Princeton University PhD in Engineering

62 Doctor's Degrees Awarded

Engineering is a program of study at Princeton University. The school offers a doctor’s degree in the area. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the doctor’s degree program in engineering, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.

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Graduate Cost
Online Learning
Student Diversity
Focus Areas
References

How Much Does a Doctorate in Engineering from Princeton Cost?

$56,470 Average Tuition and Fees

Princeton Graduate Tuition and Fees

The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$53,890	$53,890
Fees	$2,580	$2,580

Does Princeton Offer an Online PhD in Engineering?

Online degrees for the Princeton 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 Princeton Online Learning page.

Princeton Doctorate Student Diversity for Engineering

62 Doctor's Degrees Awarded

29.0% Women

11.3% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

There were 62 doctor’s degrees in engineering awarded during the 2019-2020 academic year. Information about those students is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

About 29.0% of the students who received their PhD in engineering in 2019-2020 were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 24.6%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Of those graduates who received a doctor’s degree in engineering at Princeton in 2019-2020, 11.3% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 12%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	21
International Students	34
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

PhD in Engineering Focus Areas at Princeton

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

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Chemical Engineering	5
Civil Engineering	9
Electrical Engineering	20
Mechanical Engineering	18
Operations Research	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.

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