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University of Pennsylvania PhD in Biological & Biomedical Sciences

113 Doctor's Degrees Awarded

Biological & Biomedical Sciences is a program of study at University of Pennsylvania. The school offers a doctor’s degree in the area. Here, you’ll find out more about the major doctor’s degree program in biological and biomedical sciences, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.

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How Much Does a Doctorate in Biological & Biomedical Sciences from UPenn Cost?

$41,760 Average Tuition and Fees

UPenn Graduate Tuition and Fees

Part-time graduates at UPenn paid an average of $1,855 per credit hour in 2019-2020. 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 StateOut of State
Tuition$37,678$37,678
Fees$4,082$4,082

Does UPenn Offer an Online PhD in Biological & Biomedical Sciences?

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

UPenn Doctorate Student Diversity for Biological & Biomedical Sciences

113 Doctor's Degrees Awarded
54.9% Women
23.9% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2019-2020 academic year, there were 113 doctor’s degrees in biological and biomedical sciences handed out to qualified students. The charts and tables below give more information about these students.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 54.9% of the biological and biomedical sciences students who took home a doctor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 53.4%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Around 23.9% of biological and biomedical sciences doctor’s degree recipients at UPenn in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 21%.

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Race/EthnicityNumber of Students
Asian7
Black or African American2
Hispanic or Latino10
Native American or Alaska Native0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander1
White62
International Students24
Other Races/Ethnicities7

PhD in Biological & Biomedical Sciences Focus Areas at UPenn

Biological & Biomedical Sciences students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus AreaAnnual Graduates
General Biology6
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology16
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences46
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology9
Pharmacology & Toxicology9

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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