University of Rhode Island PhD in Physical Sciences

11 Doctor's Degrees Awarded

Physical Sciences is a program of study at University of Rhode Island. 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 if the program is offered online, ethnicity 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 URI Cost?

$15,964 Average Tuition and Fees

URI Graduate Tuition and Fees

During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time graduate students at URI paid an average of $1,512 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $783 per credit hour. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$14,096	$27,214
Fees	$1,868	$1,868

Does URI Offer an Online PhD in Physical Sciences?

Online degrees for the URI 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 URI Online Learning page.

URI Doctorate Student Diversity for Physical Sciences

11 Doctor's Degrees Awarded

45.5% Women

18.2% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

During the 2019-2020 academic year, there were 11 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 45.5% 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 18.2% of physical sciences doctor’s degree recipients at URI in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 12%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

PhD in Physical Sciences Focus Areas at URI

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

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Chemistry	3
Geological & Earth Sciences	3
Physics	5

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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