Media, PA has two mechanical engineering schools within its city limits. Pennsylvania Institute of Technology, the highest ranked school in the city with a mechanical engineering program, has a total student population of 1,046. It is the 4381st highest ranked school in the USA and the 312th highest in the state of Pennsylvania (#1 is University of Pennsylvania). To learn more about mechanical engineering programs in Media, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of mechanical engineering professors at Pennsylvania Institute of Technology such as Gerard Gambs, and Jerry Gambs.
Mechanical Engineering students from Media schools who go on to become mechanical engineers, mechanical design engineers, mechanical drafters, mechanical designers, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 232,660 people working as mechanical engineers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $80,580. Also, Mechanical engineering technicians make on average $50,700 per year and there are about 43,580 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Philadelphia Metropolitan area alone, there are 450 employed mechanical engineering technicians earning an average salary of $47,290. Mechanical engineers in this area earn $84,690/yr and there are 3,250 employed.
Media lies in Delaware 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 1.775 out of every 1000 jobs in Media are held by mechanical engineers, and 0.246/1000 are held by mechanical engineering technicians.
Of the 2 mechanical engineering schools in Media, only 1 has a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Pennsylvania Institute of Technology comes out as the most expensive ($11,748/yr) for mechanical engineering students, with Delaware County Community College as the lowest, reported at only $5,825/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Media |
| Lester | PA | - | 1 | 30.6119 | 9 | 6.4 miles |
| Villanova | PA | - | 1 | 40.5194 | 89 | 8.6 miles |
| Saint Davids | PA | - | 1 | 63.725 | 73 | 8.6 miles |
| Immaculata | PA | - | 1 | 58.1716 | 78 | 12.3 miles |
| Camden | NJ | 79,551 | 3 | 29.1661 | 117 | 14.8 miles |
| Exton | PA | - | 3 | 20.3095 | 11 | 15.0 miles |
| Philadelphia | PA | 1,445,993 | 46 | 29.0143 | 1,235 | 15.1 miles |
| Sewell | NJ | - | 1 | 12.0629 | 44 | 16.6 miles |
| New Castle | DE | - | 1 | 19.251 | 66 | 20.0 miles |
| Cherry Hill | NJ | 67,762 | 4 | 25.0729 | 31 | 20.6 miles |
| North Wales | PA | - | 1 | 28.6361 | 21 | 21.2 miles |
| Willow Grove | PA | - | 3 | 11.6322 | 2 | 21.3 miles |
| Mount Laurel | NJ | - | 1 | 24.9456 | 10 | 26.4 miles |
| Pottstown | PA | - | 2 | 23.767 | 4 | 26.6 miles |
| Bensalem | PA | - | 1 | 22.0218 | 10 | 27.2 miles |
| Lincoln University | PA | - | 1 | 24.1268 | 75 | 29.6 miles |
| North East | MD | - | 1 | 7.7142 | 47 | 36.7 miles |
| Vineland | NJ | 59,417 | 1 | 13.5656 | 33 | 37.7 miles |
| Ewing | NJ | - | 1 | 79.0387 | 77 | 39.5 miles |
| Reading | PA | 80,046 | 7 | 29.6919 | 274 | 41.0 miles |
| Center Valley | PA | - | 2 | 15.5079 | 66 | 42.4 miles |
| Hamilton | NJ | 90,700 | 4 | 37.771 | 92 | 43.1 miles |
| Allentown | PA | 107,685 | 6 | 40.2718 | 194 | 47.5 miles |
| Mays Landing | NJ | - | 1 | 11.4678 | 27 | 47.6 miles |
| Fogelsville | PA | - | 1 | 23.1549 | 18 | 47.9 miles |
| West Windsor | NJ | - | 1 | 10.9855 | 60 | 48.5 miles |
| Bethlehem | PA | 72,174 | 6 | 30.1067 | 269 | 49.3 miles |
| Dover | DE | - | 5 | 25.7649 | 222 | 53.0 miles |
| Schnecksville | PA | - | 1 | 12.2036 | 108 | 53.9 miles |
| Ocean | NJ | - | 1 | 28.4333 | 4 | 57.2 miles |