The University of Pittsburgh is a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU), a prestigious organization comprised of the 61 leading doctorate-granting research institutions in the United States and Canada.  The University has identified the AAU as an appropriate peer group for purposes of various data and policy comparisons.  The 28 AAU institutions that are private are preceded below by an asterisk; the remaining 33 are public.
 
 

University	State	Year of Admission		University	State	Year of Admission
*  Brandeis University	MA	1985		University of California, Davis	CA	1996
*  Brown University	RI	1933		University of California, Irvine	CA	1996
*  California Institute of Technology	CA	1934		University of California, Los Angeles	CA	1974
*  Carnegie Mellon University	PA	1982		University of California, San Diego	CA	1982
*  Case Western Reserve University	OH	1969		University of California, Santa Barbara	CA	1995
*  Catholic University of America	Wash. D.C.	1900		*  University of Chicago	IL	1900
*  Columbia University	NY	1900		University of Colorado	CO	1966
*  Cornell University	NY	1900		University of Florida	FL	1985
*  Duke University	NC	1938		University of Illinois	IL	1908
*  Emory University	GA	1995		University of Iowa	IA	1909
*  Harvard University	MA	1900		University of Kansas	KS	1909
Indiana University	IN	1909		University of Maryland	MD	1969
Iowa State University	IA	1958		University of Michigan	MI	1900
*  Johns Hopkins University	MD	1900		University of Minnesota	MN	1908
*  Massachusetts Institute of Technology	MA	1934		University of Missouri	MO	1908
*  McGill University	Canada	1926		University of Nebraska	NE	1909
Michigan State University	MI	1964		University of North Carolina	NC	1922
*  New York University	NY	1950		University of Oregon	OR	1969
*  Northwestern University	IL	1917		*  University of Pennsylvania	PA	1900
Ohio State University	OH	1916		University of Pittsburgh	PA	1974
Pennsylvania State University	PA	1958		*  University of Rochester	NY	1941
*  Princeton University	NJ	1900		*  University of Southern California	CA	1969
Purdue University	IN	1958		University of Texas	TX	1929
*  Rice University	TX	1985		University of Toronto	Canada	1926
Rutgers, The State Univ. of New Jersey	NJ	1989		University of Virginia	VA	1904
*  Stanford University	CA	1900		University of Washington	WA	1950
State University of New York at Buffalo	NY	1989		University of Wisconsin	WI	1900
*  Syracuse University	NY	1966		*  Vanderbilt University	TN	1950
*  Tulane University	LA	1958		*  Washington University	MO	1923
University of Arizona	AR	1985		*  Yale University	CT	1900
University of California, Berkeley	CA	1900