Education at Duke University

If you plan to study education, take a look at what Duke University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Duke is located in Durham, North Carolina and has a total student population of 16,172.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Education section at the bottom of this page.

Duke Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Education
• Master’s Degree in Education

Duke Education Rankings

The education major at Duke is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Education. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Education Student Demographics at Duke

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the education majors at Duke University.

Duke Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 15% of education bachelor's degrees went to men and 85% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 19% more racial-ethnic minorities in its education bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Duke University with a bachelor's in education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	7
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Duke Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of education master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 19% men graduate in education each year. Duke does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 31% more men than average.

Of the students who received a education master's degree from Duke, 67% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the education master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 2% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Duke University with a master's in education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Education

Education majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Duke University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Teacher Education Grade Specific	99
International Education	36

Related Majors

Careers That Education Grads May Go Into

A degree in education can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NC, the home state for Duke University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Elementary School Teachers	40,830	$46,500
Teacher Assistants	31,090	$23,960
High School Teachers	25,240	$47,580
Middle School Teachers	18,640	$47,050
Preschool Teachers	16,110	$28,260

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
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Bjoertvedt under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.