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Purdue University - Main Campus PhD in Engineering

354 Doctor's Degrees Awarded

Engineering is a program of study at Purdue University - Main Campus. The school offers a doctor’s degree in the area. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the doctor’s degree program in engineering, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.

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How Much Does a Doctorate in Engineering 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 average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.

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

Does Purdue Offer an Online PhD in Engineering?

Purdue 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 Purdue Online Learning page.

Purdue Doctorate Student Diversity for Engineering

354 Doctor's Degrees Awarded
23.2% Women
7.3% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2019-2020 academic year, 354 students received their doctor’s degree in engineering. The gender and racial-ethnic breakdown of those individuals is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Of the students who received their doctor’s degree in engineering in 2019-2020, 23.2% of them were women. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 24.6%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 7.3% of the engineering doctor’s degrees at Purdue in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 12%.

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Race/EthnicityNumber of Students
Asian12
Black or African American4
Hispanic or Latino9
Native American or Alaska Native0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander0
White65
International Students256
Other Races/Ethnicities8

PhD in Engineering Focus Areas at Purdue

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

Focus AreaAnnual Graduates
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering46
Agricultural Engineering15
Biomedical Engineering10
Chemical Engineering25
Civil Engineering34

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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