Pennsylvania contains 47 schools that offer care management programs. University of Pennsylvania, the highest-ranking care management school in PA, has a total student population of 24,599 and is the 5th highest ranked school in America.
Of the 47 care management schools in Pennsylvania, only 12 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Saint Joseph's University comes out as the most expensive ($34,548/yr), with Pennsylvania Highlands Community College as the lowest recorded at only $3,390/yr.
Care Management students from Pennsylvania schools who go on to become care managers, physicians, doctors, nurses, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 3,886,690 people working as healthcare support employees alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $26,710. Also, Healthcare practitioner and technical employees make on average $69,690 per year and there are about 7,200,950 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Pennsylvania alone, there are 351,810 employed healthcare practitioner and technical employees earning an average yearly salary of $65,100. Healthcare support employees in this state earn $26,430/yr and there are 204,250 employed.
Also, within the care management schools in Pennsylvania, the average student population is 2,077 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 15 to 1. Aside from care management, there are 10679 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 2,747 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $9,718, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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