Western Michigan University PhD in Engineering

17 Doctor's Degrees Awarded

Engineering is a program of study at Western Michigan University. 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 engineering, 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 Engineering from WMU Cost?

$17,283 Average Tuition and Fees

WMU Graduate Tuition and Fees

In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at WMU was $1,268 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $682 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$16,360	$30,432
Fees	$923	$923

Does WMU Offer an Online PhD in Engineering?

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

WMU Doctorate Student Diversity for Engineering

17 Doctor's Degrees Awarded

29.4% Women

5.9% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

In the 2019-2020 academic year, 17 students received their doctor’s degree in engineering. The gender and racial-ethnic breakdown of those individuals is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 29.4% of the engineering students who took home a doctor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 24.6%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Of those graduates who received a doctor’s degree in engineering at WMU in 2019-2020, 5.9% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 12%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	5
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

PhD in Engineering Focus Areas at WMU

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

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Civil Engineering	2
Electrical Engineering	4
Mechanical Engineering	6
Industrial Engineering	3
Other Engineering	2

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.