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Northwestern University PhD in Chemical Engineering

17 Doctor's Degrees Awarded

The main focus area for this major is Chemical Engineering. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.

Chemical Engineering is a major offered under the engineering program of study at Northwestern University. Here, you’ll find out more about the major doctor’s degree program in chem eng, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.

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How Much Does a Doctorate in Chem Eng from Northwestern Cost?

$56,567 Average Tuition and Fees

Northwestern Graduate Tuition and Fees

Part-time graduates at Northwestern paid an average of $6,649 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 StateOut of State
Tuition$56,067$56,067
Fees$500$500

Does Northwestern Offer an Online PhD in Chem Eng?

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

Northwestern Doctorate Student Diversity for Chem Eng

17 Doctor's Degrees Awarded
47.1% Women
29.4% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2019-2020 academic year, there were 17 doctor’s degrees in chem eng 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 chem eng in 2019-2020, 47.1% of them were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 30.3%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Of those graduates who received a doctor’s degree in chem eng at Northwestern in 2019-2020, 29.4% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 15%.

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Race/EthnicityNumber of Students
Asian2
Black or African American0
Hispanic or Latino2
Native American or Alaska Native0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander0
White4
International Students8
Other Races/Ethnicities1

PhD in Chem Eng Focus Areas at Northwestern

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

Focus AreaAnnual Graduates
Chemical Engineering17

You may also be interested in one of these majors related to chemical engineering.

Related MajorAnnual Graduates
Biomedical Engineering16
Civil Engineering7
Computer Engineering11
Electrical Engineering11
Engineering Mechanics1

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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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