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Massachusetts Institute of Technology PhD in Computer Science

41 Doctor's Degrees Awarded

The main focus area for this major is Computer Science. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.

Computer Science is a major offered under the computer and information sciences program of study at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the doctor’s degree program in compsci, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.

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How Much Does a Doctorate in CompSci from MIT Cost?

$56,719 Average Tuition and Fees

MIT Graduate Tuition and Fees

Part-time graduates at MIT paid an average of $860 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$53,450$53,450
Fees$3,269$3,269

Does MIT Offer an Online PhD in CompSci?

Online degrees for the MIT compsci doctor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the MIT Online Learning page.

MIT Doctorate Student Diversity for CompSci

41 Doctor's Degrees Awarded
19.5% Women
12.2% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2019-2020 academic year, 41 students received their doctor’s degree in compsci. The gender and racial-ethnic breakdown of those individuals is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

About 19.5% of the students who received their PhD in compsci in 2019-2020 were women. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 19.1%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 12.2% of the compsci doctor’s degrees at MIT in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 10%.

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Race/EthnicityNumber of Students
Asian5
Black or African American0
Hispanic or Latino0
Native American or Alaska Native0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander0
White11
International Students21
Other Races/Ethnicities4

PhD in CompSci Focus Areas at MIT

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

Focus AreaAnnual Graduates
Computer Science41

You may also be interested in one of these majors related to computer science.

Related MajorAnnual Graduates
Computer Information Systems12

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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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