University of Alabama at Birmingham PhD in Engineering

22 Doctor's Degrees Awarded

Engineering is a program of study at University of Alabama at Birmingham. 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, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.

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Graduate Cost
Online Learning
Student Diversity
Focus Areas
References

How Much Does a Doctorate in Engineering from UAB Cost?

$8,100 Average Tuition and Fees

UAB Graduate Tuition and Fees

In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at UAB was $1,066 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $450 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$8,100	$19,188

Does UAB Offer an Online PhD in Engineering?

UAB 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 UAB Online Learning page.

UAB Doctorate Student Diversity for Engineering

22 Doctor's Degrees Awarded

22.7% Women

13.6% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

There were 22 doctor’s degrees in engineering awarded during the 2019-2020 academic year. Information about those students is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Of the students who received their doctor’s degree in engineering in 2019-2020, 22.7% of them were women. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 24.6%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 13.6% of the engineering doctor’s degrees at UAB in 2019-2020. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 12%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	8
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

PhD in Engineering Focus Areas at UAB

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

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Biomedical Engineering	3
Civil Engineering	8
Computer Engineering	4
Materials Engineering	1
Other Engineering	6

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.