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Rochester Institute of Technology PhD in Engineering

Engineering is a program of study at Rochester Institute of Technology. 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 diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.

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• Graduate Cost
• Online Learning
• Student Diversity
• Focus Areas
• References

How Much Does a Doctorate in Engineering from RIT Cost?

RIT Graduate Tuition and Fees

During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time graduate students at RIT paid an average of $0 per credit hour. No discount was available for in-state students. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$50,136	$50,136
Fees	$306	$306

Does RIT Offer an Online PhD in Engineering?

Online degrees for the RIT engineering doctor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the RIT Online Learning page.

RIT Doctorate Student Diversity for Engineering

During the 2019-2020 academic year, there were 12 doctor’s degrees in engineering handed out to qualified students. The charts and tables below give more information about these students.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Of the students who received their doctor’s degree in engineering in 2019-2020, 16.7% of them were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 24.6%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

None of the engineering doctor’s degree recipients at RIT in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*.

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	5
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

PhD in Engineering Focus Areas at RIT

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

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
General Engineering	12

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.

• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.