Philadelphia, PA (population: 1,445,993) has eight engineering schools within its city limits. University of Pennsylvania, the highest ranked school in the city with an engineering program, has a total student population of 24,599. It is the 5th highest ranked school in the USA and the highest in the state of Pennsylvania. To learn more about engineering programs in Philadelphia, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of engineering professors at University of Pennsylvania such as Jeffrey Babin, John Bassani, Michael Carchidi, Peter Davies, Dennis Discher, and Paul Ducheyne.
Engineering students from Philadelphia schools who go on to become engineers, audio engineers, aerospace engineers, automotive engineers, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 2,412,730 people working as architecture and engineering employees alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $73,590. Also, Aerospace engineers make on average $96,270 per year and there are about 70,570 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Philadelphia Metropolitan area alone, there are 540 employed aerospace engineers earning an average salary of $90,500. Architecture and engineering employees in this area earn $75,560/yr and there are 32,810 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 17.901 out of every 1000 jobs in Philadelphia are held by architecture and engineering employees, and 0.294/1000 are held by aerospace engineers.
Of the 8 engineering schools in Philadelphia, only 4 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) for engineering students, with Community College of Philadelphia as the lowest, reported at only $6,012/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Philadelphia |
| Camden | NJ | 79,551 | 3 | 29.1661 | 117 | 5.0 miles |
| Willow Grove | PA | - | 3 | 11.6322 | 2 | 9.3 miles |
| Cherry Hill | NJ | 67,762 | 4 | 25.0729 | 31 | 10.3 miles |
| Villanova | PA | - | 1 | 40.5194 | 89 | 11.8 miles |
| Bensalem | PA | - | 1 | 22.0218 | 10 | 12.1 miles |
| Lester | PA | - | 1 | 30.6119 | 9 | 12.6 miles |
| Saint Davids | PA | - | 1 | 63.725 | 73 | 13.3 miles |
| Mount Laurel | NJ | - | 1 | 24.9456 | 10 | 13.7 miles |
| Media | PA | - | 3 | 15.9195 | 126 | 15.1 miles |
| North Wales | PA | - | 1 | 28.6361 | 21 | 16.0 miles |
| Sewell | NJ | - | 1 | 12.0629 | 44 | 16.9 miles |
| Immaculata | PA | - | 1 | 58.1716 | 78 | 23.2 miles |
| Ewing | NJ | - | 1 | 79.0387 | 77 | 24.9 miles |
| Exton | PA | - | 3 | 20.3095 | 11 | 26.4 miles |
| Hamilton | NJ | 90,700 | 4 | 37.771 | 92 | 28.0 miles |
| Pottstown | PA | - | 2 | 23.767 | 4 | 31.9 miles |
| New Castle | DE | - | 1 | 19.251 | 66 | 33.4 miles |
| West Windsor | NJ | - | 1 | 10.9855 | 60 | 33.6 miles |
| Center Valley | PA | - | 2 | 15.5079 | 66 | 38.5 miles |
| Vineland | NJ | 59,417 | 1 | 13.5656 | 33 | 38.7 miles |
| Ocean | NJ | - | 1 | 28.4333 | 4 | 43.5 miles |
| Mays Landing | NJ | - | 1 | 11.4678 | 27 | 44.1 miles |
| Lincoln University | PA | - | 1 | 24.1268 | 75 | 44.6 miles |
| Bethlehem | PA | 72,174 | 6 | 30.1067 | 269 | 44.7 miles |
| Allentown | PA | 107,685 | 6 | 40.2718 | 194 | 44.8 miles |
| East Brunswick | NJ | 48,086 | 0 | - | 0 | 47.4 miles |
| Fogelsville | PA | - | 1 | 23.1549 | 18 | 47.7 miles |
| Reading | PA | 80,046 | 7 | 29.6919 | 274 | 48.0 miles |
| New Brunswick | NJ | 52,736 | 2 | 41.2629 | 152 | 48.9 miles |
| Toms River | NJ | 131,619 | 3 | 29.102 | 89 | 51.1 miles |