S&P Global Ratings affirmed its 'AA+' ratings and 'AA+/A-1+' ratings on the University of Pittsburgh of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education's (Pitt) debt outstanding. The outlook, where applicable, is stable. The university has total debt outstanding of approximately $2.1 billion as of fiscal year-end 2024, including all finance (capital and operating) leases. All debt is secured by a general obligation pledge. Pitt's debt portfolio, including bonds and notes, is majority fixed rate and all variable-rate debt is synthetically fixed with interest rate swaps. Management reports it plans to refinance the 2021 PANTHERS in fall 2025 and could potentially issue additional debt at that time; we have not included any additional debt in our assessment at this time. The 'AA+/A-1+'