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 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. 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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During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time graduate students at RPI paid an average of $0 per credit hour. No discount was available for in-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $55,600 | $55,600 |
Fees | $2,725 | $2,725 |
RPI does not offer an online option for its chem eng doctor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the RPI Online Learning page.
About 27.3% of the students who received their PhD in chem eng in 2019-2020 were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 30.3%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 27.3% of the chem eng doctor’s degrees at RPI in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 15%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 1 |
Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 3 |
International Students | 5 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 2 |
Chemical Engineering students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Chemical Engineering | 11 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to chemical engineering.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering | 6 |
Biomedical Engineering | 5 |
Civil Engineering | 3 |
Electrical Engineering | 12 |
Environmental Engineering | 1 |
*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.