University of Houston PhD in Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering

13 Doctor's Degrees Awarded

Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering is a concentration offered under the biomedical engineering major at University of Houston. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the doctor’s degree program in bioengineering, 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
References

How Much Does a Doctorate in Bioengineering 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 Bioengineering?

UH does not offer an online option for its bioengineering 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 Bioengineering

13 Doctor's Degrees Awarded

53.8% Women

7.7% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

During the 2019-2020 academic year, there were 13 doctor’s degrees in bioengineering handed out to qualified students. The charts and tables below give more information about these students.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 53.8% of the bioengineering students who took home a doctor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 39.1%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Of those graduates who received a doctor’s degree in bioengineering at UH in 2019-2020, 7.7% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 23%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	8
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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*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.