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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. View full university

Founded in 1963 as a regional campus of the University of Pittsburgh and set in the heart of the scenic Alleghenies, the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford provides affordable access to an outstanding four-year higher education. Pitt-Bradford offers high-quality teaching supported by a world-class research university's resources in a friendly, inclusive, and student-focused academic environment. In service to our region and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pitt-Bradford connects communities to new ideas, innovative research, and exciting arts and cultural programming, partnering with key stakeholders to build opportunities for continued regional development and growth. Pitt-Bradford will strengthen our presence as the college of choice in the Upper Allegheny region, achieving distinction through the diversity of our high-quality academic programs, the broad expertise of our faculty and staff, and the inclusive, supportive campus-life experience we provide to our students. Pitt-Bradford will become a model for innovative, experiential baccalaureate education, empowering our students to become lifelong learners and creative, critical thinkers prepared to lead purposeful lives and serve their communities. Pitt-Bradford will foster environmental sustainability, providing leadership, and inspiring partnerships in new economic and regional development. We have a wide range of scholarships to help you with your education. Please take a minute to review our list of scholarships. Then, you can make an appointment to meet with a financial aid counselor. You can study in one of 75 countries through the Pitt Study Abroad program. You can choose to study abroad during the summer term, fall semester, spring semester, or during a full academic year. Whether you want to spend two weeks or two semesters abroad, our team is here to help you make study abroad a part of your Pitt-Bradford experience. An internship will help you get a job. According to a 2018 study, 94% of employers said they are more likely to hire a recent grad who had had an internship. In other words, it pays to get experience in your chosen field before you graduate. We are committed to a sustainable, welcoming, diversity-friendly campus and surrounding community. We work together to promote a campus and community climate that welcomes all manifestations of diversity among students, staff, faculty, alumni, and visitors to our campus. We hope to create and sustain a climate that will enable every single member of our university community to feel safe, valued, and respected. We like to offer various events and entertainment on campus to keep you busy in your free time. With an executive board, a promotions team, and seven committees, we always have something exciting in the works. If you have a suggestion or want to get involved, contact our SAC. We also have traditions & events each year, and we are sure there is something for everyone. In 1962, Raymond N. Zoerkler, a Bradford geologist with the Hanley and Bird Company, saw a need for an educational resource and an idea. Supported by Robert Cole, Bradford Hospital's chief administrator, and others, Zoerkler wrote a letter to Edward H. Litchfield, who was then chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh. Zoerkler proposed that Pitt establish a campus to serve this area of Pennsylvania. Before 1963, there were no institutions of higher education in the northwestern/northcentral region of Pennsylvania. Young people left the area to further their education and often did not return. Adults did not have a resource for continuing their education. The local economy paid the price for this lack of a more educated workforce. Thanks to the vision of those early supporters in the 1960s, the many donors and friends' generosity over the past 50 years, the hard work of the faculty and staff, and the successful collaborations with officials on the Oakland campus, Pitt-Bradford has grown significantly. Today Pitt-Bradford has nearly 1,600 students and about 10,000 alumni from every state in the United States and several countries. The campus, which was once the Harri Emery Airport, encompasses 319 acres and includes more than 40 buildings. Its academic programs have grown to 37 bachelor's degrees and five associate degrees, and it has 15 athletic programs, just recently adding women's bowling. Despite its significant growth in 50 years, one thing will not change: Pitt-Bradford will remain a friendly, safe campus where students can earn a world-renowned degree in a personalized environment. View full university

The University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown offers a lively learning atmosphere and an outstanding record of student success. Pitt-Johnstown was founded in 1927 and is the first and largest regional campus of the University of Pittsburgh. The distinctive combination of our people, programs, and place results in exceptional performance in preparing students for career and professional success. Our mission is "To offer a high-quality educational experience in a supportive living-learning environment that is grounded in the liberal arts and sciences, that is current, and that is responsive both to our students' personal and professional needs and to our communities' needs." Pitt-Johnstown will be the regional leader educating for success in the real world. The University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown is the source for a high-quality educational experience grounded in the liberal arts and sciences. The University remains current and responsive to our students' personal and professional needs and our communities' needs. Pitt-Johnstown is the University of Pittsburgh's first and largest regional campus. Pitt-Johnstown provides students the benefits and prestige of being part of a university recognized internationally for its scholarship and research, study abroad opportunities, admission guarantees to many Pitt graduate programs, and a connection to Real World Career Services and the Pitt Career Network. Pitt-Johnstown's record of excellence is reflected, in part, by the accomplishments of students, faculty, and staff, as well as the achievements of more than 22,000 alumni. The quality of a Pitt-Johnstown education is evident through the satisfaction of area employers and from many external organizations' commendations, including recognition as a Best Northeastern College, a Military Friendly School, a Seven Seals Award recipient, and acknowledgment for High Return on Investment. Pitt-Johnstown's distinctive combination of people, programs, and the place is the roadmap to your exceptional performance. Pitt-Johnstown offers a wide variety of more than 70 academic programs at a high level of excellence, in small classes with up-close-and-personal attention. Obtain an academic experience paired with a highly talented faculty of dedicated teachers and scholars that facilitate success in a vibrant learning environment. Earn a Pitt-quality education with world-class standards of academic excellence recognized by employers and top graduate schools. We've created an academic, cultural, and social environment that enables you to reach your goals. A picturesque residential campus environment nestled in the Laurel Highlands has many state-of-the-art facilities that support excellence in learning and contribute to student success inside and outside of the classroom. Our more than 22,000 alumni enjoy the clear advantage of an exceptional Pitt-Johnstown education. Pitt-Johnstown invites you to discover what drives you to succeed. From a petroleum engineering laboratory in Hong Kong to a humanitarian relief organization in Honduras, from an embassy in Barbados to Capitol Hill, and everywhere in between, graduates of Pitt-Johnstown have achieved professional and career success through the real-world preparation they received as students. The University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown offers academic excellence in various programs, an opportunity for personal growth, an exceptional campus environment, and friendships that last a lifetime. The University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown is the place to shape your life, career, and future. Pitt-Johnstown provides significant university education in an up-close-and-personal setting. Pitt-Johnstown's student-to-faculty ratio is 17:1. The University provides opportunities through 70 programs, more than 100 clubs, organizations, and a picturesque campus nestled in the Laurel Highlands. Did you know that more than 22,00 Pitt-Johnstown alumni are making a difference in our community and worldwide? The critical difference between Pitt-Johnstown and its peer institutions is our nationally-recognized Real-World Action Program. This unique experience prepares our students for careers by emphasizing leadership, involvement, service, and teamwork. The University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown offers a lively learning atmosphere and an outstanding record of student success. The distinctive combination of our people, programs, and place results in exceptional performance in preparing students for career and professional success. Pitt-Johnstown's high-quality education and fulfilling campus life are among the many components that make us Mountain Cat Proud! The University's student-centered community offers preparation for the Real World through our academic programs and civic engagement, which lead to exceptional performance. The campus experience our students receive will remain a part of their lives long after they graduate. The University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown offers special services to students with disabilities to create optimal and equal access for academic success. In collaboration, the Disability Services staff works with members of the campus community to ensure that the student is integrated into the University system to promote reaching his or her desired academic goals. Pitt-Johnstown's Financial Aid Office helps students and families meet educational costs. Working together, the office assists in making a Pitt-Johnstown education a reality. The office processed about $39 million in scholarships, grants, and loans in 2017-18. This has helped to assist more than 89% of our students. The Financial Aid Office administers federal and state aid programs, such as grants, scholarships, student loans, and Federal Work-Study employment. Pitt-Johnstown undergraduate research encompasses intellectual, creative, and scholarly activities in which the student and faculty member have a collaborative relationship. Research may take many forms, including class projects, capstone seminars, senior projects, and independent studies. Originality is key to the student's work. These projects may be presented locally, regionally, or nationally. The real hallmark of undergraduate research, creative or scholarly project, is that it offers students the opportunity to experience their discipline in the real world. View full university

This is the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg: 1,500 full-time and part-time students, over 10,000 alumni, and 81 faculty. A dynamic and diverse community of people working to enrich knowledge, build relationships, and grow opportunity in Western Pennsylvania and beyond. Nestled in Pennsylvania's beautiful Laurel Highlands, Pitt-Greensburg is surrounded by nature trails and the rich history of Westmoreland County. It is just down the road from uptown Greensburg's coffee shops and restaurants, art museums, theatres, and boutiques, and it is less than an hour's drive from Pittsburgh. The University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg is a baccalaureate degree-granting unit and a regional campus of the University of Pittsburgh. As an integral part of a state-related institution, the Greensburg Campus provides educational opportunities to traditional and nontraditional students through curricular and co-curricular experiences focused primarily on the arts and sciences and some selected professional or pre-professional programs that are grounded in traditional liberal arts disciplines. As an undergraduate school within the broader University, Pitt-Greensburg's faculty places primary emphasis on teaching excellence while maintaining a commitment to scholarship and public service. A standard part of the undergraduate educational experience is acquiring a certain depth and breadth of knowledge in a specific discipline or area that defines a student's primary focus of study. Equally important is the opportunity for each student to acquire the fundamentals of a liberal arts and sciences education. The University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg is committed to a General Education Program that will give its students a broader understanding of the human experience and the fundamental skills necessary for academic success and learning throughout their lifetimes. Pitt-Greensburg recognizes that good citizenship, civic leadership, and full participation in an information-based, global society are a function of educational excellence. Accordingly, in all curricular and co-curricular matters, including its unique academic village structure, the Greensburg Campus fulfills its mission by providing its students with opportunities to develop leadership, a sense of civic engagement and public service, global awareness, and a commitment to academic excellence. The Learning Resources Center, located in the Millstein Library Building (ML 250), is the Writing Center, Study-Skills Center, Disability-Resources Center, and Tutoring Center. Free tutoring in various subject areas is available. (Tutoring depends upon the availability of tutors and funding. The Center cannot guarantee that a tutor will be immediately available for the subject you have in mind.) Walk-in help with academic matters is also available. You do not need an appointment. However, when you stop by without an appointment, please bear with us. Dr. Lou Ann Sears, the Center director, maybe helping someone else or on her way to a meeting, etc. You are welcome to take the free handouts and use computers for paper writing and other academic pursuits. Choosing a college is a big decision. We know that. There is so much information out there, and every place seems like a great place. So how do you find an excellent place for you? The answer — look around. Explore every corner. Chat with students. Talk with alumni and professors. Sit in on a class. Experience campus. At Pitt-Greensburg, we make this discovery and admissions process easier by being there for you every step of the way. We are here to answer your questions — big and small. Should I live in a residence hall, or should I commute? Can I double major? Can I double minor? What scholarships are available to me? We have answered them all. And what sets us apart is this: once you are a student here, individualized attention does not stop. It happens in your admissions experience because it happens in your Pitt-Greensburg experience. In everything we do. In advising. In career services. In the classroom. In the residence hall. We are dedicated to helping you reach every milestone because every milestone will set you up to reach your most important goals — sometimes success you never thought you would achieve. We live for those moments. Those are Pitt-Greensburg moments. That is Pitt to the Power of One. Scholarships Your experience at Pitt-Greensburg combines the best of both worlds — a small school's intimacy and community with a large school's resources and networks — both adding to a world of possibility. A student-to-faculty ratio of 18 to 1 and an average class size of 21 enables Pitt-Greensburg's award-winning faculty to devote their attention to your success. Experiential learning opportunities and personalized support for STEM and Liberal Arts students ensure relevant preparation for a modern career and continued education. How does a group of students team up with the local community to build affordable houses across Westmoreland County? How does a hockey team gain 33,000 Twitter followers? How do you outrun a team of zombies chasing you with marshmallow-loaded Nerf guns? The answer lies in this exceptional community. When we talk about life outside the classroom at Pitt-Greensburg, it is hard to know where to begin. Because of the extraordinary things happening here each day are all worth sharing. It is this culmination of intellectual, professional, spiritual, and character development that happens in your four years that, when it comes graduation time, makes you realize that life you build in between class — studying with friends or chatting, rallying for a cause or running for student office — the sum of it all is what made your experience something exceptional. View full university

Aquinas Academy is one of the great success stories in independent Catholic education. Since its founding in 1996 as a college preparatory school for students in grades PreK-12, Aquinas has emerged as a recognized leader in academic excellence and character formation. Our graduates are being recruited by some of the nation's top colleges and universities. Our students' performance on standardized achievement tests ranks Aquinas among the very top schools nationwide, public or private. Our students also scored well above average on the National Latin Exam, the college-level Advanced Placement Program tests, and other leading measures of learning and achievement. We are committed to offering students the most excellent education in a Catholic environment faithful to the magisterium. Mass is celebrated daily in the campus chapel, and religion is a core subject in our curriculum. We also offer a full range of competitive sports teams and creative opportunities outside the classroom. Aquinas Academy is a private school formed in the Catholic tradition for boys and girls grades prekindergarten through twelve. The Academy was formed and will be governed by parents who are deeply committed to the moral and intellectual formation of their children, which they recognize as their ultimate responsibility. The Academy is committed to ensuring that this formation occurs in the context of solid Christian teaching and piety, which is utterly loyal to the teaching authority of the Roman Catholic Church. Accordingly, the mission of Aquinas Academy is: To serve parents in carrying out their fundamental responsibility to ensure the moral and intellectual formation of their children To foster in the Academy's students a fuller understanding of, and deep appreciation for, their Catholic Faith in a manner utterly loyal to the teaching authority of the Roman Catholic Church To offer Academy students an intensive traditional curriculum covering all the major areas of the liberal arts and natural sciences, in a rigorous academic program and college preparatory To help each student reach his or her fullest potential and acquire the tools necessary to succeed in higher education and professional life To produce exceptionally well-formed and authentic Catholic leaders whose future accomplishments are of service to others and glory to God amid the world To offer such a program to qualified students from a wide range of social, economic, racial, and ethnic backgrounds. Our curriculum is designed to prepare students for college by helping them achieve mastery over critical academic disciplines. At the same time, we encourage their development of critical and independent thinking skills. Our goal is to equip students with the intellectual resources they need to thrive in an increasingly complex world. Religion and Latin language are core elements of our curriculum. We also pride ourselves on giving students the most exceptional possible education in Western civilization and philosophy. With our small class sizes and dedicated, highly trained faculty, the Aquinas academic program is a proven success. In mathematics, our students are at least one year ahead of their counterparts in other schools. Their overall performance on standardized achievement tests ranks Aquinas among the very top schools nationwide, public or private. Furthermore, our graduates are studying at some of the nation's top colleges and universities. Education at Aquinas Academy is a matter of both the mind and the soul. Religion is a core subject at every grade level, and the formation of students' Catholic identity is a priority in all of our activities. Mass is offered almost every day, and there are regular opportunities for the Sacrament of Confession. Students are also provided many occasions to put their faith into practice through faculty, parent supervised service projects and other charitable outreach to those in need in our community. View full school