studies either, since there are academic support services like Extensive Undergraduate Evening or Early Morning Classes, Learning Center, Pre-Admission Summer Program, Reduced Course Load, Remedial Instruction, Study Skills Assistance, Tutoring and Writing Center. Specifically, the university has a Accelerated Program, Cross-Registration, Distance Learning, Double Major, Dual Enrollment of High School Students, ESL, External Degree Program, Honors Program, Independent Study, Internships, Liberal Arts/Career Combination, ROTC, Air Force, ROTC, Army, ROTC, Navy, Student-Designed Major, Study Abroad, Teacher Certification, Visiting/Exchange Student Program, Washington Semester and Weekend College. Further, when any student is looking for some counseling or other types of support, Adult (re-entering) student services, Alcohol/Substance Abuse Counseling, Campus Ministries/Chaplain, Career Counseling, Employment Service, Financial Aid Counseling, Freshman Orientation Program, Health Services, Personal Counseling, Placement Service and Veterans Counselor can help. The university has disability services as well, so be sure to inquire about them if needed.

The following are the types of degrees and majors offered at University of Pittsburgh.

Business, Management, & Marketing:

Accounting, Business Administration/Management, Finance/Banking, Marketing Management

Computer Science:

Computer Science, Information Sciences/Systems

Foreign Language and Literature:

Chinese, Classics, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Linguistics, Polish, Russian, Slavic, Spanish

Social Sciences:

Anthropology, Economics, Geography, Political Science/Government, Social Sciences – General, Sociology, Urban Studies

School of Visual and Performing Arts:

Art History/Criticism/Conservation, Drama/Theater Arts, Film Studies, Fine/Studio Arts, Music – General

English Language and Literature:

Creative Writing, English Composition, English Literature (British), Speech/Rhetorical Studies

Psychology:

Educational psychology, Psychology – General

Multiple or Interdisciplinary:

Neuroscience

History:

History – General, History of Science/Technology

Philosphy and Religion:

Jewish/Judaic Studies, Philosophy, Religion/Religious Studies

Education:

Physical Education

Communications & Journalism:

Mass Communications/Media Studies

Biological and Biomedical Sciences:

Biology, Ecology, Microbiology, Molecular Biology

Public Administration and Service:

Public Administration, Social Work

Health and Clinical Sciences:

Dental Hygiene, Medical Dietetics, Medical Records Administration, Nursing (RN), Occupational therapy/therapist, Speech-Language Pathology/Audiology

Popular majors:

fourteen percent business per marketing, twelve percent english, eleven percent health professions, eleven percent social sciences, ten percent psychology, nine percent engineering, five percent computer and information sciences

Physical Sciences:

Chemistry, Geology, Optics, Physical Sciences – General, Physics

Security and Protective Services:

Law Enforcement Administration

Mathematics:

Applied Mathematics, Mathematics – General, Statistics

Furthermore, for international students, the application fee is 35. Are you an international student? The Fall application deadline for international students is the 1st of February.

University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Admissions

Admission policy is currently Percent applicants admitted: 53%. Remember that this can change at any time. This school did not report their application fee. Transfer student are not ignored. For example, there were one thousand, nine hundred and seventy total number of transfer students who applied and eight hundred and thirty-six total number of transfer students who were admitted.

For priority students, financial aid applications are due no later than the 1st of March. The regular application due date was not reported. SAT and ACT score reports are very important, so you will want to check on the specific dates with the university. Again, It is also very important to submit financial aid applications as quickly as possible, and make sure they are in by the 1st of June. the SAT subject section score due date was not reported. In the same way, if you wish to apply with priority status make sure you application is in by the 1st of March. Will you make it in time? Make sure to know when all the due dates and deadlines take place. For all student applicants, the Fall application deadline is the 1st of February.

University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Financial Aid

Similarly, need based financial aid distribution is determined through Academics. Financial aid forms are FAFSA and Institution’s own financial aid form. Financial aid for students is readily accessible at this school. If you are not a need based student, non-need distribution for financial aid is determined by Academics and Athletics.

University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Students

University of Pittsburgh offers Bachelor’s, Master’s, Doctoral and First Professional degrees. In addition, it is part of an Urban setting, Large city (250,000 – 499,999) and Residential campus. Again, the student body consists of seventy-nine percent in-state students, twenty-one percent out-of-state students, zero percent part-time students, fifty-four percent women, forty-six percent men, less than one percent american indian per alaskan native, five percent asian per pacific islander, nine percent black per non-hispanic, one percent hispanic, eighty-two percent white per non-hispanic, less than one percent non-resident alien, two percent race per ethnicity unreported, forty-three percent in top 10th of graduating class, eighty percent in top quarter of graduating class and ninety-eight percent in top half of graduating class. The school’s size is approximately sixteen thousand, five hundred and eighty-five degree-seeking undergrads, three thousand, two hundred and twenty-four first-time degree-seeking freshmen and seven thousand, seven hundred and eighteen graduate enrollment. The university is a Public, University, Four-year, Coed, where 53 percent of the applicants were admitted, Regionally accredited and College Board member.

This school features the Urban setting, Large city (250,000 – 499,999) and Residential campus. Incidentally, the school is located 3 miles from downtown.In addition, the university has many unique facilites such as observatory, nationality rooms, performance hall, museum, American music center, ecology laboratory.. Students should note the housing policies: First-Year Students Guaranteed On-Campus Housing, ninety-four percent of first-year students live in college housing, forty-four percent of all undergraduates live in college housing, Coed Housing, Women’s Housing, Apartments For Single Students, Fraternity/Sorority Housing, Wellness housing (alcohol/drug/smoke-free), one-MAY deadline for housing deposit, three hundred and twenty-five dollars amount of housing deposit, and First-time first-year students allowed to have car.

University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Athletics

The Panthers are a member of NCAA. The following sports can be found here:

• Men’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate and Men’s Scholarship Baseball
• Men’s NCAA Division I, Women’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Basketball
• Men’s NCAA Division I, Women’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Cross_country
• Men’s NCAA Division IA, Men’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural and Men’s Scholarship Football
• Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Club and Women’s Club Handball
• Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Club and Women’s Club Racquetball
• Men’s NCAA Division I, Women’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Club, Women’s Club, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Soccer
• Women’s NCAA Division I, Women’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Club and Women’s Scholarship Softball
• Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Track_and_field
• Men’s NCAA Division I and Women’s NCAA Division I Track_indoor
• Men’s NCAA Division I and Women’s NCAA Division I Track_outdoor
• Women’s NCAA Division I, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Club, Women’s Club and Women’s Scholarship Volleyball
• Men’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural and Men’s Scholarship Wrestling