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Hospitality Schools in Philadelphia

Philadelphia, PA (population: 1,445,993) has five hospitality schools within its city limits. Temple University, the highest ranked school in the city with a hospitality 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).

Hospitality students from Philadelphia schools who go on to become hospitality managers, caterers, event planners, wedding planners, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 334,310 people working as hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $19,190. Also, Food preparation and serving related employees make on average $20,880 per year and there are about 11,218,260 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Philadelphia Metropolitan area alone, there are 141,000 employed food preparation and serving related employees earning an average salary of $22,850. Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop in this area earn $24,180/yr and there are 3,830 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 2.089 out of every 1000 jobs in Philadelphia are held by hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop, and 76.929/1000 are held by food preparation and serving related employees.

Of the 5 hospitality schools in Philadelphia, only 3 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 hospitality students, with Community College of Philadelphia as the lowest, reported at only $6,012/yr.

Hospitality Programs in Philadelphia

• Hospitality Administration/Management, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

• Hospitality Administration/Management, Other
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Hospitality Administration/Management, General
  

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