George Washington University PhD in Engineering

38 Doctor's Degrees Awarded

Engineering is a program of study at George Washington University. 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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Graduate Cost
Online Learning
Student Diversity
Focus Areas
References

How Much Does a Doctorate in Engineering from GWU Cost?

$31,824 Average Tuition and Fees

GWU Graduate Tuition and Fees

In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at GWU was $1,765 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$31,770	$31,770
Fees	$54	$54

Does GWU Offer an Online PhD in Engineering?

GWU 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 GWU Online Learning page.

GWU Doctorate Student Diversity for Engineering

38 Doctor's Degrees Awarded

21.1% Women

15.8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

During the 2019-2020 academic year, there were 38 doctor’s degrees in engineering handed out to qualified students. The charts and tables below give more information about these students.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 21.1% of the engineering students who took home a doctor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 24.6%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Around 15.8% of engineering doctor’s degree recipients at GWU in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 12%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	11
International Students	21
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

PhD in Engineering Focus Areas at GWU

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

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Biomedical Engineering	3
Civil Engineering	3
Computer Engineering	6
Electrical Engineering	9
Mechanical Engineering	10

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.