Merriam Webster defines class thusly:
Main Entry: 1class
Pronunciation: \ˈklas\
Function: noun
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: French classe, from Latin classis group called to military service, fleet, class; perhaps akin to Latin calare to call — more at low
Date: 1602
1 a: a body of students meeting regularly to study the same subject b: the period during which such a body meets c: a course of instruction d: a body of students or alumni whose year of graduation is the same
2 a: a group sharing the same economic or social status <the working class> b: social rank; especially : high social rank c: high quality : elegance <a hotel with class>
3: a group, set, or kind sharing common attributes: as a: a major category in biological taxonomy ranking above the order and below the phylum or division b: a collection of adjacent and discrete or continuous values of a random variable c: set 21
4: a division or rating based on grade or quality
5: the best of its kind <the class of the league>
6: a data type in object-oriented programming that consists of a group of objects with the same properties and behaviors and that is arranged in a hierarchy with other such data types — compare object
I think we got PITT U beat in all those categories, relatively or otherwise.