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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign PhD in Engineering

256 Doctor's Degrees Awarded

Engineering is a program of study at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 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 UIUC Cost?

$17,912 Average Tuition and Fees

UIUC Graduate Tuition and Fees

During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time graduate students at UIUC paid an average of $680 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $525 per credit hour. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.

In State Out of State
Tuition $15,016 $27,187
Fees $2,896 $2,896

Does UIUC Offer an Online PhD in Engineering?

Online degrees for the UIUC 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 UIUC Online Learning page.

UIUC Doctorate Student Diversity for Engineering

256 Doctor's Degrees Awarded
19.1% Women
9.8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2019-2020 academic year, 256 students received their doctor’s degree in engineering. The gender and racial-ethnic breakdown of those individuals is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 19.1% of the engineering students who took home a doctor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 24.6%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Around 9.8% of engineering doctor’s degree recipients at UIUC in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 12%.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 21
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 2
Native American or Alaska Native 0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 0
White 52
International Students 179
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

PhD in Engineering Focus Areas at UIUC

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

Focus Area Annual Graduates
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 9
Agricultural Engineering 8
Biomedical Engineering 11
Chemical Engineering 12
Civil Engineering 36

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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