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Can’t speak to the college communications programs in the Pittsburgh area, but there does seems to a legitimate tech/startup culture there, connected to the presence of Carnegie Mellon and Pitt. Pittsburgh might be the closest thing in PA to a California-like tech scene. Apparently it has food and art scenes as well.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/22/style/pittsburgh-tech-makeover.html