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University of California - Irvine PhD in Physical Sciences

Physical Sciences is a program of study at University of California - Irvine. 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 physical sciences, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity 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 Physical Sciences from UC Irvine Cost?

UC Irvine Graduate Tuition and Fees

The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$11,442	$26,544
Fees	$1,912	$1,912

Does UC Irvine Offer an Online PhD in Physical Sciences?

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

UC Irvine Doctorate Student Diversity for Physical Sciences

In the 2019-2020 academic year, 75 students received their doctor’s degree in physical sciences. 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 physical sciences in 2019-2020, 36.0% of them were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 34.0%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Of those graduates who received a doctor’s degree in physical sciences at UC Irvine in 2019-2020, 14.7% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 12%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	46
International Students	14
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

PhD in Physical Sciences Focus Areas at UC Irvine

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

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Chemistry	46
Geological & Earth Sciences	16
Physics	13

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.