Top Ranked Programs
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus's program mix is anchored in Business, with meaningful concentrations in Business, Engineering, and Social Sciences — a portfolio that reflects the university's identity as a comprehensive public research institution in a major mid-Atlantic metro. Business accounts for 14% of graduates, Engineering for 12%, and Social Sciences for 10%, together forming the core of the institution's degree output. Across 75 programs, 50 meet Azimuth's ranking threshold, serving roughly 5,450 students annually. Nursing anchors the institution's strongest aggregate financial outcomes, combining substantial cohort scale with competitive four-year earnings — the combination that defines a program's economic weight in Azimuth's methodology. The Nursing program graduates 309 students annually with median earnings of $83,313 four years after enrollment, and Azimuth ranks the program #239 for median earnings four years after enrollment among nonprofit four-year institutions. Biology, General and Finance are also among the larger programs by cohort size, with median earnings of $62,744 and $95,087 respectively — Azimuth ranks Biology, General #104 and Finance #42 for median earnings four years after enrollment among nonprofit four-year institutions. The highest-earning programs at University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus cluster in technical and applied fields. Computer Science leads with median earnings of $108,680 four years after enrollment, and Azimuth ranks the program #83 for median earnings four years after enrollment among nonprofit four-year institutions. Finance and Mechanical Engineering follow closely, with graduates earning $95,087 and $90,768 respectively — Azimuth ranks Finance #42 and Mechanical Engineering #155 for median earnings four years after enrollment among nonprofit four-year institutions. These are largely high-mobility, direct-to-workforce pathways where four-year earnings reflect labor-market outcomes; the [supply and demand for college graduates](/analysis/supply-demand-map-college-degrees/) provides context for how these fields align with national hiring trends. For the full program rankings methodology, see [how Azimuth evaluates programs](/analysis/college-program-rankings-how-to-actually-evaluate-programs/).