Best Value Ranking

Year Pitt Rank Overall Pitt Rank Nationally Pitt Rank Publics Pitt Rank AAU Pitt Rank AAU Publics

Forbes America's Best Value Colleges

2016 160 160 48 51 26
2017 205 205 79 55 30
2018 264 264 154 60 34
2019 268 268 172 56 34

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Year Pitt Rank Overall

Kiplinger's Best Value in Public Colleges - In - State

2011 28
2012 29
2013 38
2014 45
2015 47
2016 38
2017 41
2018 43
2019 52

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Year Pitt Rank Overall

Kiplinger's Best Values in Public Colleges - Out-Of-State

2011 8
2012 15
2013 17
2014 19
2015 34
2016 35
2017 36
2018 32
2019 39

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Year Pitt Rank Overall Pitt Rank Nationally Pitt Rank Publics Pitt Rank AAU Pitt Rank AAU Publics

Money Magazine Best Colleges in America

2015 268 268 92 50 28
2016 268 268 98 54 30
2017 331 331 138 56 30
2018 362 362 144 55 30
2019 294 129 129 55 30
2021 280 147 147  56 33
2022 354 171 171 36 31

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New York Times College Access Index

2016 148 148 33 41 20
2017 156 156 33 44 20

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Washington Monthly Best Bang for the Buck - Northeast Edition

2013 NR NR NR NR NR
2014 NR NR NR NR NR
2015 290 290 115 15 6
2016 326 326 116 20 6
2017 344 344 122 20 6
2018 NR NR NR NR NR
2019 336 336 123 20 6
2020 342 342 128 20 6
2021 251 251 108 21 6
2022 330 330 114 21 6

NR= Not Ranked
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AAU Universities *These universities are Public.

  • Boston University
  • Brandeis University
  • Brown University
  • California Institute of Technology
  • Carnegie Mellon University
  • Case Western Reserve University
  • Columbia University
  • Cornell University
  • Dartmouth University
  • Duke University
  • Emory University
  • Georgia Institute of Technology*
  • Harvard University
  • Indiana University*
  • Iowa State University*
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Michigan State University*
  • New York University
  • Northwestern University
  • Princeton University
  • Purdue University*
  • Rice University
  • Rutgers University – New Brunswick*
  • Stanford University
  • Stony Brook University – The State University of New York*
  • Texas A&M University*
  • The Johns Hopkins University
  • The Ohio State University*
  • The Pennsylvania State University*
  • The University of Arizona*
  • The University of Chicago
  • The University of Iowa*
  • The University of Kansas*
  • The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill*
  • The University of Texas at Austin*
  • The University of Wisconsin – Madison*
  • Tulane University
  • University at Buffalo – The State University of New York*
  • University of California, Berkeley*
  • University of California, Davis*
  • University of California, Irvine*
  • University of California, Los Angeles*
  • University of California, San Diego*
  • University of California, Santa Barbara*
  • University of California, Santa Cruz*
  • University of Colorado, Boulder*
  • University of Florida*
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign*
  • University of Maryland at College Park*
  • University of Michigan*
  • University of Minnesota, Twin Cities*
  • University of Missouri, Columbia*
  • University of Oregon*
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • University of Pittsburgh*
  • University of Rochester
  • University of Southern California
  • University of Utah*
  • University of Virginia*
  • University of Washington*
  • Vanderbilt University
  • Washington University in St. Louis
  • Yale University