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Civil Engineering Schools in Philadelphia

Philadelphia, PA (population: 1,445,993) has two civil engineering schools within its city limits. Temple University, the highest ranked school in the city with a civil engineering program, has a total student population of 36,507. It is the 105th highest ranked school in the USA and the 6th highest in the state of Pennsylvania (#1 is University of Pennsylvania).

Civil Engineering students from Philadelphia schools who go on to become civil engineers, civil engineering technicians, civil engineering designers, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 259,320 people working as civil engineers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $81,180. Also, Civil engineering technicians make on average $47,420 per year and there are about 82,690 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Philadelphia Metropolitan area alone, there are 780 employed civil engineering technicians earning an average salary of $46,210. Civil engineers in this area earn $81,000/yr and there are 4,080 employed.

Philadelphia lies in Philadelphia county, which is one of the 32 counties in Pennsylvania. Overall, the Philadelphia Metropolitan area has 1,832,880 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 0.6% unemployment rate, $23.24/hr average worker wage, and a $48,340 average annual salary. Thus, about 2.225 out of every 1000 jobs in Philadelphia are held by civil engineers, and 0.428/1000 are held by civil engineering technicians.

Of the 2 civil engineering schools in Philadelphia, both of them have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Drexel University comes out as the most expensive ($31,832/yr) for civil engineering students, with Temple University as the lowest, reported at only $15,715/yr.

Civil Engineering Programs in Philadelphia

• Civil Engineering, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters
• Civil Engineering Technology/Technician
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Civil Engineering, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD

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