University of Pittsburgh—Pittsburgh Campus is a public institution that was started in 1787. It has a undergraduate enrollment of 19,200, its environment is urban, and the campus size is 145 acres. It uses a semester-based academic year. Its in-state tuition/fees are $19,678; out-of-state tuition/fees are $33,706
situated in the Oakland neighborhood, Pitt’s campus is a 3-mile trip from bustling downtown Pittsburgh. The city is home to powerhouse professional sports teams, such as the Steelers and Penguins, and dozens of unique cultural centers, like the Andy Warhol Museum and the Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens. Pitt learners get free admission to these and other select museums throughout the school year. Because Pittsburgh is bordered by three rivers, kayaking, sailing and fishing opportunities are plentiful. City buses stop every 10 to 15 minutes on campus, and learners can ride public transportation into the city for free with school ID. Freshmen do not have to live on campus. Pitt has a sizable Greek community of nearly 40 fraternities and sororities. learners in Arts and Sciences majors can earn hands-on credits in internships, research and teaching with the help of the university’s Office of Undergraduate Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity. The Pittsburgh Panthers sports teams participate in the NCAA Division I Atlantic Coast Conference. Pitt learners are notorious for their avid support at sporting events, particularly for forming a riotous cheering section known as the Oakland Zoo at basketball games. learners who attend the most home sporting events get priority purchasing when game tickets are in high demand through the school’s Loyalty Points system.

The university earns national accolades for its highly ranked School of Medicine, School of Education and Swanson School of Engineering. The School of Medicine is particularly well regarded for its research, working in conjunction with the highly ranked University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, and the institution receives one of the highest amounts of funding from the National Institutes of Health. The university is well known for its focus on going green, too. learners and faculty work toward environmentally friendly neighborhood solutions at the school’s Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation. There are notable University of Pittsburgh alumni in almost every professional sector; some are famed football personalities Mike Ditka and Dan Marino; former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon; and Roscoe Robinson Jr., the first African-American four-star general in the U.S. Army.