English at Duke University

If you plan to study english, 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 English section at the bottom of this page.

Duke English Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in English Language
• Master’s Degree in English Language

Duke English Rankings

The english language major at Duke is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for English. 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 11 students who received their doctoral degrees in english language, making the school the #17 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

English Language Student Demographics at Duke

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

Duke English Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 27% of english language bachelor's degrees went to men and 73% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 22% more racial-ethnic minorities in its english language 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 english language.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Duke English Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 57% of english language master's degrees went to men and 43% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 27% men graduate in english language each year. Duke does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 30% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Careers That English Language Grads May Go Into

A degree in english language 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
High School Teachers	25,240	$47,580
English Language and Literature Professors	2,720	$64,080

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.