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#34 of 14,131 In the World
#30 of 2,597 In North America
#28 of 2,496 In the United States
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Religion
United Methodist
Acceptance rate
6%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Avg. cost to attend
$23,694 /y
Aid receiving
57%
Undergraduates
6,640
Graduates
11,383
Male:Female Ratio
45:55
Control
Private
not-for-profit
Highest Degree
Doctor's degree
Website
duke.edu

Duke University Acceptance rate and admissions statistics

Duke University has an acceptance rate of 6% and is among the top 1% of the most difficult universities to gain admission to in the United States. The university reports the admission statistics without distinguishing between local and international students.

Total Men Women
Acceptance Rate 6% 6% 6%
Applicants 50,016 23,211 26,805
Admissions 3,174 1,437 1,737
Freshmen enrolled full time 1,745 793 952

1,198 students enrolled in some distance education courses.

950 enrolled exclusively in distance education.

SAT scores

Among admitted applicants
859 or 49%
submitted SAT

25% of them
had 1490
or below

75% of them
had 1570
or below

Typical SAT scores of first-years in Duke University are 1490-1570 (middle 50% range).

ACT scores

Among admitted applicants
638 or 37%
submitted ACT

25% of them
had 34
or below

75% of them
had 35
or below

Typical ACT scores of first-years in Duke University are 34-35 (middle 50% range).

Admissions requirements

College-preparatory program Required
Recommendations Required
Secondary school GPA Required
Secondary school record Required
SAT/ACT Considered but not required
Formal demonstration of competencies Neither required nor recommended
Other Tests Neither required nor recommended
Secondary school rank Neither required nor recommended
TOEFL Neither required nor recommended

Enrollment demographics by race or ethnicity

White 6796 (38%)
Nonresident Alien 4431 (25%)
Asian 2420 (13%)
Hispanic 1425 (8%)
Black or African American 1317 (7%)
Two or more races 894 (5%)
Race or Ethnicity unknown 687 (4%)
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander 15 (0.1%)
American Indian or Alaska Native 10 (0.1%)

Costs per year: Tuition, Housing, Fees

The average net cost to attend Duke University is $23,694 per year, calculated as the sum of the average cost of tuition, room and board, books, and supplies, reduced by the amount of average financial aid received.

The final cost of attendance varies for each student based on household income, residency, program, and other factors.

Net average cost to attend
$23,694/year
Average aid awarded
$57,444
Students receiving aid
57%

Average costs by household income

<$30K $3,931
$30-48K $2,025
$48-75K $10,076
$75-110K $17,506
$110K+ $49,945

Tuition and fees

UndergraduatesGraduates
Tuition in-district $60,435$60,220
Tuition in-state $60,435$60,220
Tuition out-of-state $60,435$60,220
Fee in-district $2,253$1,302
Fee in-state $2,253$1,302
Fee out-of-state $2,253$1,302

Room and board costs

Dormitory capacity 5,699
Combined charge for room and board $16,651
Room charge $9,495
Meal charge $7,156

Duke University majors

Duke University has granted 1,850 bachelor's degrees across 48 programs, 3,087 master's across 71 programs, and 946 doctorate degrees across 53 programs. Below is a table with majors that lead to degrees at Duke University.

Major Bachelor Master Doctoral
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods, Other 969 9
Business Administration and Management, General 280
Public Policy Analysis, General 168 103 4
Computer Science 210 49 9
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics 189 64 15
Law 214
Computer Engineering, General 127 51
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering 65 66 38
Biology & Biological Sciences, General 147 8
Registered Nursing & Registered Nurse 155
Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies, Other 116 22
Theology & Theological Studies 129 1
Research and Experimental Psychology, Other 129
Mechanical Engineering 79 18 23
Medicine 120
Neuroscience 93 1 12
Engineering & Industrial Management 99
Political Science and Government, General 64 25 8
Electrical and Electronics Engineering 64 32
Natural Resources & Conservation, General 94
Physician Assistant 89
International Business & Trade & Commerce 87
Physical Therapy & Therapist 79
Statistics, General 32 35 11
Family Practice Nurse & Nursing 61 3
Chemistry, General 33 4 26
Environmental Studies 31 16 9
Biostatistics 47 4
Adult Health Nurse & Nursing 50
English Language and Literature, General 22 13 14
Nursing Practice 49
Sociology, General 34 7 8
Anatomy 20 28
Biomedical Sciences, General 47
Mathematics, General 33 10
Medical Informatics 40
Physics, Other 34 5
History, General 23 6 7
Pediatric Nurse & Nursing 33 3
Infectious Disease and Global Health 34
Civil Engineering, General 12 11 9
Physics, General 13 2 16
Area Studies, Other 30
Computational Science 28
International and Comparative Education 26
Nurse Anesthetist 24
Christian Studies 22
Psychology, General 10 12
Engineering & Engineering-Related Technologies & Technicians, Other 21
International Relations and Affairs 21
Nursing Administration 21
Multi- & Interdisciplinary Studies, General 20
Anthropology, General 9 2 8
Bioethics & Medical Ethics 19
Divinity & Ministry 16
Molecular Genetics 16
Philosophy 11 1 4
Nursing Education 15
Women's Health Nurse & Nursing 15
German Language and Literature 10 4
Psychiatric & Mental Health Nurse & Nursing 14
Religion & Religious Studies 7 7
Pharmacology 13
Forest Management & Forest Resources Management 12
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other 12
Art History, Criticism and Conservation 6 2 3
Visual and Performing Arts, Other 11
Biochemistry 3 7
Cell & Cellular Biology and Histology 10
Pathology & Experimental Pathology 8 2
Environmental & Natural Resources Management and Policy, General 9
Music, General 2 2 5
Political Economy 9
Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology, Other 8
East Asian Studies 8
Maternal & Child Health and Neonatal Nurse & Nursing 8
Teacher Education, Multiple Levels 8
Cognitive Science, General 7
Fine Arts and Art Studies, Other 7
Genome Sciences & Genomics 7
Immunology 7
Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography 6
Mathematics and Computer Science 6
Molecular Biology 1 5
Nursing Science 6
Women's Studies 6
General Literature 5
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General 1 1 3
Behavioral Sciences 4
Epidemiology 4
Linguistics 4
Spanish Language and Literature 4
Dance, General 1 2
Digital Communication and Media & Multimedia 3
Drama and Dramatics & Theatre Arts, General 3
Foreign Languages and Literatures, General 3
Materials Science 3
African Studies 2
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General 2
Ecology 2
Engineering Mechanics 2
Environmental & Environmental Health Engineering 2
Materials Engineering 2
Natural Sciences 2
Visual and Performing Arts, General 2
Biophysics 1
Environmental & Environmental Engineering Technology & Technician 1
Geological and Earth Sciences & Geosciences, Other 1
Geology & Earth Science, General 1
History, Other 1
International Public Health & International Health 1
Medieval and Renaissance Studies 1
Optics & Optical Sciences 1
Grand Total 1,850 3,087 946

Duke University has a graduation rate of 97%, which is among the 2% highest for universities in the US.

Total Men Women
Graduation rate 97% 95% 98%
  • Full-time retention rate - 97%

Publications & Citations

Duke University is a world-class research university with 186,290 scientific papers published and 7,048,348 citations received. The research profile covers a range of fields, including Biology, Medicine, Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, Chemistry, Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, Genetics, Environmental Science, and Psychology.

Publications
186,290
Citations
7,048,348

Publication / Citation count by topic

Biology
112,485 / 5,017,102
Medicine
105,860 / 4,193,989
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
81,198 / 2,831,027
Chemistry
79,572 / 3,686,836
Computer Science
78,359 / 2,948,205
Engineering
66,252 / 2,521,719
Physics
63,297 / 2,487,631
Genetics
62,316 / 2,875,774
Environmental Science
58,573 / 2,423,330
Psychology
57,534 / 2,320,235
Biochemistry
54,119 / 2,659,861
Pathology
48,891 / 1,978,685
Mathematics
42,125 / 1,608,255
Political Science
40,463 / 1,243,689
Quantum and Particle physics
38,605 / 1,492,846
Law
38,446 / 1,214,009
Sociology
36,668 / 1,294,058
Statistics
35,768 / 1,378,879
Psychiatry
34,944 / 1,456,707
Philosophy
32,939 / 1,120,462
Surgery
32,489 / 1,182,008
Geology
32,144 / 1,464,455
Geography and Cartography
29,602 / 1,102,290
Organic Chemistry
27,503 / 1,370,278
Ecology
26,229 / 1,367,197
Materials Science
25,467 / 1,095,220
Economics
24,967 / 920,276
Business
24,842 / 963,819
Neuroscience
24,579 / 1,118,779
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
23,592 / 777,496
History
22,747 / 675,686
Paleontology
21,942 / 1,008,448
Optical Engineering
20,518 / 703,088
Radiology and Nuclear medicine
19,979 / 678,497
Immunology
19,426 / 819,862
Public Health
19,380 / 819,069
Demography
18,268 / 768,613
Archaeology
17,171 / 614,946
Machine Learning
16,293 / 585,376
Linguistics
15,192 / 544,394

Annual publication & citation counts

Year Publications Citations
1991 1350 19702
1992 1370 22641
1993 1490 23218
1994 1569 25768
1995 1692 28990
1996 1786 32328
1997 1796 36117
1998 1949 40643
1999 2067 45727
2000 2112 52315
2001 2149 57451
2002 2859 68257
2003 3014 76080
2004 3158 86628
2005 3487 102767
2006 3884 118624
2007 4082 136469
2008 4381 155530
2009 4750 177230
2010 5003 200681
2011 5388 227042
2012 5930 255094
2013 6373 283153
2014 6784 308711
2015 7290 329005
2016 7763 344187
2017 8326 363137
2018 8849 396072
2019 10013 443517
2020 11048 521472
2021 11229 578786
2022 10682 579433
2023 10287 573751
Academic rankings

Duke University alumni

  1. Richard Nixon

    Richard Nixon
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1913-1994 (aged 81)
    Occupations
    autobiographerlawyerpoliticianmilitary officerstatesperson
    Biography

    Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a representative and senator from California and as the 36th vice president from 1953 to 1961 under President Dwight D. Eisenhower. His presidency saw the reduction of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, détente with the Soviet Union and China, the Apollo 11 Moon landing, and the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency and Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Nixon's second term ended early when he became the only U.S. president to resign from office, as a result of the Watergate scandal.

  2. Kyrie Irving

    Kyrie Irving
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1992-.. (age 32)
    Occupations
    diaristbasketball player
    Biography

    Kyrie Andrew Irving is an American professional basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was named the Rookie of the Year after being selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers with the first overall pick in the 2011 NBA draft. An eight-time All-Star and three-time member of the All-NBA Team, he won an NBA championship with the Cavaliers in 2016. Irving is widely considered one of the best ball handlers of all time.

  3. Ken Jeong

    Ken Jeong
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1969-.. (age 55)
    Occupations
    comediangame show hostfilm actorphysicianvoice actor
    Biography

    Kendrick Kang-Joh Jeong is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He rose to prominence for playing Leslie Chow in The Hangover film series (2009–2013) and Ben Chang in the NBC sitcom Community (2009–2015). He created, wrote and produced the ABC sitcom Dr. Ken (2015–2017), in which he portrays the titular character, and he has appeared in the films Knocked Up (2007), Role Models (2008), Furry Vengeance (2010), The Duff (2015), Ride Along 2 (2016), Crazy Rich Asians (2018), Scoob! (2020) and Tom & Jerry (2021).

  4. Tim Cook

    Tim Cook
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1960-.. (age 64)
    Enrolled in Duke University
    Studied in 1988
    Occupations
    presenterinternational forum participantchief executive officerbusinesspersonmanager
    Biography

    Timothy Donald Cook is an American business executive who has been the chief executive officer of Apple Inc. since 2011. Cook had previously been the company's chief operating officer under its co-founder Steve Jobs.

All 100 notable alumni

General info

Alternative names DUKE
Founded 1838
Motto Eruditio et Religio
Knowledge and Faith
Colors duke blue, white
Academic calendar September to May (September - December; January-May). Also Summer Session (May-August)
Total FTE staff 17,800
Carnegie classification Doctoral Universities: Highest Research Activity

Location and contacts

Address 103 Allen Bldg
Durham, North Carolina, 27708
United States
City population 284,000
Phone 9196848111

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