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University of Delaware PhD in Ocean Engineering

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

Ocean Engineering is a major offered under the engineering program of study at University of Delaware. Here, you’ll find out more about the major doctor’s degree program in OE, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.

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Rankings for the UD PhD in OE

#69 in the U.S
#1 in Delaware

Each year, College Factual produces its Best Ocean Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools ranking to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. A school's placement in this ranking is determined by a number of objective factors, including student debt accumulation, post-graduation earnings, and student and faculty diversity.

UD was in the top 15% of the country in this year's ranking of OE doctorate programs, ranking 69 out of 464 colleges and universities in the nation. It is also ranked #1 in Delaware.

How Much Does a Doctorate in OE from UD Cost?

$34,956 Average Tuition and Fees

UD Graduate Tuition and Fees

Part-time graduates at UD paid an average of $1,898 per credit hour in 2018-2019. 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 $34,164 $34,164
Fees $792 $792

Does UD Offer an Online PhD in OE?

UD does not offer an online option for its OE doctor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UD Online Learning page.

UD Doctorate Student Diversity for OE

2 Doctor's Degrees Awarded
In the 2018-2019 academic year, 2 students received their doctor’s degree in OE. The gender and racial-ethnic breakdown of those individuals is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

None of the students who received their PhD in OE in 2018-2019 were women.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Of those students who received a doctor’s degree at UD in OE at 2018-2019, none were racial-ethnic minorities*.

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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 0
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

PhD in OE Focus Areas at UD

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

Focus Area Annual Graduates
General Ocean Engineering 2

You may also be interested in one of these majors related to ocean engineering.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Biomedical Engineering 9
Chemical Engineering 20
Civil Engineering 13
Computer Engineering 17
Electrical Engineering 1

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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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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