Stanford University PhD in Engineering

275 Doctor's Degrees Awarded

Engineering is a program of study at Stanford 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, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.

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Graduate Cost
Online Learning
Student Diversity
Focus Areas
References

How Much Does a Doctorate in Engineering from Stanford Cost?

$55,011 Average Tuition and Fees

Stanford Graduate Tuition and Fees

Part-time graduates at Stanford paid an average of $1,207 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$54,315	$54,315
Fees	$696	$696

Does Stanford Offer an Online PhD in Engineering?

Stanford 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 Stanford Online Learning page.

Stanford Doctorate Student Diversity for Engineering

275 Doctor's Degrees Awarded

29.8% Women

23.3% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

In the 2019-2020 academic year, 275 students received their doctor’s degree in engineering. The gender and racial-ethnic breakdown of those individuals is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 29.8% of the engineering students who took home a doctor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 24.6%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Around 23.3% of engineering doctor’s degree recipients at Stanford in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 12%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	40
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	9
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	1
White	98
International Students	113
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

PhD in Engineering Focus Areas at Stanford

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

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	15
Biomedical Engineering	26
Chemical Engineering	25
Civil Engineering	36
Electrical Engineering	84

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.