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Business & finance at Pitt

Pitt graduates about 493 business & finance majors a year, 10% of its graduating class. That puts it 81st of 650 schools we score for business & finance, a strong program at 78 out of 100. Its current catalog lists 212 undergraduate courses in the field, more than 94% of the schools we've counted. Graduates in the major earn a median $84,000 four years out, 1.12× what the same major pays nationally.

Graduates a year49310% of the class
Courses in the catalog212more than 94% of schools
Median pay 4 years out$84,0001.12× the same major nationally
Research in the field$778Ka year, NSF
Admit rate59%whole school
SAT middle 50%1280–1470whole school

Around Pitt

Plaque commemorating the birth of Marie Curie, and her visit to Pittsburgh
Pitt Curie PlaquePhoto: Coinmac · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Curve
Curve (4859313)Photo: Robbie Sproule from Montreal, Canada · CC BY 2.0 · source
The Cathedral of Learning with the sunset on it and a rainbow above in the sky.
RainbowCathyPhoto: Ferp56 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Attendees at the University of Pittsburgh "You're Being Brainwashed" tour stop i
You're Being Brainwashed tour attendees (54033473902)Photo: Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source

Where business & finance happens

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 54 · Dorm 24 · Student housing 11 · Athletics 9 · Chapel 9 · Fraternity or sorority house 4.

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Nearby in the business & finance ranking

  1. University of Missouri 78
  2. Purdue University–Main Campus 78
  3. Brigham Young University 78
  4. California Polytechnic State University–San Luis Obispo 78
  5. Georgia Institute of Technology 78
  6. Loyola University Maryland 78
  7. Pepperdine University 78
  8. Arizona State University 77

Other strong majors at Pitt

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Pitt with every school we score in business & finance. 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.

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