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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute PhD in Chemistry

5 Doctor's Degrees Awarded

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

Chemistry is a major offered under the physical sciences program of study at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Here, you’ll find out more about the major doctor’s degree program in chemistry, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, and more.

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How Much Does a Doctorate in Chemistry from RPI Cost?

$58,325 Average Tuition and Fees

RPI Graduate Tuition and Fees

Part-time graduates at RPI paid an average of $2,320 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.

In State Out of State
Tuition $55,600 $55,600
Fees $2,725 $2,725

Does RPI Offer an Online PhD in Chemistry?

RPI does not offer an online option for its chemistry 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.

RPI Doctorate Student Diversity for Chemistry

5 Doctor's Degrees Awarded
60.0% Women
20.0% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2019-2020 academic year, there were 5 doctor’s degrees in chemistry handed out to qualified students. The charts and tables below give more information about these students.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 60.0% of the chemistry students who took home a doctor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 40.6%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 20.0% of the chemistry doctor’s degrees at RPI in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 14%.

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

PhD in Chemistry Focus Areas at RPI

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

Focus Area Annual Graduates
General Chemistry 5

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Related Major Annual Graduates
Geological & Earth Sciences 1
Physics 9

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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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