University of Pittsburgh
Pitt publishes 58% (Fall 2024). Greensburg (regional) applicants got in at 95%; pittsburgh (oakland) at 58%.
Acceptance rate
What Pitt's 58% is made of
The published rate averages groups with very different odds. These are the splits Pitt reports itself.
By college or major
Fall 2024
Read the full decomposition →Part of Real Acceptance Rates, our series decomposing published rates from each school's own Common Data Set.
Testing
Test-Optional for 2026-27
- Policy
Pitt states it 'has extended the test-optional program through Fall 2028,' explicitly covering first-year, transfer, international, and homeschooled applicants for fall 2025-2028 entry (i.e., the current 2026-27/fall 2027 cycle is covered). No future required-testing date announced.
- SAT middle 50%
- 1280–1460sum of section 25th–75th percentiles
- ACT middle 50%
- 29–33
- Average HS GPA
- 4.06 (weighted)CDS 2025-2026 (Fall 2025 entering, Pittsburgh campus) · Source
Applying
Deadlines, essays and AI policy
- Early deadlines
- —
- Regular decision
- Rolling (no fixed application deadline)Source
Full cycle calendar: Application Deadlines.
At a glance
Size and cost
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 20,370
- Tuition (out-of-state)
- $41,430
- Category
- Public
- Admissions site
- www.pitt.edu
Mentors who got into Pitt
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Sources
- Pitt test policy (2026-27)
- Pitt deadlines
- Pitt GPA (CDS 2025-2026 (Fall 2025 entering, Pittsburgh campus))
- Acceptance rate, test-score percentiles, enrollment and tuition: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, pulled 2026-08-19.
Test policy and deadlines last verified 2026-08-17.
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