Pitt's Rankings Rise in Chronicle of Higher Ed Almanac

Issue Date: 
September 20, 2010

The University of Pittsburgh has made a strong showing in a number of key institutional quality indicators reported in The Chronicle of Higher Education’s recently published Almanac Issue 2010-11, which ranks leading American colleges and universities in a range of categories.

In the category Top Institutions in Federal Research-and-Development Expenditures for Science and Engineering, Pitt ranks 7th among public universities in this year’s Almanac, up from 8th last year, and 12th among all universities, public and private, up from 14th last year. Pitt outranks Arizona, Berkeley, Chicago, Cornell, Harvard, Illinois, Minnesota, North Carolina, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Texas, Virginia, Washington University in St. Louis, and Yale, among many others, in this category, based upon information supplied by the National Science Foundation (NSF).

In the category College and University Endowments Over $250 Million, based on information supplied by the National Association of College and University Business Officers [NACUBO], Pitt has this year maintained its 2009 Almanac ranking of 8th among all U.S. public universities, outranking Berkeley, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, UCLA, Washington, and Wisconsin, among many others; it also has maintained its ranking of 29th among all universities, public and private.

In the category Largest Endowments per Student, based on information supplied by NACUBO, Pitt is ranked 8th in this year’s Almanac among public universities, up from 10th last year, outpacing such other institutions as Berkeley, Minnesota, Ohio State, UCLA, Washington, and Wisconsin.

In the category Top Institutions in Total Research-and-Development Expenditures for Science and Engineering, Pitt is ranked 11th among all U.S. public universities in this year’s Almanac, up from 12th last year, and 17th among all U.S. universities, up from 19th last year, ahead of Berkeley, Colorado, Columbia, Emory, Harvard, Illinois, Maryland, Northwestern, Texas, USC, Vanderbilt, and Yale. This ranking was based upon information supplied by the NSF.