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Duke University PhD in Engineering

88 Doctor's Degrees Awarded

Engineering is a program of study at Duke University. The school offers a doctor’s degree in the area. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the doctor’s degree program in engineering, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.

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How Much Does a Doctorate in Engineering from Duke Cost?

$59,140 Average Tuition and Fees

Duke Graduate Tuition and Fees

In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at Duke was $3,360 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.

In State Out of State
Tuition $57,900 $57,900
Fees $1,240 $1,240

Does Duke Offer an Online PhD in Engineering?

Online degrees for the Duke engineering doctor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Duke Online Learning page.

Duke Doctorate Student Diversity for Engineering

88 Doctor's Degrees Awarded
22.7% Women
9.1% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2019-2020 academic year, there were 88 doctor’s degrees in engineering handed out to qualified students. The charts and tables below give more information about these students.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Of the students who received their doctor’s degree in engineering in 2019-2020, 22.7% of them were women. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 24.6%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Of those graduates who received a doctor’s degree in engineering at Duke in 2019-2020, 9.1% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 12%.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 5
Native American or Alaska Native 0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 0
White 34
International Students 45
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

PhD in Engineering Focus Areas at Duke

Engineering students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus Area Annual Graduates
Biomedical Engineering 23
Civil Engineering 7
Electrical Engineering 40
Mechanical Engineering 18

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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