University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus

University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus operates as a public institution located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (city: large), with a total reported enrollment of 20,370 students of which 26,103 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus is categorized as “15” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 58.1%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,370 and an ACT midpoint of 31. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $30,434, with published in-state tuition of $21,926 and a Pell grant recipient share of 14.0%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $24,250, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 84.9%, and the first-year retention rate is 92.0%. Graduates earn a median of $66,125 ten years after enrolling, compared with $54,240 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 1051500.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 73.1% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.