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Pitt tuition and net price

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

$22,736
in-state tuition and fees, 2025-26
$43,432
out-of-state tuition and fees
$38,719
full cost of attendance a year
$29,362
average net price after aid

Aid covers a modest part of the bill: the average net price of $29,362 is 76% of the $38,719 cost of attendance. Pennsylvania residents pay $22,736 in tuition and fees for 2025-26; students from other states pay $43,432. Families under $30,000 still paid $16,477 on average, 46% of what families above $110,000 paid ($35,864).

Net price by family income

Income under $30,000: $16,477Income under $30,000$16,477Income $30,001 to $48,000: $15,485Income $30,001 to $48,000$15,485Income $48,001 to $75,000: $19,080Income $48,001 to $75,000$19,080Income $75,001 to $110,000: $28,146Income $75,001 to $110,000$28,146Income over $110,000: $35,864Income over $110,000$35,864
Average yearly price after grants and scholarships for first-time, full-time students receiving federal aid and paying the in-state rate.

For an estimate based on your own family's finances, use Pitt's net price calculator.

Tuition and fees since 2014-15

$0k$20k$40k$60k2014-152016-172018-192020-212022-232025-26Out-of-stateIn-state2014-15 Out-of-state: $28k In-state: $18k2015-16 Out-of-state: $29k In-state: $18k2016-17 Out-of-state: $30k In-state: $19k2017-18 Out-of-state: $31k In-state: $19k2018-19 Out-of-state: $32k In-state: $19k2019-20 Out-of-state: $34k In-state: $20k2020-21 Out-of-state: $34k In-state: $20k2021-22 Out-of-state: $35k In-state: $20k2022-23 Out-of-state: $37k In-state: $21k2023-24 Out-of-state: $40k In-state: $22k2024-25 Out-of-state: no data In-state: no data2025-26 Out-of-state: $43k In-state: $23k
Published full-time undergraduate tuition and required fees. No figure was published for 2024-25.
Show the numbers by year
Academic yearIn-stateOut-of-state
2025-26$22,736$43,432
2023-24$21,524$39,890
2022-23$21,080$37,320
2021-22$20,362$35,394
2020-21$19,678$33,706
2019-20$19,718$33,746
2018-19$19,080$32,052
2017-18$19,080$30,642
2016-17$18,618$29,758
2015-16$18,192$28,958
2014-15$17,772$28,168

Cost of attendance and aid

Tuition and fees (2025-26)
$22,736 in-state, $43,432 out-of-state
Room and board on campus
$15,728
Books and supplies
$576
Full cost of attendance
$38,719 a year (most recent year reported)
Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
16%
Undergraduates with a federal loan
36%
Median federal debt at graduation
$23,000

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

Tuition and fees for 2025-26, cost of attendance and net price come from the College Scorecard; earlier tuition years come from IPEDS via the Urban Institute. Net price is what first-time, full-time students receiving federal aid paid after grants and scholarships, and it lags the tuition year. College Scorecard data updated November 2, 2026. How these figures are built · Pitt on College Scorecard