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Pitt acceptance rate

University of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · Public · 20,370 undergraduates

58.1%
accepted, fall 2024
60,898
applications
35,372
offers of admission
4,596
enrolled (13% of those admitted)

Most four-year colleges are easier to get into: 1,233 of the 1,579 that report a rate admit a larger share. Pitt takes a bigger share of its applicants than it did in 2014 (58% now, 53% then). University of Connecticut is the hardest to get into among the six schools closest to Pitt in size and selectivity (52%); Penn State is the easiest (61%).

Acceptance rate since 2001

0%20%40%60%80%2001200320052007200920112013201520172019202120242001 62%2002 60%2003 55%2004 48%2005 49%2006 53%2007 56%2008 56%2009 55%2010 59%2011 58%2012 58%2013 56%2014 53%2015 54%2016 55%2017 60%2018 59%2019 57%2020 64%2021 67%2022 49%2023 50%2024 58%
Share of first-time, first-year applicants offered admission, by fall term.
Show the numbers by year
FallAppliedAdmittedRateEnrolled
202460,89835,37258.1%4,596
202358,41629,03449.7%4,549
202253,07226,07949.1%4,390
202134,65623,10966.7%4,875
202032,54920,79163.9%4,230
201932,09118,18056.7%4,026
201829,85717,69659.3%4,126
201727,67916,52859.7%4,019
201629,17516,16555.4%3,954
201530,62616,50353.9%4,014
201430,62916,27153.1%3,847
201324,87113,95956.1%3,678
201223,40913,54457.9%3,768
201122,61613,06657.8%3,750
201021,73712,72258.5%3,642
200920,68511,46755.4%3,488
200819,05610,59155.6%3,432
200718,19510,16055.8%3,420
200618,1539,65453.2%3,249
200518,9739,29549.0%2,991
200417,4948,44548.3%2,913
200315,8888,70354.8%3,112
200215,4389,22459.7%3,208
200113,5658,37061.7%2,951

Applications and offers

020k40k60k80k20012004200720102013201620192024AppliedAdmitted2001 Applied: 14k Admitted: 8k2002 Applied: 15k Admitted: 9k2003 Applied: 16k Admitted: 9k2004 Applied: 17k Admitted: 8k2005 Applied: 19k Admitted: 9k2006 Applied: 18k Admitted: 10k2007 Applied: 18k Admitted: 10k2008 Applied: 19k Admitted: 11k2009 Applied: 21k Admitted: 11k2010 Applied: 22k Admitted: 13k2011 Applied: 23k Admitted: 13k2012 Applied: 23k Admitted: 14k2013 Applied: 25k Admitted: 14k2014 Applied: 31k Admitted: 16k2015 Applied: 31k Admitted: 17k2016 Applied: 29k Admitted: 16k2017 Applied: 28k Admitted: 17k2018 Applied: 30k Admitted: 18k2019 Applied: 32k Admitted: 18k2020 Applied: 33k Admitted: 21k2021 Applied: 35k Admitted: 23k2022 Applied: 53k Admitted: 26k2023 Applied: 58k Admitted: 29k2024 Applied: 61k Admitted: 35k
First-year applications received and offers made, by fall term.

Acceptance rate for women and men

Fall 2024AppliedAdmittedRate
Women34,29120,60660.1%
Men26,60714,76655.5%

SAT, ACT and test policy

Test scores in admission
Considered if submitted (test-optional)
SAT reading and writing
640 to 720 (middle 50% of enrolled students)
SAT math
640 to 740
ACT composite
29 to 33

Colleges similar to Pitt

The six public four-year colleges closest to Pitt in acceptance rate and undergraduate enrollment.

CollegeAcceptance rateUndergraduatesAvg net priceEarnings after 10 yrs
UMass Amherst
Amherst, MA		60%23,671$22,857$80,486
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT		52%19,835$24,342$82,098
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA		55%30,923$25,808$88,716
Rutgers
New Brunswick, NJ		58%37,751$24,897$80,490
Penn State
University Park, PA		61%42,284$33,675$71,762
South Carolina
Columbia, SC		60%29,820$22,197$69,024

Admissions counts are first-time, first-year applicants reported by Pitt to IPEDS for each fall term (2001 to 2024), read from the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Test score ranges and policy come from the College Scorecard. College Scorecard data updated November 2, 2026. How these figures are built · Pitt on College Scorecard