University Times

Pitt made gains in a number of institutional quality indicators reported in The Chronicle of Higher Education’s 2007-08 almanac issue, which ranks American colleges and universities in different categories:

• In the category “Top Institutions in Federal Research-and-Development Expenditures for Science and Engineering,” Pitt is ranked 13th nationally in this year’s almanac, up from 14th last year. Pitt moved ahead of Harvard University.

The category is based on information supplied by the National Science Foundation (NSF). As part of a related survey, NSF reported that Pitt is ranked 11th nationally, up from 12th last year, in federal funding for science and engineering research and development. In this latter ranking, Pitt moved ahead of Washington University in St. Louis and the University of California-San Diego.

• In the category “College and University Endowments Over $200 Million,” Pitt is ranked 28th in this year’s almanac, up from 30th last year, moving ahead of New York University and Rockefeller University.

• In the category “Largest Endowments per Student,” Pitt is ranked 12th in this year’s almanac among public institutions, up from 15th last year, moving ahead of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and Foundations, among others.

• In the category “Top Institutions in Total Research-and-Development Expenditures for Science and Engineering,” Pitt is ranked 23rd in this year’s almanac, up from 24th last year, moving ahead of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

• Under “top institutions in awards for basic and applied research” within the category “Defense Department Contracts and Grants to Nonprofit Institutions,” Pitt is ranked 26th in this year’s almanac, up from 36th last year, moving ahead of Columbia University, Harvard University, the University of California-Los Angeles, the University of Maryland and Virginia Tech.