An Education for Everyone

The University of Pittsburgh's Cathedral of Learning

With its three rivers smoothly wrapping around its luscious green mountains and beautifully crafted skyscrapers, Pittsburgh is an awe striking city. Its economy is flourishing, its people are friendly, and yet there is still one more outstanding building block that helps to lay the city’s foundation - Pittsburgh’s colleges and universities. Pittsburgh is home to over twenty colleges and universities including the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University.

Founded in 1787, the University of Pittsburgh is a public university located in the neighborhood of Oakland. Known worldwide for its research expenditures, the University of Pittsburgh has ranked in the top 25 research universities by the Center of Measuring University Performance, and in the top 20 public universities in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. In addition to the University’s achievements in research, such as having a prominent role in the development of the first polio vaccine, the University of Pittsburgh is also known for what has become the ‘face’ of the University, the Cathedral of Learning. The Cathedral of Learning is a gothic styled tower which holds the title of being the second tallest educational facility in the world. Additionally, the Cathedral of Learning hosts an array of classrooms, known as the Nationality Rooms, that are permanently designed to seem, when you walk into them, as if you just stepped into the culture of another country.

Carnegie Mellon University Campus

Consistently ranking amongst the top 25 universities in the nation by U.S. News and Reports, as well as amongst the top 50 universities worldwide, Carnegie Mellon University is located just a few blocks down from the University of Pittsburgh, between the neighborhoods of Oakland and Squirrel Hill. Carnegie Mellon University is a private school known for its leadership in human-computer interactions, computational finance, information systems, entertainment technology and much more. In fact, Carnegie Mellon University plays such a prominent role in the future of computer science and engineering that in recent years Google has opened an office right here in Pittsburgh in an effort to better situated the large influx of Carnegie Mellon University employees it was hiring.

And if you’re worried about the cost of a college education these days (if you’re anything like us than you are!), remember that in-state tuition for public schools is significantly less than out of state and if your child attends a Pittsburgh Public School, you always have the amazing help of the Pittsburgh Promise!