University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill PhD in Physical Sciences

69 Doctor's Degrees Awarded

Physical Sciences is a program of study at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 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 physical sciences, 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 Physical Sciences from UNC Chapel Hill Cost?

$12,522 Average Tuition and Fees

UNC Chapel Hill Graduate Tuition and Fees

In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at UNC Chapel Hill was $1,386 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $517 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$10,552	$28,278
Fees	$1,970	$1,970

Does UNC Chapel Hill Offer an Online PhD in Physical Sciences?

Online degrees for the UNC Chapel Hill physical sciences doctor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UNC Chapel Hill Online Learning page.

UNC Chapel Hill Doctorate Student Diversity for Physical Sciences

69 Doctor's Degrees Awarded

43.5% Women

11.6% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

During the 2019-2020 academic year, there were 69 doctor’s degrees in physical sciences handed out to qualified students. The charts and tables below give more information about these students.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 43.5% of the physical sciences students who took home a doctor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 34.0%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Around 11.6% of physical sciences doctor’s degree recipients at UNC Chapel Hill in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 12%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	53
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

PhD in Physical Sciences Focus Areas at UNC Chapel Hill

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

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Chemistry	42
Geological & Earth Sciences	6
Physics	17
Materials Sciences	4

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.