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Purdue University - Main Campus Doctorate in General Education

24 Doctor's Degrees Awarded
$69,338 Average Salary

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

General Education is a major offered under the education program of study at Purdue University - Main Campus. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the doctor’s degree program in education, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.

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How Much Does a Doctorate in Education from Purdue Cost?

$9,992 Average Tuition and Fees

Purdue Graduate Tuition and Fees

In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at Purdue was $948 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $348 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.

In State Out of State
Tuition $9,208 $28,010
Fees $784 $784

How Much Can You Make With a Doctorate in Education From Purdue?

$69,338 Average Salary
Below Average Earnings Boost

The median early career salary of education students who receive their doctor’s degree from Purdue is $69,338 per year. That is 7% lower than the national average of $74,488.

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Does Purdue Offer an Online Doctorate in Education?

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

Purdue Doctorate Student Diversity for Education

24 Doctor's Degrees Awarded
70.8% Women
16.7% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There were 24 doctor’s degrees in education awarded during the 2019-2020 academic year. Information about those students is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

About 70.8% of the students who received their Doctorate in education in 2019-2020 were women. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 72.5%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Of those graduates who received a doctor’s degree in education at Purdue in 2019-2020, 16.7% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 39%.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 3
Native American or Alaska Native 0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 0
White 12
International Students 8
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Doctorate in Education Focus Areas at Purdue

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

Focus Area Annual Graduates
General Education 24

You may also be interested in one of these majors related to general education.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Curriculum & Instruction 4
Teacher Education Subject Specific 5

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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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