BusinessPundit 2026 Rankings
#47 The Top 100 MBA Programs

Pitt Katz Graduate School of Business

University of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · Public

“Pittsburgh's other business school, priced for the city it serves.”

Reviewed by David Krug · July 2026
Data anchored to the 2026 U.S. News table, Poets&Quants reporting, and school-published class profiles

Pitt Katz Graduate School of Business
77.3
GoodBP Score
$95,000Tuition, total
650Avg. GMAT
45%Acceptance rate
83%Placed at 3 months
$115,000Median base salary

Our review

Katz lives across town from Carnegie Mellon and sensibly refuses the comparison: its market is the actual Pittsburgh economy — UPMC’s sprawling health system (the state’s largest private employer), PNC’s banking operations, and the industrial suppliers retooling for robotics and energy work. A one-year MBA option compresses cost further.

Placement in the low 80s and in-state totals near $68,000 make the value case; the health-management programming is the standout lane. The brand’s reach matches its ambitions: regional, practical, unglamorous, effective.

What impressed us

  • UPMC pipeline. The state's largest employer hires next door.
  • One-year option. Cost compression the market appreciates.

What gave us pause

  • Tepper's shadow. The city's prestige lane lives elsewhere.
  • Regional scope. The map is western Pennsylvania and its neighbors.

The verdict

The practical Pittsburgh MBA — health systems, banking operations, industrials — at half of Tepper's invoice. Know which of the two you're actually shopping for.

77.3

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