Engineering at Duke University

50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

What traits are you looking for in a engineering school? To help you decide if Duke University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's engineering program.

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 Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

Duke Engineering Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
Master’s Degree in Engineering

Duke Engineering Rankings

The engineering major at Duke is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering. 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.

There were 87 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #35 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at Duke

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

Duke Engineering Bachelor’s Program

37% Women

50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 63% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 37% went to women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 26% women. So female students are more repesented at Duke since its program graduates 11% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 19% more racial-ethnic minorities in its engineering 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 engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	84
Black or African American	16
Hispanic or Latino	39
White	114
International Students	31
Other Races/Ethnicities	25

Duke Engineering Master’s Program

41% Women

18% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 59% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 41% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	31
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	18
White	56
International Students	246
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

Concentrations Within Engineering

The following engineering concentations are available at Duke University. 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
Biomedical Engineering	250
Mechanical Engineering	141
Computer Engineering	121
Electrical Engineering	119
Civil Engineering	49
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	5
Environmental Engineering	2
General Engineering	1
Materials Engineering	1

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering 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
Software Applications Developers	30,580	$103,280
Industrial Engineers	9,160	$87,110
Civil Engineers	8,840	$86,270
Mechanical Engineers	8,000	$87,470
Systems Software Developers	7,070	$105,760

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
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