Financial Support and Tuition — Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Duke University

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Graduate Tuition and Fees

(Source: IPEDS, 2009)
Full-time students: Tuition ?$37,700
Full-time students: Fees ?$680
Part-time students: Cost per credit hour $1,080

Application fee

(Source: IPEDS, 2009) ?
Graduate school application fee $75

Living Expenses

On Campus

(Source: IPEDS, 2009)
On-campus room and board ?$11,154
Additional expenses ?$1,910

Off Campus

(Source: IPEDS, 2005)
Off-campus room and board ?$8,200
Additional expenses ?$1,680

Type of Financial Support

(Source: GSS, 2007)
How graduate students in the program (including master's, doctoral, and professional degree students) paid for their graduate educations
Teaching assistantship ? 0%
Research assistantship ? 50%
Fellowship ? 37%
Traineeship ? 2%
Other 11%

First Year Support

(Source: NRC, 2005) ?
Data for full-time doctoral students in the fall of 2005
First year students with full financial support 87%

Sources of Financial Support

(Source: GSS, 2007)
How graduate students in the program (including master's, doctoral, and professional degree students) paid for their graduate educations

Federal Support

Department of Defense 11%
National Institutes of Health 6%
Health and Human Services (except NIH) 0%
National Science Foundation 17%
Department of Agriculture 0%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration 4%
Department of Energy 0%
Other Federal sources 0%

Non-Federal Support

Institutional support 52%
Foreign sources 0%
Other US sources 0%
Self support 11%

Tuition Remission

(Source: SED, 2000–2004) ?
Tuition paid by 2000–2004 Mechanical Engineering doctorate recipients from Duke University
 
Materials Science and Engineering, Duke University
Median tuition remission 83%

Amount of Tuition Remission Granted

No tuition remission 24%*
Less than 1/3 of tuition 1%*
1/3 to 2/3 of tuition 0%
More than 2/3 of tuition 75%*
 
Mechanical Engineering, Duke University
Median tuition remission 83%

Amount of Tuition Remission Granted

No tuition remission 26%
Less than 1/3 of tuition 1%*
1/3 to 2/3 of tuition 10%*
More than 2/3 of tuition 63%

Graduate School Debt

(Source: SED, 2000–2004) ?
Debt for 2000–2004 Mechanical Engineering doctorate recipients from Duke University
 
Materials Science and Engineering, Duke University
Median graduate school debt $0
 
Mechanical Engineering, Duke University
Median graduate school debt $0
* Value is missing. The value shown is based on the average for other programs in the same field. Learn more.
Data are for all Mechanical Engineering degree recipients from Duke University and may include graduates from more than one program.

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