Statistics at Duke University

If you are interested in studying statistics, you may want to check out the program at Duke University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Duke is located in Durham, North Carolina and has a total student population of 16,172. Of the 2,319 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Duke University in 2021, 54 of them were statistics majors.

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

Duke Statistics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Stats
• Master’s Degree in Stats
• Doctorate Degree in Stats

Duke Statistics Rankings

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

In 2021, 44 students received their master’s degree in stats from Duke. This makes it the #21 most popular school for stats master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 6 students who received their doctoral degrees in stats, making the school the #29 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Stats Student Demographics at Duke

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

Duke Statistics Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 54 students earned a bachelor's degree in stats from Duke. About 50% of these graduates were women and the other 50% were men. The typical stats bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Duke since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% more racial-ethnic minorities in its stats 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 stats.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	20
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	13
International Students	18
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Duke Statistics Master’s Program

Of the 44 stats students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Duke, about 57% were men and 43% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	9
International Students	28
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Duke also has a doctoral program available in stats. In 2021, 6 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Mathematics

Careers That Stats Grads May Go Into

A degree in stats 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
Natural Sciences Managers	2,960	$153,490
Mathematical Science Professors	1,870	$74,330
Statisticians	1,500	$101,010
Survey Researchers	350	$80,960
Actuaries	230	$117,190

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.