University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus PhD in Engineering

77 Doctor's Degrees Awarded

Engineering is a program of study at University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus. The school offers a doctor’s degree in the area. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the doctor’s degree program in engineering, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.

If there’s something special you’re looking for, you can use one of the links below to find it:

Graduate Cost
Online Learning
Student Diversity
Focus Areas
References

How Much Does a Doctorate in Engineering from Pitt Cost?

$24,468 Average Tuition and Fees

Pitt Graduate Tuition and Fees

In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at Pitt was $1,630 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $947 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	$23,530	$39,898
Fees	$938	$938

Does Pitt Offer an Online PhD in Engineering?

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

Pitt Doctorate Student Diversity for Engineering

77 Doctor's Degrees Awarded

31.2% Women

10.4% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

There were 77 doctor’s degrees in engineering awarded during the 2019-2020 academic year. Information about those students is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Of the students who received their doctor’s degree in engineering in 2019-2020, 31.2% of them were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 24.6%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Of those graduates who received a doctor’s degree in engineering at Pitt in 2019-2020, 10.4% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 12%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	15
International Students	51
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

PhD in Engineering Focus Areas at Pitt

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

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Biomedical Engineering	17
Chemical Engineering	14
Civil Engineering	9
Computer Engineering	2
Electrical Engineering	14

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.