U.S. News & World Report ranks Pitt-Bradford among Best Colleges in the North

The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford has been ranked in the Top 20 of four categories by U.S. News & World Report. 

The collegiate rankings report, now in its 41st year, ranked Pitt-Bradford #9 in Best Value Schools in the North. Pitt-Bradford was the top-ranking public college in Pennsylvania in this category

U.S. News & World Report also ranked Pitt-Bradford:

• #7 in Best Colleges for Veterans in the North
• #12 in Top Regional Public Colleges in the North
• #17 in Overall Top Regional Colleges in the North

The rankings evaluate more than 1,700 national colleges and universities on up to 17 measures of academic quality and place an emphasis on social mobility and outcomes for graduating college students.

This is the sixth consecutive year that U.S. News has recognized Pitt-Bradford in its rankings.

“We’re proud to see Pitt-Bradford recognized in several categories in this year’s U.S. News rankings,” said Rick Esch, president of Pitt-Bradford. “Earning the No. 9 spot on the Best Value Schools in the North list is especially meaningful, since keeping a Pitt-Bradford education — and a Pitt degree — affordable remains one of our highest priorities.”

In the rankings, Pitt-Bradford was compared to colleges in Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine.

U.S. News & World Report’s 2026 Best Colleges edition used up to 17 academic quality factors, including peer assessment, graduation rates and financial resources per student.

The magazine said it considers regional colleges those that focus on undergraduate education but that grant fewer than 50% of degrees in liberal arts disciplines.

This is the most recent honor Pitt-Bradford has received. Earlier this month, Washington Monthly named the campus one of the top two public colleges in Pennsylvania on its list of Best Bang for the Buck Schools in the Northeast.

In August, The Princeton Review recognized Pitt-Bradford as one of the Best Regional Colleges in the North for the 22nd consecutive year.

Prior to that, it was named to the transfer honor roll by Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society.

U.S. News publishes the Best Colleges rankings each year to provide prospective students and their families with the comparative merits of the undergraduate programs at America’s colleges and universities.

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