Day Care and Schools

Care.com can help you quickly find a list of Pittsburgh daycare providers that best fit your needs.

“Pittsburgh offers life-long paths for learning, beginning with early childhood programs through post-graduate education,” RelocateAmerica.com noted, in ranking Pittsburgh among its Top 100 Places to Live in 2011.

“Pittsburgh Public Schools, the second largest school district in the state of Pennsylvania, shows its faith in our young people through the Pittsburgh Promise, a program that provides up to $5,000 per year toward college tuition for graduating Pittsburgh Public School students who maintain a 2.25 grade point average and 85 percent attendance,” RelocateAmerica.com stated.

Pittsburgh also offers many Private and charter schooling opportunities—“including the many excellent schools supported by the Pittsburgh Catholic Diocese,” the Web site added.

GreatSchools enables users to search schools by PSSA test scores and demographics.

PCHE

The Pittsburgh Council on Higher Education (PCHE) is a voluntary, multi-purpose consortium of the 10 accredited colleges and universities in Allegheny County, Pa.

PCHE members include the University of Pittsburgh plus Carlow University, Carnegie Mellon University, Chatham University, Community College of Allegheny County, Duquesne University, La Roche College, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, Point Park University, and Robert Morris University.

Full-time undergraduate and graduate students enrolled at any PCHE institution can cross register to take courses at any other PCHE institution.