<p>Pitt Ranks in Top Cluster of America’s Public Research Universities for Fourth Consecutive Year
“The Top American Research Universities” Annual Report assesses universities on a broad range of objective measures</p>
<p>PITTSBURGH-The University of Pittsburgh has been ranked in the very top cluster of the nation’s public research universities in the recently released 2009 edition of “The Top American Research Universities.” This is the fourth consecutive year that Pitt has earned the highest ranking. Only six other universities were placed in the very top group of public research universities this year-the University of California at Berkeley, the University of California at Los Angeles, the University of Illinois, the University of Michigan, the University of North Carolina, and the University of Wisconsin.</p>
<p>The report clusters universities based on their comparative strength in research, private support, faculty, doctorates, postdoctoral appointees, and undergraduate quality, as assessed across nine objective measures. Reflecting a core belief that “universities of the highest quality tend to do most things very well,” the institutions placed in the top cluster must rank among the top 25 public universities on all nine measures.</p>
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