by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is General Systems Engineering. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Systems Engineering is a major offered under the engineering program of study at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the doctor’s degree program in systems engineering, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.
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In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at MIT was $860 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $53,450 | $53,450 |
| Fees | $3,269 | $3,269 |
Online degrees for the MIT systems 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 MIT Online Learning page.
Women made up around 28.6% of the systems engineering students who took home a doctor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 28.1%.
Of those students who received a doctor’s degree at MIT in systems engineering at 2019-2020, none were racial-ethnic minorities*.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 3 |
| International Students | 3 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
Systems Engineering students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Systems Engineering | 7 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to systems engineering.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering | 19 |
| Biomedical Engineering | 22 |
| Chemical Engineering | 35 |
| Civil Engineering | 9 |
| Electrical Engineering | 44 |
*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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