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Career Information for Photographers in Pennsylvania

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Fast Facts for Photographers in Pennsylvania

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: Altoona, Johnstown, and Lancaster
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: Harrisburg, Erie, and Pittsburgh
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Lancaster

Salaries for Photographers in Pennsylvania

  • Metro areas with the highest median salaries: Lancaster, Philadelphia, and State College. (See table at bottom of page)

Schools for Photographers in Pennsylvania are listed below.

Selected Photography Schools in Pennsylvania

These schools offer particularly quick info upon request, and we have written detailed profiles for each (click school names to see the profiles).

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The Art Institutes
Philadelphia, Pittsburgh

The Art Institutes (AI) provides programs that stimulate the minds of its students with programs in design, the arts, game programming, culinary cuisine, and fashion.

  • Programs: Commercial Photography, Digital Photography, Photography, Photography And Design , Video Skills
  • Degrees/Course Work: Bachelor, Diploma
(Offerings vary by location; please request additional info.)

Selected Online Schools for Photographers in Pennsylvania

The Art Institute of Pittsburgh Online Division
Online

Established in 2000, the school blends creative arts and design education with the convenience of web-based learning. Students attend classes online with no pre-set schedule.

  • Programs: Photography
  • Degrees/Course Work: Bachelor

Ashworth College
Online

Ashworth College (AU) provides online and campus based classes, in a flexible capacity so learning goes at the students pace during their free time.

  • Programs: Intro To Photography
  • Degrees/Course Work: Diploma

Stratford Career Institute
Online

Career training in several fields. Offered in a distance-learning format.

  • Programs: Contractor/Construction Management, Photography
  • Degrees/Course Work: Diploma

More Pennsylvania Photography Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
Arcadia UniversityGlensideDoctorate3,592
Bucks County Community CollegeNewtownAssociate9,649
Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburghDoctorate10,326
Community College of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphiaAssociate17,334
Delaware County Community CollegeMediaAssociate10,816
DeSales UniversityCenter ValleyMasters2,898
Drexel UniversityPhiladelphiaDoctorate20,682
Harrisburg Area Community College-HarrisburgHarrisburgAssociate9,774
La Roche CollegePittsburghMasters1,499
Luzerne County Community CollegeNanticokeAssociate6,323
Marywood UniversityScrantonDoctorate3,316
Moore College of Art and DesignPhiladelphiaBachelor558
Pennsylvania College of Art and DesignLancasterBachelor256
Point Park UniversityPittsburghMasters3,591
Swarthmore CollegeSwarthmoreBachelor1,491
Temple UniversityPhiladelphiaDoctorate & First Professional34,696
The University of the ArtsPhiladelphiaMasters2,396
Westmoreland County Community CollegeYoungwoodAssociate6,239

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Photographers

The map below shows job statistics for the career type by metro area, for Pennsylvania. A table below the map shows job popularity and salaries across the state.

Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:
Photographers

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Photographers relative to the population of the city, as of 2008. Salary data was obtained from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

A Relative Popularity of 1.0 means that the city has an average number of the particular job, for its population, compared to the rest of the US. Higher numbers mean proportionally more jobs of that type.
Metro AreaJobsSalary
(2008)
Relative
Popularity

PENNSYLVANIA

   
Altoona80$31,3603.4
Johnstown40$27,4201.8
Lancaster170$40,7001.7
Scranton160$35,6901.4
State College30$37,1401.4
York90$27,8201.2
Allentown160$33,1801.1
Reading70$36,1201
Philadelphia830$37,2201
Pittsburgh430$29,8700.8
Erie40$31,2800.8
Harrisburg80$35,5400.6
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