Duke University Overview

Duke University is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Durham, North Carolina. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

What Is Duke University Known For?

• Students who want to work more closely with their professors have an easier time at Duke since the student to facuty ratio is 6 to 1.
• The highest award offered at Duke is the doctor's degree.
• During a recent academic cycle, 94% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Duke makes roughly $97,800 a year. This is 140% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.
• It takes the average Duke student 4.1 years to graduate. This is pretty good when compared to the national rate of 4.4 years.

Where Is Duke University?

Contact details for Duke are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	103 Allen Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
Phone:	919-684-8111
Website:	www.duke.edu

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How Do I Get Into Duke?

You can apply to Duke online at: admissions.duke.edu/application/instructions

Admission Requirements for Duke

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	3
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	1
Recommendations	1
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	3

How Hard Is It To Get Into Duke?

With an acceptance rate of 6%, Duke is one of the most selective schools in the country. If the admissions department requests additional materials, be sure to submit them promptly. This could be a sign that you're on the border line of being accepted or denied.

Approximately 45% of accepted students are men and 55% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 6%, and the acceptance rate for women is 6%.

Average Test Scores

About 49% of students accepted to Duke submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 730 and 770. Math scores were between 760 and 800.

Duke received ACT scores from 37% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 35 and 36. Math scores were between 33 and 0. Composite scores were between 34 and 35.

Can I Afford Duke University?

The overall average net price of Duke is $48,634. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Duke, approximately 19% of students took out student loans averaging $6,351 a year. That adds up to $25,404 over four years for those students.

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Duke University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 6,717 undergraduate students at Duke, with 6,572 being full-time and 145 being part-time.

There are also 9,455 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 6,572 full-time undergraduates at Duke, 49% are male and 51% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Duke University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	1,397
Black or African American	576
Hispanic or Latino	669
White	2,661
International Students	527
Other Races/Ethnicities	742

Geographic Diversity

North Carolina students aren't the only ones who study at Duke University. At this time, 49 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 126 countries are represented at Duke. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and South Korea.

Duke University Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	0	0	999	17	1,016
Nursing	224	99	208	97	628
Computer Science	410	0	50	15	475
Biomedical Engineering	102	72	106	35	315
Economics	199	0	87	18	304
Public Policy	144	0	143	7	294
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	281	0	0	0	281
Engineering-Related Fields	0	0	266	0	266
Business Administration & Management	0	22	229	0	251
Natural Resources Conservation	54	0	188	3	245
Law	0	0	0	238	238
General Biology	169	0	42	9	220
Computer Engineering	110	0	76	0	186
Theological & Ministerial Studies	0	0	136	45	181
Electrical Engineering	0	0	142	37	179
Child Development & Psychology	133	5	8	17	163
Political Science & Government	111	0	25	13	149
Statistics	83	0	53	10	146
Medicine	0	0	0	117	117
Mechanical Engineering	73	0	30	13	116
Legal Research	0	1	107	1	109
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	95	0	2	9	106
Allied Health Professions	0	8	90	0	98
Mathematics	83	0	0	13	96
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics	17	3	65	8	93
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	0	0	0	92	92
Teacher Education Grade Specific	0	75	12	0	87
Engineering Technology (Other)	0	0	85	0	85
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences	23	21	29	8	81
International Business	0	0	70	0	70
Physics	15	0	33	22	70
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology	0	17	44	3	64
History	45	0	13	4	62
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	0	15	44	0	59
Chemistry	29	0	3	24	56
Area Studies	34	6	14	0	54
General English Literature	30	0	7	15	52
International Relations & National Security	0	11	40	0	51
Sociology	42	0	2	7	51
Entrepreneurial Studies	0	49	0	0	49
Public Health	33	0	12	0	45
Civil Engineering	17	0	10	15	42
Medical Illustration & Informatics	0	4	36	0	40
Data Science	0	0	38	0	38
Religious Studies	3	0	24	6	33
Physiology & Pathology Sciences	8	1	14	8	31
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	29	0	0	0	29
Romance Languages	21	0	3	4	28
Genetics	0	0	2	25	27
Economics and Computer Science	0	0	27	0	27
Philosophy	22	1	0	3	26
Fine & Studio Arts	5	0	17	3	25
Other Visual Art	24	0	0	0	24
Liberal Arts General Studies	0	0	23	0	23
Ethnic Studies	9	12	0	0	21
Interdisciplinary Studies	21	0	0	0	21
Natural Resource Management	0	0	21	0	21
International Education	20	0	0	0	20
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology	1	0	11	7	19
Health & Medical Administrative Services	0	19	0	0	19
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	4	0	1	13	18
Theology & Religious Vocations (Other)	0	18	0	0	18
Anthropology	10	0	2	5	17
Pharmacology & Toxicology	0	4	3	9	16
Materials Sciences	0	0	12	3	15
Germanic Languages	5	0	6	3	14
Computer Information Systems	0	2	11	0	13
Literature	11	0	0	0	11
Music	3	0	3	4	10
Geological & Earth Sciences	6	0	2	1	9
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages	5	2	1	0	8
Radio, Television & Digital Communication	0	0	6	1	7
Computer Engineering Technology	0	0	7	0	7
Forestry	0	0	7	0	7
Dance	3	0	4	0	7
Environmental Control Technology	0	0	6	0	6
Systems Engineering	0	0	5	0	5
Other Science Technologies/Technicians	0	5	0	0	5
Other Engineering	4	0	0	0	4
Mathematics & Computer Science	4	0	0	0	4
General Visual & Performing Arts	4	0	0	0	4
Environmental Engineering	3	0	0	0	3
Classical Languages & Literature	0	0	1	2	3
Behavioral Science	3	0	0	0	3
Natural Sciences	3	0	0	0	3
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	0	2	0	0	2
Biological & Physical Science	2	0	0	0	2
Drama & Theater Arts	2	0	0	0	2
Computer Software & Applications	1	0	0	0	1
Information Science	0	1	0	0	1
General Engineering	0	1	0	0	1
Materials Engineering	0	0	1	0	1
Computational Science	1	0	0	0	1
Medieval Studies	0	1	0	0	1
Journalism	0	0	0	0	0
Public Relations & Advertising	0	0	0	0	0
Engineering Mechanics	0	0	0	0	0
Middle Eastern Semitic Languages	0	0	0	0	0
Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services	0	0	0	0	0
Cognitive Science	0	0	0	0	0
Sustainability Science	0	0	0	0	0
General Psychology	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	2,793	477	3,764	1,009	8,043

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
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