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Facts & Figures

STUDENTS AND FACULTY

FACULTY: 161

  • Full-time/Tenured/Tenure-track: 56
  • Part-time: 105
  • Full-time faculty with doctorates: 98 Percent
  • Funded research: $18.9 million (2011-12)
  • Number of full-time faculty engaged in funded research: 41

STUDENTS: 1,353 TOTAL

  • Undergraduate: 215
  • Graduate: 1,138 Average undergraduate GPA: 3.40
  • Graduate Record Exam (GRE) scores:
    -Average verbal: 568
    -Average quantitative: 611
    -Average analytical writing: 4.5
  • Percent submitting GRE: 85 percent (verbal), 85 percent (quantitative), 21 percent (analytical writing)
  • Graduate Student Appointments: 93 total
  • Fellowships: 3
  • Teaching Assistants: 57
  • Research Assistants: 33
  • International Students: 5 percent

APPLICATIONS

  • Post-Baccalaureate, Non-Degree Programs: 134
    Accepted: 87 percent
  • Master's Programs: 607
    Accepted: 75 percent
  • PhD/EdD programs: 165
    Accepted: 49 percent

DEGREES AWARDED (2011)

  • Bachelor's: 107
  • Master's: 378
  • Doctorate: 51
  • Post-bachelor/certificates: 158

2011-12 TUITION

GRADUATE

  • Pennsylvania Residents:
    $18,774 (full-time)
    $760 per credit hour (part-time)
  • Out-of-State Residents:
    $30,736 (full-time)
    $1,258 per credit hour (part-time)

UNDERGRADUATE

  • Pennsylvania Residents:
    $15,272 (full-time)
    $636 per credit hour (part-time)
  • Out-of-State Residents:
    $24,680 (full-time)
    $1,028 per credit hour (part-time)

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

CERTIFICATION AND LICENSING

  • Number of students taking licensing or certification tests: 266
  • Test takers who passed: 267 (100 percent)

RETENTION AND PLACEMENT

  • Graduates licensed to teach, 2011: 243
  • Accepted positions, fall 2011: 225 (92 percent)
(Sources: School of Education student data, University of Pittsburgh Office of Institutional Research, U.S. News & World Report)