Universities in Pittsburgh, PA

2 indexed campuses, 48k students, ranked by the Campus Atlas quality index. Addresses and tuition bands sit on each profile.

Universities in Pittsburgh
#	Institution	City	Control	Students	Admitted	Tuition	Score
1	CMU	Pittsburgh, PA	private	15,500	11.7%	$61,000	82
2	Pitt	Pittsburgh, PA	public	32,000	50%	$13,000 / $26,000	58

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Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA · private

The original computer-science school: artificial intelligence, robotics and human-computer interaction research decades ahead of the boom.

Score 8216k students12% admitted$61k tuition

computer data scienceengineeringbusinessnatural sciences

University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA · public

Health-sciences heavyweight with a top nursing school, biomedical research and a storied computing tradition nearby.

Score 5832k students50% admitted$13k in-state

computer data scienceengineeringbusinesshealth medicine

Enrolment, tuition and acceptance figures are rounded planning values compiled in 2025/26 for orientation. Verify exact numbers with each university's official fact sheet before you apply.