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Mechanical Engineering Schools in Philadelphia

Philadelphia, PA (population: 1,445,993) has five mechanical engineering schools within its city limits. University of Pennsylvania, the highest ranked school in the city with a mechanical engineering 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. To learn more about mechanical engineering programs in Philadelphia, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of mechanical engineering professors at University of Pennsylvania such as Jeffrey Babin, John Bassani, Michael Carchidi, Peter Davies, Dennis Discher, and Paul Ducheyne.

Mechanical Engineering students from Philadelphia 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.

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 1.775 out of every 1000 jobs in Philadelphia are held by mechanical engineers, and 0.246/1000 are held by mechanical engineering technicians.

Of the 5 mechanical engineering 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 mechanical engineering students, with Temple University as the lowest, reported at only $15,715/yr.

Mechanical Engineering Programs in Philadelphia

• Mechanical Engineering
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD

• Mechanical Engineering
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters
• Electromechanical Technology/Electromechanical Engineering Tech
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Mechanical Engineering
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD

• Mechanical Engineering
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

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