Quality of Life and Happiest Student rankings

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Pittsburgh
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<p>In Princeton Review's latest rankings, Pitt came in at #8 for "Happiest Students" (#2 public).</p>

<p>Here's the top 20:
1. Brown
2. Clairmont McKenna College (CA)
3. Stanford
4. Olin College of Engineering (MA)
5. Clemson
6. Colgate
7. Yale
8. PITT
9. Bowdoin College (ME)
10. Rice
11. St. Michael's College (VT)
12. William & Mary
13. Colorado College
14. Tufts
15. Prescott College (AZ)
16. Dayton
17. Penn State
18. Pitzer College (CA)
19. St. Mary's College (MD)
20. Webb Institute (NY) </p>

<p>Pitt also came in #11 for the "Best Quality of Life" (#2 public).
Here's that top 20:
1. Rice
2. Bowdoin College (ME)
3. Washington University in St. Louis
4. Claremont McKenna College
5. Virginia Tech
6. Middlebury College (VT)
7. Olin College of Engineering (MA)
8. Barnard College (NY)
9. Smith College (MA)
10. Agnes Scott College (GA)
11. PITT
12. St. Michael's College (VT)
13. Westminster College of Salt Lake City
14. Tulane
15. St. Olaf College (MN)
16. Bryn Mawr College (PA)
17. Standford
18. Brown
19. Davidson College (NC)
20. Dayton</p>

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<p>just adds to the reasons I am so high on Pitt right now.</p>

3

<p>Go Pitt! I have one happy student there.</p>

4

<p>Yup, same here!</p>

5

<p>We just visited PITT last week and my daughter really was impressed. I was concerned about the size of Pittsburgh as we are from the rural midwest but D felt very comfortable there. She submitted an application before we left!</p>

6

<p>Pittsburgh is a big-little town. It has a great little town feel with big town amenities. It’s the best of both worlds.</p>

7

<p>When we visited, I considered Pittsburgh a “city with training wheels”. The urban environment without the intensity of NYC / Boston / Philly. D2 is excited to be there by the end of the month!</p>

8

<p>I am from the rural Midwest, MidwestPop, so I understand your concerns. I would agree with the two posters above me in that Pittsburgh has many of the good things bigger cities offer and fewer of the big city issues. I would add that my daughter, who just finished her freshman year and went back for a summer program, grew up in quite a sheltered community and aside from a couple of bumps, she has adjusted well to city life. And this small-town Iowa girl is not unhappy that she picked Pittsburgh over Chicago and Washington, D.C. for her undergraduate expereince.</p>

9

<p>Yay! I remember filling out the Princeton Review survey.</p>

10

<p>Thanks for the comments about Pittsburgh. I’m beginning to get a little more comfortable that my small town midwest D could have a great experience there. It will be interesting to see how the merit aid works out!!</p>

11

<p>To me, Pittsburgh has a strong Midwestern vibe in that the people are friendly and much more laid-back than where I’m from!</p>

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<p>So true. The whole Oakland area with Carlow-Pitt-CMU has that “college town” feel with all the big city amenities. I have no problem walking from my dorm to the library and back after dark. I feel safer on the Pittsburgh buses than on my local ones (I live an hour away, and the buses are nothing but creepers and Amish). </p>

<p>I honestly can say that I am very happy at Pitt and wouldn’t want to go to school anywhere else!</p>