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University of California - San Diego PhD in Engineering

164 Doctor's Degrees Awarded

Engineering is a program of study at University of California - San Diego. The school offers a doctor’s degree in the area. Here, you’ll find out more about the major doctor’s degree program in engineering, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, and more.

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How Much Does a Doctorate in Engineering from UCSD Cost?

$13,529 Average Tuition and Fees

UCSD 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 $2,087 $2,087

Does UCSD Offer an Online PhD in Engineering?

Online degrees for the UCSD 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 UCSD Online Learning page.

UCSD Doctorate Student Diversity for Engineering

164 Doctor's Degrees Awarded
24.4% Women
21.3% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2019-2020 academic year, 164 students received their doctor’s degree in engineering. The gender and racial-ethnic breakdown of those individuals is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

About 24.4% of the students who received their PhD in engineering in 2019-2020 were women. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 24.6%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Of those graduates who received a doctor’s degree in engineering at UCSD in 2019-2020, 21.3% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 12%.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 23
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 8
Native American or Alaska Native 0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 0
White 29
International Students 91
Other Races/Ethnicities 12

PhD in Engineering Focus Areas at UCSD

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

Focus Area Annual Graduates
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 2
Biomedical Engineering 28
Chemical Engineering 5
Civil Engineering 20
Computer Engineering 5

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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