Iowa State University PhD in Engineering

150 Doctor's Degrees Awarded

Engineering is a program of study at Iowa State University. 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.

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Graduate Cost
Online Learning
Student Diversity
Focus Areas
References

How Much Does a Doctorate in Engineering from Iowa State Cost?

$10,986 Average Tuition and Fees

Iowa State Graduate Tuition and Fees

Out-of-state part-time graduates at Iowa State paid an average of $1,374 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $543 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$9,758	$24,720
Fees	$1,228	$1,228

Does Iowa State Offer an Online PhD in Engineering?

Online degrees for the Iowa State 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 Iowa State Online Learning page.

Iowa State Doctorate Student Diversity for Engineering

150 Doctor's Degrees Awarded

24.7% Women

3.3% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

During the 2019-2020 academic year, there were 150 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

Of the students who received their doctor’s degree in engineering in 2019-2020, 24.7% of them were women. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 24.6%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Of those graduates who received a doctor’s degree in engineering at Iowa State in 2019-2020, 3.3% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 12%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	30
International Students	105
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

PhD in Engineering Focus Areas at Iowa State

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

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	9
Agricultural Engineering	11
Biomedical Engineering	25
Chemical Engineering	12
Civil Engineering	25

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.