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| Institution | Location | Degree(s) granted | Students | % out of state | Founded |
| University of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh | PhD, MD, MBA, JD | 28,769 | 25% | 1787 |
| Community College of Allegheny County | Pittsburgh | Assoc. | 18,913 | 2% | 1966 |
| Indiana University of Pennsylvania | Indiana | PhD, MBA | 15,379 | 7% | 1875 |
| Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh | PhD, MBA | 12,569 | 82% | 1900 |
| Duquesne University | Pittsburgh | PhD, MBA, JD | 10,364 | 25% | 1878 |
| California University of Pennsylvania | California | PhD | 8,608 | 10% | 1852 |
| Slippery Rock University | Slippery Rock | PhD | 8,559 | 11% | 1889 |
| Westmoreland Community College | Youngwood | Assoc. | 7,202 | | 1970 |
| Robert Morris University | Moon Township | PhD, MBA | 5,181 | 16% | 1921 |
| Point Park University | Pittsburgh | PhD, MBA | 3,827 | 21% | 1960 |
| Butler Community College | Butler Township | Assoc. | 3,813 | 1% | 1965 |
| Franciscan University | Steubenville, Ohio | BA | 2,731 | | 1946 |
| Beaver Community College | Center Township | Assoc. | 2,576 | 5% | 1966 |
| Eastern Gateway Community College | Steubenville, Ohio | Assoc. | 2,532 | | 1966 |
| West Liberty University | West Liberty, West Virginia | BA MA | 2,530 | | 1837 |
| Seton Hill University | Greensburg | BA MA | 2,500 | | 1885 |
| Chatham University | Pittsburgh | BA MA | 2,300 | | 1869 |
| St. Vincent College | Latrobe | BA | 1,929 | | 1846 |
| Carlow University | Pittsburgh | BA MA | 1,897 | | 1929 |
| Geneva College | Beaver Falls | BA | 1,879 | | 1848 |
| University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg | Hempfield | BA | 1,826 | | 1963 |
| LaRoche College | McCandless | BA | 1,707 | | 1963 |
| Washington & Jefferson College | Washington | BA | 1,519 | | 1781 |
| Westminster College | New Wilmington | BA M.Ed. | 1,550 | | 1852 |
| PSU Fayette | Lemont Furnace | BA | 1,119 | | 1965 |
| Bethany College | Bethany, West Virginia | BA | 1,030 | | 1840 |
| PSU Beaver | Center Township | BA | 759 | 8% | 1965 |
| PSU Allegheny | McKeesport | BA | 635 | 9% | 1934 |
| PSU New Kensington | New Kensington | BA | 715 | 2% | 1958 |
| UPMC Shadyside School of Nursing | Pittsburgh | RN | 488 | | 1884 |
| Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics | West Mifflin | Assoc. | 285 | | 1929 |
| Trinity School for Ministry | Ambridge | BA | 150 | | 1975 |
| IUP (Northpointe) | Freeport | BA | | | 2004 |
| Waynesburg University (Southpointe) | Canonsburg | BA | | | 2001 |
| LECOM at Seton Hill | Greensburg | DO | | | 1992 |
| Pittsburgh Theological Seminary | Pittsburgh | M.Div, M.T.S., D.Min | | | 1794 |
| West Penn Hospital School of Nursing | Pittsburgh | RN | | | 1892 |
| Reformed Presbyterian Seminary | Pittsburgh | M.Div, M.T.S., D.Min | | | 1810 |
| Byzantine Catholic Seminary | Pittsburgh | BA | | | 1950 |
| Bidwell Training Center | Pittsburgh | Assoc., Diplomas | approx. 200 | | 1968 |
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