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| By sharing
these quick facts about Philadelphia and the U.S.
with your parents, they should feel a little better
about letting you study so far from home. |
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Education |
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Nearly 600,000 international students study in the
U.S. each year. That’s three times more than
those who choose Britain, Canada, Australia and
New Zealand combined.
11,000 of these international students |
have choosen to study
in Philadelpha's 80+ colleges
& universities, ranking Philadelphia
among the top of all U.S. education centers.
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• M.B.A. degrees
are conferred at 8
schools.
• 7
universities offer English
as a Second Language (ESL) programs.
• Computer Science
is taught at more than 20
schools.
• 14
schools offer majors in the Visual
and Performing Arts.
• International Business
degrees are conferred at 9
schools.
• 3 of the nation's
top Liberal Arts colleges are located here.
• 5 schools
offer Pharmacology.
• Medical degrees are offered at 6
universities
• 7 schools
teach Nursing.
• Engineering. Biology. E-Commerce. Dance.
The list goes on and on.
Show your parents the
broad range of degrees offered in Philadelphia's
colleges.
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| Location |
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Philadelphia is within a day’s drive of six
of the eight largest U.S. markets.
Philadelphia is a two-hour
drive from Washington
D.C., New York City, mountain skiing, and
beautiful beaches.
The nation’s first capitol, Philadelphia |
is called “the birthplace of American democracy”
and is located in the heart of
the Northeast.
Philadelphia, “The City of Brotherly Love,”
is a perfect representation of the American melting pot.
It is a patchwork of international
cultures, including Chinese, Indian,Korean, Pakistani,
Russian, Nigerian, Greek, Armenian and Latin American
neighborhoods.
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Internship
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Philadelphia is the busiest port on the North
Atlantic coast, and there are
450 foreign-owned companies in
the region, not to mention 223,000
tech workers.
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The region ranks third in the nation for the number of
health professions and related degrees confirmed.
Civic leaders are joining forces to turn the Delaware
Valley/Philadelphia region into “Nanotech Valley.”
The region invests more than $700
million in R&D each year and sees more local
patents issued than New York City and San Francisco.
One out of every six doctors in the country was trained
in Philadelphia.
There are more than 100 hospitals,
150 research labs, four specialty hospitals doing
research in pediatrics, cancer treatment and ophthalmology
80% of America’s pharmaceutical
and biotechnology firms are located within a two-hour
drive of the city.
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| Culture
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Philadelphia is called the Paris
of America. Home to 100 theater companies and more
than 100 museums, Philly also has the world’s second
largest collection of impressionist paintings.
Philadelphia hosts
8 professional sports teams
the country’s largest collegiate
regatta |
an historic college basketball rivalry
the famous Penn relays
the nation’s only
professional cycling race.
For a complete list of what
Philadelphia has to offer check out www.gophila.com
or www.campusphilly.org. |
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