Philadelphia, PA (population: 1,445,993) has nine information technology schools within its city limits. University of Pennsylvania, the highest ranked school in the city with an information technology 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.
Information Technology students from Philadelphia schools who go on to become information technologists, information assurance specialists, computer and information scientists, information systems security analysts, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 212,090 people working as all other information and record clerks alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $36,300. Also, Computer and information scientists, research make on average $105,370 per year and there are about 26,130 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Philadelphia Metropolitan area alone, there are 420 employed computer and information scientists, research earning an average salary of $101,960. All other information and record clerks in this area earn $40,000/yr and there are 2,300 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 1.254 out of every 1000 jobs in Philadelphia are held by all other information and record clerks, and 0.227/1000 are held by computer and information scientists, research.
Of the 9 information technology 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 information technology 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 |