College Scorecard · cost, debt & earnings

University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus

Pittsburgh, PA · Public · Bachelor-granting · 20,370 undergrads · 58% admitted

Do students finish?

86% complete

Most students who start here finish.

What does it cost?

$38,105/yr net

Average annual price after grants & scholarships. ~$152,420 over four years if you finish on time.

What former students go on to earn

The middle 50% of students who received federal aid, measured 10 years after they entered (an earlier entering class — not a guarantee, and not limited to those who graduated). Earnings vary enormously by field of study.

$66,125 median, 10 yrs after entry

25th pct $43,765 median $66,125 75th pct $96,619

83% earn more than a typical high-school graduate (the dashed line above, $28,000 — a fixed, somewhat dated federal benchmark) ten years on.

Your major matters more than your school

The school-wide figure above blends every major together — but pay varies enormously by program. Pick a degree level (and search your major) to compare like-for-like.

Read these on their own terms. Program pay is measured 1 year after completing the program (early career, graduates only) — not the same as the school-wide number above, which is 10 years after a student first enrolled. Don't compare a program figure to the school figure; use the programs to compare majors to each other.

60 Bachelor's programs · $20,000 to $70,983 (1 yr out)

MajorPay · 1yr outMedian debt

Computer Engineering.Bachelor's $70,983 $26,489

Industrial Engineering.Bachelor's $70,813 $24,375

Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering.Bachelor's $70,448 $25,250

Chemical Engineering.Bachelor's $69,207 $24,750

Computer Science.Bachelor's $67,837 $25,750

Mechanical Engineering.Bachelor's $67,419 $25,190

Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians.Bachelor's $65,110 —

Civil Engineering.Bachelor's $62,469 $27,000

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.Bachelor's $59,973 $23,000

Civil Engineering Technologies/Technicians.Bachelor's $57,999 —

Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians.Bachelor's $57,074 —

Business Administration, Management and Operations.Bachelor's $56,580 $20,500

Biomedical/Medical Engineering.Bachelor's $55,976 $27,000

Finance and Financial Management Services.Bachelor's $54,370 $21,750

International Business.Bachelor's $52,572 —

Accounting and Related Services.Bachelor's $51,316 $24,188

Applied Mathematics.Bachelor's $50,312 $21,500

Human Resources Management and Services.Bachelor's $48,270 —

Information Science/Studies.Bachelor's $47,939 $26,486

Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.Bachelor's $47,693 —

Health and Medical Administrative Services.Bachelor's $46,531 $22,662

Management Information Systems and Services.Bachelor's $46,511 —

Marketing.Bachelor's $45,876 $24,188

Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.Bachelor's $40,496 $24,000

Computer and Information Sciences, General.Bachelor's $40,396 $27,000

Economics.Bachelor's $39,278 $24,989

Mathematics.Bachelor's $39,105 $26,879

Business/Commerce, General.Bachelor's $38,925 $23,059

Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other.Bachelor's $38,638 $21,250

Chemistry.Bachelor's $38,451 $27,000

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.Bachelor's $36,904 $24,000

Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences.Bachelor's $35,586 $25,000

Communication and Media Studies.Bachelor's $34,812 $25,870

Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies.Bachelor's $33,776 $24,046

Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services.Bachelor's $33,174 $21,750

Social Sciences, General.Bachelor's $32,131 $22,500

Criminal Justice and Corrections.Bachelor's $31,986 $26,000

Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology.Bachelor's $31,952 $21,208

Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.Bachelor's $31,406 $24,375

Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.Bachelor's $30,291 $27,000

Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology.Bachelor's $30,264 $26,558

Psychology, General.Bachelor's $29,749 $25,103

Biological and Physical Sciences.Bachelor's $28,816 $23,815

Sociology.Bachelor's $27,824 $22,250

Fine and Studio Arts.Bachelor's $27,727 $22,727

Political Science and Government.Bachelor's $27,341 $23,415

History.Bachelor's $27,234 $21,500

Social Sciences, Other.Bachelor's $27,153 —

Social Work.Bachelor's $26,725 $22,000

Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.Bachelor's $26,481 $26,000

Microbiological Sciences and Immunology.Bachelor's $25,826 $20,114

Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft.Bachelor's $25,426 —

Anthropology.Bachelor's $25,236 $24,667

Urban Studies/Affairs.Bachelor's $24,887 —

Biology, General.Bachelor's $24,508 $24,250

Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness.Bachelor's $24,273 $27,000

Literature.Bachelor's $24,135 $27,000

Neurobiology and Neurosciences.Bachelor's $23,063 $21,500

Film/Video and Photographic Arts.Bachelor's $20,389 $22,906

Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.Bachelor's $20,000 $25,294

The Dept. of Education omits programs with too few graduates (to protect privacy), so not every major appears. Pay is a median for federally-aided graduates. Full program detail on the official Scorecard.

Typical federal loan debt

$20,500

≈ 31% of one year's typical earnings here

This counts federal student loans only — not private loans, Parent PLUS loans, or family savings, so the true cost of borrowing is usually higher.

What these numbers are — and are not

Every figure here is an institution-wide median from the U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard. It is not a prediction of what you would earn or owe — a computer-science and a fine-arts graduate of the same school can earn wildly different amounts, and your field of study matters more than your school. It is not a figure for any one program, not proof the school caused the outcome (selective schools admit students who would earn more anyway), and not a "best college" ranking. Earnings and debt cover federally-aided students.

→ The number that actually answers "worth it" is earnings by major — see the by-major breakdown above (96 programs at this school).

Also available: structured data (JSON-LD) · plain text · JSON. Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard (2026-06-10 release). · school website