Medical Schools in Allentown

Allentown, PA (population: 107,685) has four medical schools within its city limits. Muhlenberg College, the highest ranked school in the city with a medical program, has a total student population of 2,517. It is the 116th highest ranked school in the USA and the 10th highest in the state of Pennsylvania (#1 is University of Pennsylvania).

Medical students from Allentown schools who go on to become physicians, doctors, nurses, dentists, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 274,160 people working as physicians and surgeons alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $173,860. Also, Anesthesiologists make on average $211,750 per year and there are about 37,450 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton-NJ area alone, there are ** employed anesthesiologists earning an average salary of $232,080. Physicians and surgeons in this area earn $147,460/yr and there are 760 employed.

Allentown lies in Lehigh county, which is one of the 32 counties in Pennsylvania. Overall, the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton-NJ area has 330,130 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1.2% unemployment rate, $19.60/hr average worker wage, and a $40,780 average annual salary. Thus, about 2.307 out of every 1000 jobs in Allentown are held by physicians and surgeons, and **/1000 are held by anesthesiologists.

Of the 4 medical schools in Allentown, none have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Muhlenberg College comes out as the most expensive ($29,144/yr) for medical students, with Pennsylvania School of Business as the lowest, reported at only $8,368/yr.

Program ID: 113831

Levels offered: Bachelors

Program ID: 32759

Levels offered: Bachelors

Program ID: 32796

Levels offered: Bachelors

Program ID: 32804

Levels offered: Bachelors

Program ID: 32807

Levels offered: Certificate, Bachelors

Program ID: 32811

Levels offered: Bachelors

Program ID: 94115

Levels offered: Associates

Program ID: 94116

Levels offered: Certificate

Program ID: 94117

Levels offered: Certificate

Program ID: 130770

Levels offered: Certificate

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