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Multimedia Schools in Philadelphia

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

Multimedia students from Philadelphia schools who go on to become multimedia designers, audio engineers, graphic designers, video engineers, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 28,800 people working as multimedia artists and animators alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $62,810. Also, Graphic designers make on average $47,820 per year and there are about 200,870 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Philadelphia Metropolitan area alone, there are 3,240 employed graphic designers earning an average salary of $48,710. Multimedia artists and animators in this area earn $54,480/yr and there are 310 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 0.171 out of every 1000 jobs in Philadelphia are held by multimedia artists and animators, and 1.767/1000 are held by graphic designers.

Of the 5 multimedia schools in Philadelphia, only 2 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 multimedia students, with Community College of Philadelphia as the lowest, reported at only $6,012/yr.

Multimedia Programs in Philadelphia

• Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Bachelors, Masters

• Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Intermedia/Multimedia
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

• Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design
  

  Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors

• Web/Multimedia Management and Webmaster
  

  Levels offered: Associates

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