University of Pittsburgh

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The University of Pittsburgh is a state-related research university, founded as the Pittsburgh Academy in 1787. Pitt is a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU), which comprises 62 preeminent doctorate-granting research institutions in North America. Founded in 1787, the University of Pittsburgh is one of the oldest higher education institutions in the United States. Pitt people have defeated polio, unlocked the secrets of DNA, lead the world in organ transplantation, and pioneered TV and heavier-than-air flight, among numerous other accomplishments.
The University of Pittsburgh offers numerous undergraduate majors. Those majors are listed below, along with the degree conferred and the school or college offering the major. Majors in which a minor is also available are marked with an asterisk. See the individual school's or college's section of this bulletin for specific major and degree requirements. The University Honors College offers a Bachelor of Philosophy (BPhil) degree in all of the majors listed below. Also, the many double significant possibilities are not listed here. Students should check with the individual school to determine the range of double majors allowed.
According to The Center for Measuring University Performance, a member of the prestigious Association of American Universities, Pitt ranks in the very top cluster of U.S. public research universities. According to a report from the National Science Foundation, Pitt ranks ninth nationally in federal science and engineering funding. Pitt ranks fifth among U.S. universities in terms of the competitive grants awarded to its faculty members by the National Institutes of Health.
In 2019, the Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings again named Pitt among the top-five public universities in the Northeastern United States. Pitt was one of 22 institutions with at least one subject ranked at No. 1 in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2018. The University's philosophy program was recognized with a No. 1 ranking for the third consecutive year. Kiplinger's Personal Finance named Pitt to the magazine's list of 100 best-value public colleges nationwide. In December 2017, the list marked the 13th consecutive year that Pitt was ranked as the top value among all public colleges and universities in Pennsylvania.
Campus Pride, a nonprofit organization that identifies LGBTQ-friendly colleges and universities, awarded Pitt a Campus Pride Index score of 4.5 out of 5 stars. The Princeton Review included Pitt in the 2018 edition of its book, Colleges That Pay You Back: The 200 Schools That Give You the Best Bang for Your Tuition Buck, a guide to the nation's academically best and more affordable colleges that also have excellent records of alumni employment. And Pitt was among the institutions profiled in The Princeton Review's Colleges That Create Futures: 50 Schools That Launch Careers By Going Beyond the Classroom.
For the eighth time in nine years, Pitt was named one of the nation's top institutions for producing Fulbright students for the 2018-19 academic year, according to the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. In 2018, Thomson Reuters ranked Pitt 37th on its list of the world's 100 most innovative universities, based on such criteria as research output and patent filings. College Factual has ranked Pitt as the best U.S. school to study health professions based on graduates' earnings, academic majors' strength, and the number and quality of other closely related majors on campus, program accreditations, and overall institutional quality.

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