Ross PhD students outside Law Quad
PhD Community Profile At a Glance
102

students in the Michigan Ross PhD program.

55%

Women

55%

of PhD students have advanced degrees.

Class Composition
102Approximate number of doctoral students
21-44Age range at time of enrollment
59%International students
55%Percentage with an advanced degree
55%Women
182023 Incoming PhD enrollees
Undergraduate & Graduate Majors

Accounting
Actuarial Sciences
Advertising
Afro American & African Studies
Applied Economics
Applied Mathematics
Applied Mechanics
Asian Studies: China
Bioengineering
Business Administration
Business and Management
Business Economics
Business Statistics
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Cognitive Psychology
Cognitive Science
Computer Engineering
Computer Sciences
Econometrics
Economics
Electronics Engineering
English
Finance

Electrical Engineering
Financial Engineering
Higher Education
Industrial and Operations Engineering
Industrial Engineering
Information Sciences
Instrumentation Technology
International Business Management
International Relations
Management Science
Marketing
Math of Finance and Risk Management
Mathematics
Mechanical Engineering
Neurosciences
Operations Management
Organizational Behavior & Human Resources Management
Probability & Statistics
Psychology
Sociology
Statistics
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Student Profile
PhD
Exploring Choice in a Meaningful Way
Devin’s interest in why people make the choices that they do began when he was an undergraduate student at Princeton University studying sociology and Latin American Studies.

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Alumni
PhD
Spreading Social Good with Positive Business Strategy
Shortly after the company I cofounded, Essmart , launched in southern India, my colleagues and I saw the huge effect even simple technology can have on a community. A barber who had recently bought...

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Alumni
PhD '15
Cultivating Academic Ties Across Multiple Disciplines
I chose Ross because of the collaborative, supportive community, and the many different disciplines and approaches to research.

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