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Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Location Johnstown, PA
Population 150,000
Website https://www.upj.pitt.edu/
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Weather

Comfortable Days 115 (84%)
Sunshine Hours 2,021 (3% 🌧️)
Days Without Precipitation 213 (10% ☔)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 1,820
Men / Women 56% / 44%
From State 86%
From Region 6%
Athletes 21.2%

Racial/Ethnic

White 69%
Black 5%
Asian 4%
Hispanic 4%
Mixed 3%
International 2%
Native American 0%

Men in the Entering Class

Men
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 52.0% 52.0% 2012 Men: 53.0% 53.0% 2013 Men: 51.4% 51.4% 2014 Men: 52.8% 52.8% 2015 Men: 54.8% 54.8% 2016 Men: 53.0% 53.0% 2017 Men: 52.8% 52.8% 2018 Men: 55.5% 55.5% 2019 Men: 56.4% 56.4% 2020 Men: 57.7% 57.7% 2021 Men: 58.1% 58.1% 2022 Men: 57.5% 57.5% 2023 Men: 54.0% 54.0% 2024 Men: 54.4% 54.4%

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2014 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2015 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2016 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2018 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2019 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2020 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2021 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2022 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2023 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2024 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2011 Asian: 0.9% 0.9% 2012 Asian: 1.0% 1.0% 2013 Asian: 1.8% 1.8% 2014 Asian: 1.6% 1.6% 2015 Asian: 1.6% 1.6% 2016 Asian: 1.2% 1.2% 2017 Asian: 1.6% 1.6% 2018 Asian: 1.0% 1.0% 2019 Asian: 1.5% 1.5% 2020 Asian: 1.1% 1.1% 2021 Asian: 1.7% 1.7% 2022 Asian: 1.7% 1.7% 2023 Asian: 2.2% 2.2% 2024 Asian: 3.3% 3.3% 2011 Black: 1.6% 1.6% 2012 Black: 1.9% 1.9% 2013 Black: 1.8% 1.8% 2014 Black: 2.4% 2.4% 2015 Black: 3.0% 3.0% 2016 Black: 2.4% 2.4% 2017 Black: 2.2% 2.2% 2018 Black: 3.0% 3.0% 2019 Black: 2.9% 2.9% 2020 Black: 2.9% 2.9% 2021 Black: 3.6% 3.6% 2022 Black: 5.5% 5.5% 2023 Black: 5.7% 5.7% 2024 Black: 4.8% 4.8% 2011 Hispanic: 0.7% 0.7% 2012 Hispanic: 0.5% 0.5% 2013 Hispanic: 1.1% 1.1% 2014 Hispanic: 0.9% 0.9% 2015 Hispanic: 1.6% 1.6% 2016 Hispanic: 2.0% 2.0% 2017 Hispanic: 1.2% 1.2% 2018 Hispanic: 1.4% 1.4% 2019 Hispanic: 1.0% 1.0% 2020 Hispanic: 1.3% 1.3% 2021 Hispanic: 1.4% 1.4% 2022 Hispanic: 2.4% 2.4% 2023 Hispanic: 2.7% 2.7% 2024 Hispanic: 2.9% 2.9% 2011 White: 94.3% 94.3% 2012 White: 94.7% 94.7% 2013 White: 94.2% 94.2% 2014 White: 92.3% 92.3% 2015 White: 88.9% 88.9% 2016 White: 91.2% 91.2% 2017 White: 89.0% 89.0% 2018 White: 88.0% 88.0% 2019 White: 89.4% 89.4% 2020 White: 88.0% 88.0% 2021 White: 81.7% 81.7% 2022 White: 77.6% 77.6% 2023 White: 80.4% 80.4% 2024 White: 82.6% 82.6% 2011 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2014 International: 0.6% 0.6% 2015 International: 1.5% 1.5% 2016 International: 1.3% 1.3% 2017 International: 3.3% 3.3% 2018 International: 4.7% 4.7% 2019 International: 1.7% 1.7% 2020 International: 2.3% 2.3% 2021 International: 2.5% 2.5% 2022 International: 3.9% 3.9% 2023 International: 2.1% 2.1% 2024 International: 3.3% 3.3%

Share of the full-time first-time degree-seeking cohort. Groups IPEDS reports separately — two or more races, and race unknown — are left out, so the lines don't sum to 100%.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2020 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2021 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2023 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2024 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2025 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2020 Asian: 2.6% 2.6% 2021 Asian: 2.1% 2.1% 2022 Asian: 2.3% 2.3% 2023 Asian: 2.8% 2.8% 2024 Asian: 3.8% 3.8% 2025 Asian: 3.8% 3.8% 2020 Black: 4.3% 4.3% 2021 Black: 4.1% 4.1% 2022 Black: 4.7% 4.7% 2023 Black: 5.0% 5.0% 2024 Black: 5.0% 5.0% 2025 Black: 5.5% 5.5% 2020 Hispanic: 5.5% 5.5% 2021 Hispanic: 5.4% 5.4% 2022 Hispanic: 5.0% 5.0% 2023 Hispanic: 5.1% 5.1% 2024 Hispanic: 4.4% 4.4% 2025 Hispanic: 4.5% 4.5% 2020 White: 80.6% 80.6% 2021 White: 80.7% 80.7% 2022 White: 78.9% 78.9% 2023 White: 75.2% 75.2% 2024 White: 72.4% 72.4% 2025 White: 69.5% 69.5% 2020 International: 1.5% 1.5% 2021 International: 1.0% 1.0% 2022 International: 1.2% 1.2% 2023 International: 1.6% 1.6% 2024 International: 2.0% 2.0% 2025 International: 1.9% 1.9%

Share of all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates, not just the entering class. Same excluded groups as above.

IPEDS Admissions (2011–2024), Graduation Rates (2011–2024) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025) surveys. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Schools & Majors

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
University of Pittsburgh - Johnstown 354 62% / 38% 0% $75,795 85 97%
Chemical Engineering 11 — 82% / 18% 0% $96,198 97 93%
Civil Engineering 31 — 77% / 23% 0% $91,598 95 97%
Computer Engineering 3 — 100% / 0% 0% $106,716 98 98%
Electrical Engineering 6 — 100% / 0% 0% $99,744 97 96%
Mechanical Engineering 34 — 94% / 6% 0% $97,009 97 100%
Computer Science 27 — 96% / 4% 0% $107,649 99 96%
Information Science 18 — 83% / 17% 0% $91,482 95 96%
Chemistry 1 — 0% / 100% 0% — — —
Geology 7 — 57% / 43% 0% $60,858 66 96%
Mathematics 3 — 67% / 33% 0% $70,853 81 91%
Biochemistry 6 — 83% / 17% 0% $64,129 72 94%
Biology 24 — 33% / 67% 0% $63,876 72 95%
Accounting 14 — 79% / 21% 0% $88,535 94 98%
Economics — — — — $74,985 85 —
Finance 14 — 86% / 14% 0% $94,255 96 97%
General Business 11 — 100% / 0% 0% $62,252 69 97%
Health Administration 3 — 0% / 100% 0% $86,216 92 95%
Marketing 22 — 68% / 32% 0% $80,984 89 98%
Creative Writing 4 — 75% / 25% 0% $55,467 54 98%
English Literature 3 — 33% / 67% 0% $52,754 47 93%
History 8 — 50% / 50% 0% $51,146 42 92%
Humanities — — — — $48,332 34 95%
Interdisciplinary Studies 8 — 50% / 50% 0% $52,870 47 —
Journalism 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $56,228 56 —
Political Science 10 — 50% / 50% 0% $62,592 70 94%
Professional Writing 12 — 33% / 67% 0% $55,467 54 98%
Psychology 24 — 17% / 83% 0% $57,324 59 94%
Social Sciences — — — — $43,943 21 92%
Sociology 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $49,751 38 94%
Early Childhood Education 27 — 7% / 93% 0% $44,153 22 97%
Middle School Education 3 — 0% / 100% 0% $44,153 22 97%
Secondary Education 9 — 44% / 56% 0% $44,153 22 97%
Digital Media 1 — 100% / 0% 0% $53,562 49 —
Theatre 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $51,461 43 100%
Criminal Justice 7 — 43% / 57% 0% $62,128 69 96%

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $15,660
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $28,490
Est. In-State Cost $20,258
Est. Out-of-State Cost $36,855
ROI Percentile 85th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 75%
4-Year Graduation Rate 40%
6-Year Graduation Rate 56%
Transfer-Out Rate 32%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

Graduated
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Graduated: 59.8% 59.8% 2012 Graduated: 55.4% 55.4% 2013 Graduated: 55.0% 55.0% 2014 Graduated: 50.7% 50.7% 2015 Graduated: 55.0% 55.0% 2016 Graduated: 53.2% 53.2% 2017 Graduated: 46.7% 46.7% 2018 Graduated: 48.4% 48.4% 2019 Graduated: 57.1% 57.1% 2020 Graduated: 54.6% 54.6% 2021 Graduated: 49.2% 49.2% 2022 Graduated: 48.3% 48.3% 2023 Graduated: 53.4% 53.4% 2024 Graduated: 55.8% 55.8%

Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender

Men Women
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 60.6% 60.6% 2012 Men: 50.5% 50.5% 2013 Men: 55.7% 55.7% 2014 Men: 51.1% 51.1% 2015 Men: 53.9% 53.9% 2016 Men: 52.3% 52.3% 2017 Men: 45.8% 45.8% 2018 Men: 47.0% 47.0% 2019 Men: 57.3% 57.3% 2020 Men: 54.1% 54.1% 2021 Men: 47.5% 47.5% 2022 Men: 50.9% 50.9% 2023 Men: 50.9% 50.9% 2024 Men: 54.3% 54.3% 2011 Women: 58.8% 58.8% 2012 Women: 60.4% 60.4% 2013 Women: 54.2% 54.2% 2014 Women: 50.3% 50.3% 2015 Women: 56.4% 56.4% 2016 Women: 54.2% 54.2% 2017 Women: 47.8% 47.8% 2018 Women: 50.0% 50.0% 2019 Women: 56.9% 56.9% 2020 Women: 55.2% 55.2% 2021 Women: 51.4% 51.4% 2022 Women: 45.4% 45.4% 2023 Women: 56.4% 56.4% 2024 Women: 57.7% 57.7%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

White
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 White: 60.2% 60.2% 2012 White: 57.2% 57.2% 2013 White: 55.5% 55.5% 2014 White: 52.1% 52.1% 2015 White: 56.1% 56.1% 2016 White: 54.3% 54.3% 2017 White: 49.3% 49.3% 2018 White: 50.5% 50.5% 2019 White: 59.0% 59.0% 2020 White: 57.9% 57.9% 2021 White: 51.1% 51.1% 2022 White: 52.5% 52.5% 2023 White: 57.0% 57.0% 2024 White: 60.4% 60.4%

Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.

IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Engineering 24.0% 85 87% / 13% 0% $95,466 96 98%
Humanities & Social Sciences 20.1% 71 35% / 65% 0% $56,134 56 95%
Business & Economics 18.1% 64 77% / 23% 0% $82,565 90 98%
Computer Science 12.7% 45 91% / 9% 0% $101,182 98 96%
Education 11.0% 39 15% / 85% 0% $44,153 22 97%
Life & Natural Sciences 8.5% 30 43% / 57% 0% $63,927 72 95%
Physical Sciences & Math 3.1% 11 55% / 45% 0% $63,857 72 94%
Professional 2.0% 7 43% / 57% 0% $62,128 69 96%
Arts 0.6% 2 50% / 50% 0% $52,512 46 100%

Admissions

Uses Common App No
Acceptance Rate 92%
Yield (Unbound) 18%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 92% 92% 92%

Acceptance & Yield

Acceptance Yield
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Acceptance: 88.4% 88.4% 2012 Acceptance: 87.9% 87.9% 2013 Acceptance: 90.4% 90.4% 2014 Acceptance: 80.2% 80.2% 2015 Acceptance: 81.0% 81.0% 2016 Acceptance: 74.3% 74.3% 2017 Acceptance: 76.0% 76.0% 2018 Acceptance: 65.1% 65.1% 2019 Acceptance: 78.5% 78.5% 2020 Acceptance: 86.6% 86.6% 2021 Acceptance: 91.9% 91.9% 2022 Acceptance: 97.4% 97.4% 2023 Acceptance: 95.9% 95.9% 2024 Acceptance: 94.8% 94.8% 2011 Yield: 51.9% 51.9% 2012 Yield: 52.5% 52.5% 2013 Yield: 54.4% 54.4% 2014 Yield: 31.1% 31.1% 2015 Yield: 25.9% 25.9% 2016 Yield: 22.1% 22.1% 2017 Yield: 25.9% 25.9% 2018 Yield: 32.3% 32.3% 2019 Yield: 26.0% 26.0% 2020 Yield: 21.8% 21.8% 2021 Yield: 34.8% 34.8% 2022 Yield: 15.3% 15.3% 2023 Yield: 15.2% 15.2% 2024 Yield: 17.8% 17.8%

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

Applicants Admitted Enrolled
0 1,250 2,500 3,750 5,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Applicants: 1,667 1,667 2012 Applicants: 1,613 1,613 2013 Applicants: 1,570 1,570 2014 Applicants: 3,204 3,204 2015 Applicants: 3,456 3,456 2016 Applicants: 4,352 4,352 2017 Applicants: 3,914 3,914 2018 Applicants: 3,156 3,156 2019 Applicants: 2,968 2,968 2020 Applicants: 2,750 2,750 2021 Applicants: 1,452 1,452 2022 Applicants: 3,470 3,470 2023 Applicants: 3,246 3,246 2024 Applicants: 2,422 2,422 2011 Admitted: 1,473 1,473 2012 Admitted: 1,418 1,418 2013 Admitted: 1,419 1,419 2014 Admitted: 2,569 2,569 2015 Admitted: 2,800 2,800 2016 Admitted: 3,232 3,232 2017 Admitted: 2,974 2,974 2018 Admitted: 2,055 2,055 2019 Admitted: 2,331 2,331 2020 Admitted: 2,382 2,382 2021 Admitted: 1,335 1,335 2022 Admitted: 3,380 3,380 2023 Admitted: 3,113 3,113 2024 Admitted: 2,297 2,297 2011 Enrolled: 765 765 2012 Enrolled: 745 745 2013 Enrolled: 772 772 2014 Enrolled: 799 799 2015 Enrolled: 724 724 2016 Enrolled: 715 715 2017 Enrolled: 769 769 2018 Enrolled: 663 663 2019 Enrolled: 605 605 2020 Enrolled: 520 520 2021 Enrolled: 465 465 2022 Enrolled: 518 518 2023 Enrolled: 474 474 2024 Enrolled: 410 410

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 51%
SAT Range 980 – 1220
SAT Math Range 480 – 610
SAT RW Range 500 – 610

SAT Composite

25th 75th
900 1000 1100 1200 1300 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 910 910 2012 25th: 910 910 2013 25th: 920 920 2014 25th: 910 910 2015 25th: 910 910 2016 25th: 910 910 2017 25th: 1020 1020 2018 25th: 1020 1020 2019 25th: 1020 1020 2020 25th: 1010 1010 2021 25th: 1020 1020 2022 25th: 1040 1040 2023 25th: 1040 1040 2024 25th: 985 985 2011 75th: 1110 1110 2012 75th: 1100 1100 2013 75th: 1120 1120 2014 75th: 1120 1120 2015 75th: 1120 1120 2016 75th: 1130 1130 2017 75th: 1180 1180 2018 75th: 1200 1200 2019 75th: 1220 1220 2020 75th: 1190 1190 2021 75th: 1230 1230 2022 75th: 1200 1200 2023 75th: 1255 1255 2024 75th: 1220 1220

SAT Math

25th 75th
450 500 550 600 650 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 460 460 2012 25th: 460 460 2013 25th: 470 470 2014 25th: 460 460 2015 25th: 460 460 2016 25th: 460 460 2017 25th: 510 510 2018 25th: 510 510 2019 25th: 510 510 2020 25th: 510 510 2021 25th: 510 510 2022 25th: 520 520 2023 25th: 520 520 2024 25th: 485 485 2011 75th: 570 570 2012 75th: 560 560 2013 75th: 570 570 2014 75th: 570 570 2015 75th: 570 570 2016 75th: 580 580 2017 75th: 590 590 2018 75th: 600 600 2019 75th: 610 610 2020 75th: 590 590 2021 75th: 610 610 2022 75th: 630 630 2023 75th: 630 630 2024 75th: 610 610

SAT Reading & Writing

25th 75th
450 500 550 600 650 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 450 450 2012 25th: 450 450 2013 25th: 450 450 2014 25th: 450 450 2015 25th: 450 450 2016 25th: 450 450 2017 25th: 510 510 2018 25th: 510 510 2019 25th: 510 510 2020 25th: 500 500 2021 25th: 510 510 2022 25th: 520 520 2023 25th: 520 520 2024 25th: 500 500 2011 75th: 540 540 2012 75th: 540 540 2013 75th: 550 550 2014 75th: 550 550 2015 75th: 550 550 2016 75th: 550 550 2017 75th: 590 590 2018 75th: 600 600 2019 75th: 610 610 2020 75th: 600 600 2021 75th: 620 620 2022 75th: 570 570 2023 75th: 625 625 2024 75th: 610 610

Submitting a Test Score

Submitted
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2012 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2013 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2014 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2015 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2016 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2017 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2018 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2019 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2020 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2021 Submitted: 63.0% 63.0% 2022 Submitted: 59.0% 59.0% 2023 Submitted: 56.0% 56.0% 2024 Submitted: 51.0% 51.0%

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line. Test-score submission adds SAT and ACT submitters, capped at 100% — a student can send both.