Biology at Pitt
Pitt graduates about 631 biology majors a year, 13% of its graduating class. That puts it 22nd of 692 schools we score for biology, a standout program at 89 out of 100. Its current catalog lists 149 undergraduate courses in the field, more than 96% of the schools we've counted. Graduates in the major earn a median $61,000 four years out, 1.07× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $843 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.
Around Pitt
Where biology happens
Buildings on campus that fit the field: Fanny Edel Falk Laboratory School, Pitt Public Health, Falk Medical Building, Biomedical Science Tower III, Information Sciences Building, Life Science Annex, Cheveron Science Center.
Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 54 · Dorm 24 · Student housing 11 · Athletics 9 · Chapel 9 · Fraternity or sorority house 4.
Nearby in the biology ranking
Other strong majors at Pitt
- Health & pre-med fields 90 · #6
- Psychology 88 · #17
- English & writing 87 · #39
- Chemistry & biochem 85 · #43
- History 84 · #52
- Computer science 82 · #73
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares Pitt with every school we score in biology. It weighs the school's overall strength; how many students graduate in the major and what share of the class they are; research spending in the field (NSF); early pay against the same major nationally; how many courses the catalog lists; and test scores. 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.