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Pennsylvania State University - University Park PhD in Engineering

Engineering is a program of study at Pennsylvania State University - University Park. 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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Rankings for the Penn State University Park PhD in Engineering

#211 in the U.S
#27 in Pennsylvania

Each year, College Factual produces its Best Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools ranking to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. A school's placement in this ranking is determined by a number of objective factors, including student debt accumulation, post-graduation earnings, and student and faculty diversity.

On the 2021 list, Penn State University Park was ranked #211 out of 464 schools in the country for this major at the doctorate level. It is also ranked #27 in Pennsylvania.

How Much Does a Doctorate in Engineering from Penn State University Park Cost?

$22,994 Average Tuition and Fees

Penn State University Park Graduate Tuition and Fees

Out-of-state part-time graduates at Penn State University Park paid an average of $1,571 per credit hour in 2018-2019. The average for in-state students was $915 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.

In State Out of State
Tuition $21,960 $37,694
Fees $1,034 $1,034

Does Penn State University Park Offer an Online PhD in Engineering?

Penn State University Park does not offer an online option for its engineering doctor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Penn State University Park Online Learning page.

Penn State University Park Doctorate Student Diversity for Engineering

152 Doctor's Degrees Awarded
23.7% Women
7.2% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2018-2019 academic year, there were 152 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

Women made up around 23.7% of the engineering students who took home a doctor’s degree in 2018-2019. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 24.4%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Of those graduates who received a doctor’s degree in engineering at Penn State University Park in 2018-2019, 7.2% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 12%.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 6
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 4
Native American or Alaska Native 0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 0
White 38
International Students 100
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

PhD in Engineering Focus Areas at Penn State University Park

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

Focus Area Annual Graduates
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 6
Agricultural Engineering 1
Architectural Engineering 4
Biomedical Engineering 7
Chemical Engineering 12

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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