Computer Engineering Schools In Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania has 25 accredited computer engineering schools where computer engineering faculty who teach computer engineering classes can find employment. The trends in Pennsylvania's computer engineering academic community can be evaluated by looking at the statistics and graphs below. Academia in computer engineering includes computer engineering training at the following levels:
- Computer Engineering Certificate
- Associates degree in Computer Engineering
- Bachelors degree in Computer Engineering
- Masters degree in Computer Engineering
- PhD degree in Computer Engineering
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Statistics
Professional Trends
Pennsylvania Vs. National Computer Engineering Employment
| Pennsylvania | 29,100 |
| National | 945,160 |
Of all of the computer engineering professionals in the country, nearly 3% are in the state of Pennsylvania.
Employment Growth for Computer engineering professionals In Pennsylvania
| 24,600 | 23,770 | 24,150 | 26,180 | 1,910 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Yellow: Actual Values
In Pennsylvania, the field of computer engineering is shrinking. In Pennsylvania, 22,690 less computer engineering professionals were working in 2010, than there were in 2006. Thus, the field of computer engineering has shrunk by 92% in Pennsylvania. This decline is slower than the national trend for computer engineering professionals which shows a 92% decrease in the number of computer engineering professionals working around the nation.
Computer Engineering VS. All Professions salaries in Pennsylvania
| $83,330 | $84,407 | $88,237 | $87,713 | $78,970 |
| $44,448 | $45,778 | $47,594 | $49,448 | $50,581 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Light Blue: Computer Engineering
- Dark Yellow: All Professions
As the number of computer engineering professionals is declining, the salaries paid to computer engineering professionals are decreasing in Pennsylvania. The mean salary for computer engineering professionals in 2006 was $83,330 per year. And in 2010 the mean salary was $78,970 per year.
Salary percentiles for Computer engineering professionals in Pennsylvania
10th percentile |
$49,240 |
25th percentile |
$58,050 |
50th percentile |
$72,240 |
75th percentile |
$99,090 |
90th percentile |
$117,170 |
Thus, there was a 6% decline in computer engineering professionals' salaries. State trends for all professions are quite different from this decline. Within the field of computer engineering, there is a huge variation in pay, with the highest paid computer engineering professionals earning 138% more money than those in the bottom 10% of the pay bracket in Pennsylvania state.
Average Salaries for Computer engineering professionals and related professions in Pennsylvania
Computer Engineering |
$85,427 |
Computer Science |
$74,068 |
Electrical Engineering |
$68,765 |
Engineering |
$72,788 |
Software Engineering |
$84,072 |
Computer engineering professionals in Pennsylvania earn, on average, more than their counterparts in related professions.
Educational Trends
Computer Engineering programs available for each degree type for all schools in Pennsylvania
associate |
4 |
bachelor |
19 |
master |
12 |
doctor |
3 |
Certificate |
2 |
| Total | 40 |
As the number of computer engineering professionals is decreasing in Pennsylvania state, the number of students graduating from the 25 accredited computer engineering schools in Pennsylvania state is decreasing. In Pennsylvania, there were 807 graduates in 2006. And there were 563 graduates from computer engineering courses in 2010.
This represents a 30% decrease in the number of computer engineering degree or certificate school graduates in Pennsylvania state. A majority of these graduates, or 48%, graduated with an bachelor's degree in computer engineering.