Philadelphia, PA tutors

Philadelphia has a rich, 150-year tradition in offering its residents a choice of public and private colleges. Downtown and area campuses serve the specialized needs of students eyeing successful careers in health, business, or the visual and performing arts. Admissions into these schools are competitive, based in part on SAT scores and high school grades.

Higher education and tutors in Philadelphia

Many tutors in Philadelphia hail from the city's prestigious undergraduate and graduate degree programs. Bryn Mawr College has offered degree programs for women since 1885, and some 44 percent of women there are students of color. The Drexel University College of Medicine is one of the oldest in the nation. Temple University is a public research university with popular degree programs in business/marketing, education, communications, technologies and social sciences. And nearby Villanova University has produced more than 125 finalists for Rhodes, Marshall and Fulbright scholarships.

Preparing students for careers in Philadelphia

The U.S. Labor Department has identified the following among the city's largest employers:

• University of Pennsylvania and Penn Health System
• Comcast Corp.
• Lockheed Martin Corp.
• Independence Blue Cross
• Cigna

Philadelphia tutors help students to develop math, science and communication skills that could one day be the key to joining leading companies in the region.