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Purdue University - Main Campus PhD in Electrical Engineering

101 Doctor's Degrees Awarded
$110,880 Average Salary

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

Electrical Engineering is a major offered under the engineering 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 EE, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.

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How Much Does a Doctorate in EE from Purdue Cost?

$9,992 Average Tuition and Fees

Purdue Graduate Tuition and Fees

During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time graduate students at Purdue paid an average of $948 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $348 per credit hour. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.

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

How Much Can You Make With a PhD in EE From Purdue?

$110,880 Average Salary
Below Average Earnings Boost

The median early career salary of EE students who receive their doctor’s degree from Purdue is $110,880 per year. That is 10% lower than the national average of $123,700.

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Does Purdue Offer an Online PhD in EE?

Purdue does not offer an online option for its EE 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 EE

101 Doctor's Degrees Awarded
13.9% Women
6.9% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2019-2020 academic year, 101 students received their doctor’s degree in EE. The gender and racial-ethnic breakdown of those individuals is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

About 13.9% of the students who received their PhD in EE in 2019-2020 were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 17.2%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Of those graduates who received a doctor’s degree in EE at Purdue in 2019-2020, 6.9% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 9%.

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Race/EthnicityNumber of Students
Asian4
Black or African American1
Hispanic or Latino2
Native American or Alaska Native0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander0
White5
International Students87
Other Races/Ethnicities2

PhD in EE Focus Areas at Purdue

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

Focus AreaAnnual Graduates
Electrical Engineering101

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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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