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University of Southern California PhD in Mechanical Engineering

13 Doctor's Degrees Awarded

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

Mechanical Engineering is a major offered under the engineering program of study at University of Southern California. Here, you’ll find out more about the major doctor’s degree program in ME, 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 ME from USC Cost?

$48,715 Average Tuition and Fees

USC Graduate Tuition and Fees

Part-time graduates at USC paid an average of $1,995 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$47,880$47,880
Fees$835$835

Does USC Offer an Online PhD in ME?

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

USC Doctorate Student Diversity for ME

13 Doctor's Degrees Awarded
15.4% Women
15.4% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2019-2020 academic year, 13 students received their doctor’s degree in ME. The gender and racial-ethnic breakdown of those individuals is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Of the students who received their doctor’s degree in ME in 2019-2020, 15.4% of them were women. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 16.9%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Of those graduates who received a doctor’s degree in ME at USC in 2019-2020, 15.4% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 9%.

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Race/EthnicityNumber of Students
Asian2
Black or African American0
Hispanic or Latino0
Native American or Alaska Native0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander0
White1
International Students10
Other Races/Ethnicities0

PhD in ME Focus Areas at USC

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

Focus AreaAnnual Graduates
General Mechanical Engineering13

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

Related MajorAnnual Graduates
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering7
Biomedical Engineering17
Chemical Engineering13
Civil Engineering8
Computer Engineering1

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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.

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