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Career Information for Travel Agents in Pennsylvania

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Fast Facts for Travel Agents in Pennsylvania

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

Salaries for Travel Agents in Pennsylvania

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

Schools for Travel Agents in Pennsylvania are listed below.

Selected Travel Agent 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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Pittsburgh Technical Institute
Cranberry Township, Oakdale

Offers associate degree and certificate programs in a wide variety of fields. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Programs: Travel And Tourism Administration
  • Degrees/Course Work: Associate
(Offerings vary by location; please request additional info.)

Selected Online Schools for Travel Agents in Pennsylvania

Central Pennsylvania College
Online

Central Pennsylvania College (CPC) provides online and campus-based classes, with school sponsored housing and bachelors degree programs that only take 3 years to complete.

  • Programs: Travel & Tourism Operations
  • Degrees/Course Work: Associate

Stratford Career Institute
Online

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

  • Programs: Travel And Tourism
  • Degrees/Course Work: Diploma

More Pennsylvania Travel Agent Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
Bucks County Community CollegeNewtownAssociate9,649
California University of PennsylvaniaCaliforniaMasters8,206
Community College of Beaver CountyMonacaAssociate3,194
Erie Business CenterErieAssociate287
Harrisburg Area Community College-HarrisburgHarrisburgAssociate9,774
Lehigh Carbon Community CollegeSchnecksvilleAssociate7,184
Luzerne County Community CollegeNanticokeAssociate6,323
Montgomery County Community College-Central CampusBlue BellAssociate9,184
Westmoreland County Community CollegeYoungwoodAssociate6,239

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Travel Agents

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:
Travel Agents

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Travel Agents 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

   
Reading250 2.5
Allentown420$33,1102
Lancaster150$38,2401
Philadelphia1,210$35,1401
Scranton160$39,3801
Pittsburgh670$32,1100.9
York70$33,0500.6
Erie40$31,2100.5
Harrisburg80 0.4
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