Pennsylvania contains 54 schools that offer electrical engineering programs. Carnegie Mellon University, the highest-ranking electrical engineering school in PA, has a total student population of 11,197 and is the 44th highest ranked school in America.
Of the 54 electrical engineering schools in Pennsylvania, only 6 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, YTI Career Institute comes out as the most expensive ($41,895/yr), with Westmoreland County Community College as the lowest recorded at only $2,481/yr.
Electrical Engineering students from Pennsylvania schools who go on to become electrical engineers, electrical technologists, electrical design engineers, electrical controls engineers, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 151,660 people working as electrical engineers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $86,250. Also, Electrical and electronics drafters make on average $54,800 per year and there are about 30,590 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Pennsylvania alone, there are 1,420 employed electrical and electronics drafters earning an average yearly salary of $51,410. Electrical engineers in this state earn $83,230/yr and there are 5,750 employed.
Also, within the electrical engineering schools in Pennsylvania, the average student population is 2,077 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 15 to 1. Aside from electrical engineering, 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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