University of Pennsylvania Doctorate in Education

86 Doctor's Degrees Awarded

Education is a program of study at University of Pennsylvania. 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 education, 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 Education from UPenn Cost?

$41,760 Average Tuition and Fees

UPenn Graduate Tuition and Fees

In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at UPenn was $1,855 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$37,678	$37,678
Fees	$4,082	$4,082

Does UPenn Offer an Online Doctorate in Education?

UPenn does not offer an online option for its education doctor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UPenn Online Learning page.

UPenn Doctorate Student Diversity for Education

86 Doctor's Degrees Awarded

52.3% Women

34.9% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

During the 2019-2020 academic year, there were 86 doctor’s degrees in education handed out to qualified students. The charts and tables below give more information about these students.

Male-to-Female Ratio

About 52.3% of the students who received their Doctorate in education in 2019-2020 were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 68.6%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Around 34.9% of education doctor’s degree recipients at UPenn in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 34%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	9
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	49
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Doctorate in Education Focus Areas at UPenn

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

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
General Education	16
Curriculum & Instruction	3
Educational Administration	49
Educational Assessment	2
Teacher Education Subject Specific	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.