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Pennsylvania State University - University Park PhD in Civil Engineering

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

Civil Engineering is a major offered under the engineering program of study at Pennsylvania State University - University Park. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the doctor’s degree program in civil eng, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.

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Rankings for the Penn State University Park PhD in Civil Eng

#211 in the U.S
#27 in Pennsylvania

Each year, College Factual produces its Best Civil Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools ranking to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. A school's placement in this ranking is determined by a number of objective factors, including student debt accumulation, post-graduation earnings, and student and faculty diversity.

On the 2021 list, Penn State University Park was ranked #211 out of 464 schools in the country for this major at the doctorate level. It is also ranked #27 in Pennsylvania.

How Much Does a Doctorate in Civil Eng from Penn State University Park Cost?

$22,994 Average Tuition and Fees

Penn State University Park Graduate Tuition and Fees

Out-of-state part-time graduates at Penn State University Park paid an average of $1,571 per credit hour in 2018-2019. The average for in-state students was $915 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 $21,960 $37,694
Fees $1,034 $1,034

Does Penn State University Park Offer an Online PhD in Civil Eng?

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

Penn State University Park Doctorate Student Diversity for Civil Eng

14 Doctor's Degrees Awarded
28.6% Women
During the 2018-2019 academic year, there were 14 doctor’s degrees in civil eng handed out to qualified students. The charts and tables below give more information about these students.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 28.6% of the civil eng students who took home a doctor’s degree in 2018-2019. This is higher than the nationwide number of 26.4%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

None of the civil eng doctor’s degree recipients at Penn State University Park in 2018-2019 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
Native American or Alaska Native 0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 0
White 2
International Students 12
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

PhD in Civil Eng Focus Areas at Penn State University Park

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

Focus Area Annual Graduates
General Civil Engineering 14

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Related Major Annual Graduates
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 6
Agricultural Engineering 1
Architectural Engineering 4
Biomedical Engineering 7
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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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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