Pennsylvania contains 27 schools that offer engineering management programs. Swarthmore College, the highest-ranking engineering management school in PA, has a total student population of 1,525 and is the 37th highest ranked school in America.
Of the 27 engineering management schools in Pennsylvania, only 6 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), with Butler County Community College as the lowest recorded at only $5,342/yr.
Engineering Management students from Pennsylvania schools who go on to become project engineering managers, engineering managers, engineering designers, director of engineerings, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 178,110 people working as engineering managers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $122,810. Also, Computer software engineers, systems software make on average $96,620 per year and there are about 385,200 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Pennsylvania alone, there are 10,450 employed computer software engineers, systems software earning an average yearly salary of $91,590. Engineering managers in this state earn $116,410/yr and there are 5,310 employed.
Also, within the engineering management schools in Pennsylvania, the average student population is 2,077 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 15 to 1. Aside from engineering 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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