by our College Data Analytics TeamGeology & Earth Sciences is a concentration offered under the geological and earth sciences major at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the doctor’s degree program in geology, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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Part-time graduates at MIT paid an average of $860 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same 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 | $53,450 | $53,450 |
| Fees | $3,269 | $3,269 |
Online degrees for the MIT geology 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.
About 55.6% of the students who received their PhD in geology in 2019-2020 were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 43.1%.
Of those graduates who received a doctor’s degree in geology at MIT in 2019-2020, 11.1% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 12%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 1 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 4 |
| International Students | 2 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 2 |
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| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Geophysics & Seismology | 2 |
| Chemical & Physical Oceanography | 6 |
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*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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.