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University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus tops our list of 8 Public universities in Pennsylvania at #281 in the QS World University Rankings 2026. Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus (#168 in United States) and Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College (#169 in United States) complete the top three. The universities on this list offer 64 matching courses between them.
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Only one university here holds a QS World position — University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus at #281 — so it heads the list. The rest are ordered by research impact. University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus has the largest research record in this group, with 34,814,749 citations and an h-index of 1,343. 1 university have neither a QS position nor a research record yet and appear at the end, marked "Not yet ranked".
The split is 8 public to 0 private institutions. By location, Pennsylvania (8) account for the most of those we can place. Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus is the largest, with 42,284 students.
The most common subjects are Computer Science & IT (11), Social Sciences & Psychology (10), Medicine & Health Sciences (10) and Education (8). The usual length is 4 years. 92% are full-time and 5 can be studied online. Start dates lean to Fall (100% of courses with a stated intake) and Spring (100% of courses with a stated intake). Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania offers the widest choice, with 64 of these courses.
We hold indicative fees for 8 of these universities. Pennsylvania State University-World Campus is the least expensive at USD 15,356 a year and Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus the most at USD 41,790; the middle of the range is about USD 26,958. Check each university's own fee page before you budget — figures change every year.
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus (QS World #281), Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus (#168 in United States) and Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College (#169 in United States) lead this list. QS World positions come first; the rest are ranked by research impact.
Of those with published fees, Pennsylvania State University-World Campus is the least expensive at about USD 15,356 a year. Fees are indicative — confirm on the university's site.
8 public and 0 private universities are on this list.
Most listed courses run 4 years.
Fall is the main intake — 100% of courses with a stated start date begin then, and Spring is the second.
5 of these courses are listed as online.
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