University of Houston PhD in Engineering

95 Doctor's Degrees Awarded

Engineering is a program of study at University of Houston. 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 UH Cost?

$9,547 Average Tuition and Fees

UH Graduate Tuition and Fees

During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time graduate students at UH paid an average of $982 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $474 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$8,539	$17,681
Fees	$1,008	$1,008

Does UH Offer an Online PhD in Engineering?

UH 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 UH Online Learning page.

UH Doctorate Student Diversity for Engineering

95 Doctor's Degrees Awarded

25.3% Women

9.5% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

In the 2019-2020 academic year, 95 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 25.3% of the engineering students who took home a doctor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 24.6%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 9.5% of the engineering doctor’s degrees at UH in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 12%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	17
International Students	67
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

PhD in Engineering Focus Areas at UH

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

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Biomedical Engineering	13
Chemical Engineering	19
Civil Engineering	5
Electrical Engineering	24
Environmental Engineering	1

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.