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University of Pittsburgh

College of Business Administration

Quick Stats

  • Avg. SAT Score
    1262
  • Annual Tuition
    $17,568
    $ $ $ $ $
  • Program Enrollment
    1,978
  • University Selectivity
    56%
  • University Yield
    26%
  • Job Offers
    97%
  • Average Salary
    $49,053
  • Top Industry
    Financial Services
  • School Status
    Public
  • Accreditation
    AACSB Accredited
  • B-School Founded
    1907
  • Program Length
    Four Year
Contact Information
2100 Sennott Square
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, United States
Website
405x225

College of Business Administration

The Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business and College of Business Administration gives students the business agility to compete in the global economy. Led by our collaborative faculty, we emphasize experience-based learning, international immersion, and team-based projects. Our location in Pittsburgh, Pa. gives students abundant opportunities for internships, consulting projects, case competitions, and cultural activities. We have a network of 26,000 alumni in more than 90 countries, all graduates of a program ranked among the world's best by independent publications and continuously accredited by AACSB International.

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At Pitt, you are never too young to start interning and get real professional experiences. There are many resources student can take advantage of if they choose. CBA also has an amazing International Internship Program (IIP) that allows Pitt students to immerse themselves in another culture while having a professional work experience at the same time. I don't know of any other school that has such an established and successful program. Employers around the world request Pitt students just because of our professional work ethic and extensive preparation for the job through classes, faculty guidance, and mentoring programs.

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About University of Pittsburgh

Admissions

Admissions Selectivity
56% University of Pittsburgh 58% Average Across All Schools
Most Important Admissions Factors
  1. Secondary school record
  2. SAT/ACT scores
  3. High school GPA
University Admissions
  • Min. SAT 0
  • Min. ACT 0
  • Min. GPA
B-School Admissions
  • Min. SAT
  • Min. ACT
  • Min. GPA
More Information
Total Applications
  • Applied
  • Accepted
  • Accepted Apps Enrolled
24871% 24,871
56% 56
26% 26
56% School Selectivity
26% School Yield
Demographics of Applicants
  • Male Applicants
  • Female Applicants
  • International Applicants
  • U.S. Applicants
Application Deadlines
Required Tests
  • SAT or ACT
  • Are Interviews Required? Not required
Additional Requirements:

TOEFL and translated copies of transcripts for non-English speaking applicants.
Total Applications to Program
  • Applied
  • Accepted
  • Accepted Apps Enrolled
4820% 4,820
43% 43
38% 38
43% Program Selectivity
38% Program Yield
Program Requirements
  • Admissions managed by Business Program
  • Are interviews required? Not offered
Required Tests

N/A

Transfer Requirements
  • How internal transfers are handled
  • Min college GPA for transfers 3.0
  • Other transfer requirements 3.000 average grade point in four required courses.
Freshman Requirements
  • Freshman admissions Yes
  • Percent of admitted applicants who are freshmen 41
  • Min GPA required in pre-business courses No
  • How freshmen are admitted Indicate interest on university application
Other Requirements for freshman

N/A

Careers

Financial Services 32%
Top Industry
  • Consulting 6%
  • Other 4%
  • Manufacturing 4%
PriceWaterhouseCoopers 22
Top Employer
  • PNC Financial Services 21
  • KPMG 6
  • Dick's Sporting Goods 6
Job offers within 3 months after graduation
97% College of Business Administration 75% Average Across All Schools
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Job Offers Received and Accepted
  • This School
  • All Schools
By Graduation
64% 64
59% 59.267238095238085
64% Receive Offers
64% 64
56% 55.65923664122137
64% Accept Offers
After graduation, but within 3 months
33% 33
16% 16.189999999999998
33% Receive Offers
33% 33
17% 17.25698275862069
33% Accept Offers
More than 3 Months after graduation
0%
10% 10.193835616438358
0%
13% 12.771399999999998
83% Graduates seeking full-time employment
17% Graduates not seeking employment
80% Percentage of graduates for whom employment information is available
Salaries and Percentages of Job Accepting Graduates
Area Grads Accepting Jobs Avg. Salary 10k 50k 100k 150k 190k
Consulting
3% 3
$62,000.00
52K 70K
Finance/Accounting
50% 50
$48,857.00
36K 65K
General Management
4% 4
$58,000.00
46K 70K
Human Resources
3% 3
$45,000.00 Data not provided
Management Information Systems
2% 2
$40,000.00 Data not provided
Marketing/Sales
26% 26
$47,833.00
40K 57K
Operations/Production
3% 3
$48,250.00
38K 55K
Logistics/Transportation
1% 1
$58,000.00 Data not provided
Other
8% 8
$48,833.00
43K 70K
Area Grads Accepting Jobs Avg. Salary 10k 50k 100k 150k 190k
Accounting
22% 22
$47,804.00
43K 63K
Consumer Products/Retail
15% 15
$48,846.00
40K 70K
Consulting
6% 6
$57,050.00
44K 70K
Financial Services
32% 32
$51,733.00
38K 70K
Government/Education
2% 2
$40,000.00 Data not provided
Pharma/Biotech/Health
1% 1
$46,850.00
47K 48K
Manufacturing
4% 4
$46,946.00
47K 48K
Media/Entertainment
1% 1
$50,000.00 Data not provided
Non-Profit
1% 1
Data not provided
Petroleum/Energy
0% 0
Data not provided
Real Estate
4% 4
$46,460.00
36K 52K
Sports/Leisure
2% 2
$43,000.00 Data not provided
Technology/Science
6% 6
$47,500.00
43K 51K
Transportation
0% 0
Data not provided
Utilities
0% 0
Data not provided
Other
4% 4
$46,000.00 Data not provided
Area Grads Accepting Jobs Avg. Salary 10k 50k 100k 150k 190k
U.S. Northeast
11% 11
$57,143.00
49K 70K
U.S. Mid-Atlantic
76% 76
$48,971.00
36K 70K
U.S. South
5% 5
$46,160.00
40K 51K
U.S. Southwest
3% 3
$40,933.00
4K 47K
U.S. Midwest
3% 3
$48,800.00
46K 52K
U.S. West
2% 2
$43,500.00
40K 47K
U.S. Possessions/Territories
0% 0
Data not provided
Canada
0% 0
Data not provided
Salaries for Most Recent Graduates
Salaries for Most Recent Graduates
Average Signing Bonus for Most Recent Graduates
Other Income for Most Recent Graduates
Internship Employers / Interns Hired
  • PNC Financial Services 22
  • PriceWaterhouseCoopers 18
  • UBS 12
  • Northwest Mutual Financial Network 8
  • Deloitte 6
Internship Services
  • Companies that recruit interns on campus
  • Companies that posted internships on school message board
  • Average intern length in weeks 14
  • Percentage of internships that are paid 73
Career Services
  • Number of companies that recruited students on campus 75
  • Number of companies that posted full-time jobs on school message boards 678
Other activities and career services provided to undergraduate business students:
Alumni Career Panels; Alumni-in-Residence; Annual Career Conference; Career Coaching Blog; Career Development Course & Workshops (Digital); Branding Days; Corporate Guest Speakers; Corporate Networking Sessions; Corporate Sponsored Case Studies; Executives-in-Residence; Industry Consultants; Information Sessions; International Internship Program; Internship and Job Postings; Job Shadowing & Corporate Site Visits; Mock Interviews; On Campus Interviews; Podcasts.

Cost

Resident
$ $ $ $ $
$28,934
Total Yearly Cost
  • Tuition $17,568
  • Fees $860
  • Expenses $10,506
Non-Resident
$ $ $ $ $
$40,004
Total Yearly Cost
  • Tuition $28,638
  • Fees $860
  • Expenses $10,506
10% Percent of Institutional Grants or Scholarships 2% Percent of Full-tuition Institutional Grants or Scholarships
Basis for Grants or Scholarships
  • Need 0%
  • Merit 100%
More Information
Financial Aid
  • Financial Aid Management No
  • Website http://www.oafa.pitt.edu
Scholarships
$2,716,430
Total aid distributed to undergrad business students last year
$2,251,396
Total aid distributed to undergrad business students this year
Loans
  • Loan Guarantee Policy No
  • Max Loan Guarantee Per Year

Academics

Average Class Size
  • College of Business Administration
  • All Schools
Core Business Classes
58% 53
50% 46
Elective Business Classes
50% 29
50% 29
Required Classes with a Waiting List
College of Business Administration 12 Average Across All Schools
* On the First Day of Enrollment
Top Areas of Study
  • Accounting
  • Finance
  • General Management
  • International Business
  • Marketing
  • Global Management
More Information
Business Program Classes
15% Less than 20 Students 23% More than 50 Students
62% 21 to 50 students
29 Average number of students in non-business required electives
62 Different Elective Courses
New Electives
  • Doing Business in Asia
  • Doing Business in Europe
  • Doing Business in South America
  • Program length Four Year
  • Last change to curriculum 2012
Degrees Offered / Credits Required
  • BSBA, BPhil / Accounting 120
  • BSBA, BPhil / Finance 120
  • BSBA, BPhil / General Management 150
  • BSBA, BPhil / Global Management
  • BSBA, BPhil / Marketing
Faculty
  • All Faculty
  • Tenured
121% 121
40% 40
Prominent Faculty
  • John Prescott, PhD

    Strategy

  • Kenneth Lehn, PhD

    Finance

  • Diane Denis, PhD

    Finance
  • Are work study or co-ops available? Yes
  • Description of work study / co-ops:

    Student Ambassadors for Business Admissions Office; Freshmen Team Leaders (FTL) who co-teach Business Orientation classes with instructors; Student Professional Development Consultants trained to coach business students in interviewing and resume writing skills; Student Employee positions for event planning, marketing and technology in undergraduate Career Services Office; Federal Work Study administrative support throughout the undergraduate business school.

  • Is study abroad available? Yes
  • Description of study abroad programs:

    The International Internship Program: business internship in one of seven cities - Beijing, Berlin, Dublin, Madrid, Milan, Santiago, and Sao Paulo; Semester and year-long exchanges in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Singapore and Spain; 50+ University-developed and 200+ University-approved study abroad programs; Plus3: real-world business practices and their relation to engineering issues in a global economy while traveling in one of four countries: Chile, China, Germany, or Vietnam.
  • Is community service or volunteering available? Yes
  • Description of community service/volunteering:

    Student Volunteer Outreach (SVO) provides co-curricular service-learning and community service opportunities for students; Sixteen Business student organizations have multiple volunteer requirements for each member.

Students

50% Students in Top 10% of High School Class 63% Students with High School GPA over 3.75
1310 75th Percentile Score on SAT 29 75th Percentile Score on ACT
Student Body Breakdown
  • International Students
  • U.S. Students
  • Male Students
  • Female Students
Ethnicity of Students
White
88% 88
Asian American
5% 5
African American
4% 4
* Percentages are for U.S. citizens in most recent entering class; only top three responses shown.
More Information
U.S. Regional Breakdown
1%
5%
18%
1%
2%
73%
Student Citizenship
U.S.
91% 91
Other Non-U.S. Citizenship
9% 9
Dual Citizenship
0% 0
Canada
0% 0
19 Average age of full-time students
94% Freshman retention rate
Graduation Rate
  • 4 Years
  • 6 Years
70% 70
85% 85

Alumni

Alumni Donors
Total Living Alumni 9,301
Alumni Donations
$1,247 Average Gift $276,132 Largest Gift
Most Prominent Alumni
  • John M. Petersen

    Retired President and CEO/ Erie Insurance Group

  • James B. Tafel

    Retired Board Chairman and CEO/ Dun & Bradstreet Technical Publishing Co.

  • Charles M. Steiner

    Retired CEO, Founder and Chairman/ Branch Group Inc.