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paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class=" p1_demand"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="d-md-flex align-items-end"> <div> <h2>A Pitt Education Is in Strong Demand</h2> <p>First-year applications <strong>surpassed last year’s record</strong>.*</p> </div> <div><img alt="Applications rise from 58,415 to 60,892" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="4ed8e0a5-382e-4c8c-82db-4b58236b87f8" height="469" src="/sites/default/files/annual-report/p1_58415-60892_rev.png" width="925" /></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--body-text paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class=" p1_bynumbers"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="row"> <div class="col col-12 col-md-6"> <h3>Placement Rates Surge to 98%</h3> <p>A record <strong>98% of Pitt graduates</strong> had a job or graduate school placement within six months of earning their degree.*</p> <h3>Pitt Students Are Graduating With Less Debt</h3> <p>Among Fiscal Year 2024 degree recipients, <strong>45% graduated without debt.</strong>*</p> </div> <div class="col col-12 col-md-6"> <h3>Pitt Is a Nine-Time Fulbright Top Producing Institution for U.S. Students</h3> <p>Pitt was <strong>named a Fulbright Top Producing Institution for U.S. Students</strong>. Since the 2013-14 cycle, the University has earned this prestigious accolade nine times and has produced 114 Fulbrighters.*</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--stat-set paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <h2>Student Awards</h2> <p>Pitt students experienced a strong showing<br class="pillar_break" /> for top awards this year, including:</p> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-stat-item field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--stats paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class=""> <div class="field field--name-field-stat-number field--type-string field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> 22 </div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-stat-description field--type-text field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> Gilman Scholars </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--stats paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class=""> <div class="field field--name-field-stat-number field--type-string field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> 5 </div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-stat-description field--type-text field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> Boren Awards </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--stats paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class=""> <div class="field field--name-field-stat-number field--type-string field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> 2 </div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-stat-description field--type-text field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> Goldwater Scholars </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--stats paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class=""> <div class="field field--name-field-stat-number field--type-string field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> 2 </div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-stat-description field--type-text field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> Voyager Scholars </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--stats paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class=""> <div class="field field--name-field-stat-number field--type-string field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> 1 </div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-stat-description field--type-text field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> Pickering Fellow </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--body-text paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class=" p1_gradrates"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="d-lg-flex align-items-start"> <div class="p1_record_left"> <h2>Record-High Four- and Six-Year Grad Rates</h2> <p>Pitt’s <strong>four-year graduation rate rose to 73%</strong>, and the <strong>six-year rate rose to 85.5%</strong>, setting new records for the University.*</p> <div class="p1_record_left_4 d-md-flex align-items-atart"> <div> <h3>Four-year graduation rate</h3> <span class="rep_sub">last year vs. this year</span></div> <img alt="4-year graduation rates rose from 71.7% to 73%" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="533d8512-06d7-45f6-b035-ed56bcc4e56e" height="150" src="/sites/default/files/annual-report/p1_71-73_rev2.png" width="819" /></div> <div class="p1_record_left_6 d-md-flex align-items-start"> <div> <h3>Six-year graduation rate</h3> <span class="rep_sub">last year vs. this year</span></div> <img alt="4-year graduation rates rose from 84.3% to 85%" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="3a3db102-1bbb-497d-abe1-e4cfaf3fffe1" height="150" src="/sites/default/files/annual-report/p1_84-85_rev2.png" width="819" /></div> </div> <div class="p1_record_right"><img alt="" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="a7a85c22-871d-4bac-b9ff-7aa0fb0a32d2" height="322" src="/sites/default/files/annual-report/p1_up29.png" width="321" /><h2>First-year Pell Grant Recipients Grew Nearly 30%*</h2> </div> </div> <p class="rep_disclaimer">*Data reflects undergraduates on the Pittsburgh campus only.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--body-text paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class=" 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