<p>Irregardless of how the schools are ranked overall, biosciences and bioengineering are better at Pitt. Importantly in these research oriented fields, the undergrad research opportunities are more plentiful at Pitt as it has one of the largest biomedical research centers in the world (#5 in the US). Also being significantly cheaper, and that he’ll likely be in the Honors College and probably getting some financial help on top of that, and, not unimportantly that he likes Pitt better, your son made a great decision.</p>
<p>And CMU is not more prestigious than Pitt in any biomedical / health science fields.</p>