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University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus PhD in Biomedical Engineering

17 Doctor's Degrees Awarded
$94,408 Average Salary

The main focus area for this major is Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.

Biomedical Engineering is a major offered under the engineering program of study at University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus. Here, you’ll find out more about the major doctor’s degree program in bio engineering, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.

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How Much Does a Doctorate in Bio Engineering from Pitt Cost?

$24,468 Average Tuition and Fees

Pitt Graduate Tuition and Fees

In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at Pitt was $1,630 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $947 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.

In State Out of State
Tuition $23,530 $39,898
Fees $938 $938

How Much Can You Make With a PhD in Bio Engineering From Pitt?

$94,408 Average Salary
High Earnings Boost

bio engineering who receive their doctor’s degree from Pitt make an average of $94,408 a year during the early days of their career. That is 39% higher than the national average of $67,750.

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Does Pitt Offer an Online PhD in Bio Engineering?

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

Pitt Doctorate Student Diversity for Bio Engineering

17 Doctor's Degrees Awarded
41.2% Women
23.5% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2019-2020 academic year, 17 students received their doctor’s degree in bio engineering. The gender and racial-ethnic breakdown of those individuals is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 41.2% of the bio engineering students who took home a doctor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 39.1%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 23.5% of the bio engineering doctor’s degrees at Pitt in 2019-2020. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 23%.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 4
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
Native American or Alaska Native 0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 0
White 5
International Students 7
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

PhD in Bio Engineering Focus Areas at Pitt

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

Focus Area Annual Graduates
Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering 17

You may also be interested in one of these majors related to biomedical engineering.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Chemical Engineering 14
Civil Engineering 9
Computer Engineering 2
Electrical Engineering 14
Materials Engineering 5

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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.

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