Philadelphia, PA (population: 1,445,993) has three entrepreneurship schools within its city limits. Temple University, the highest ranked school in the city with an entrepreneurship 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).
Entrepreneurship students from Philadelphia schools who go on to become entrepreneurs, internet entrepreneurs, e-business entrepreneurs, e-commerce entrepreneurs, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 1,036,450 people working as business operations specialists alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $65,960. Also, Business and financial operations employees make on average $65,900 per year and there are about 6,063,670 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Philadelphia Metropolitan area alone, there are 103,640 employed business and financial operations employees earning an average salary of $72,500. Business operations specialists in this area earn $72,430/yr and there are 8,710 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 4.750 out of every 1000 jobs in Philadelphia are held by business operations specialists, and 56.544/1000 are held by business and financial operations employees.
Of the 3 entrepreneurship schools in Philadelphia, only 1 has a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, La Salle University comes out as the most expensive ($23,579/yr) for entrepreneurship students, with Temple University as the lowest, reported at only $15,715/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 |