Philadelphia, PA (population: 1,445,993) has two human resource management schools within its city limits. Drexel University, the highest ranked school in the city with a human resource management program, has a total student population of 22,493. It is the 108th highest ranked school in the USA and the 8th highest in the state of Pennsylvania (#1 is University of Pennsylvania). To learn more about human resource management programs in Philadelphia, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of human resource management professors at Drexel University such as Fred Dicostanzo, Larry Epstein, Sean Hackett, Ladha Kapil, Sudhir Mallya, and Milton Silver.
Human Resource Management students from Philadelphia schools who go on to become human resource managers, hr managers, human resource leaders, human resource specialists, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 62,990 people working as human resources managers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $105,510. Also, Human resources assistants make on average $37,840 per year and there are about 161,920 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Philadelphia Metropolitan area alone, there are 2,910 employed human resources assistants earning an average salary of $38,860. Human resources managers in this area earn $114,280/yr and there are 740 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 0.405 out of every 1000 jobs in Philadelphia are held by human resources managers, and 1.586/1000 are held by human resources assistants.
Of the 2 human resource management schools in Philadelphia, only 1 has 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 human resource management students, with Peirce College as the lowest, reported at only $16,641/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 |