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Duke University

Basic Information

Type Private

Location Durham, NC

Population 1,100,000

Website http://www.duke.edu

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 6,417

Men / Women 46% / 54%

White 39%

Asian 17%

International 11%

Hispanic 10%

Black 7%

Mixed 5%

Native American 0%

Academics

Undergraduate Degrees

Humanities & Social Sciences 35%

Computer Science & Math 17%

Life & Natural Sciences 16%

Engineering 13%

Health Sciences 10%

Business & Economics 8%

Arts 1%

Education 1%

Financial

Tuition & Fees $70,265

Est. Cost of Attendance $87,072

10-Year ROI $308,000

ROI Percentile 98th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 98%

4-Year Graduation Rate 87%

6-Year Graduation Rate 97%

Transfer-Out Rate 1%

Weather

Comfortable Days 115 (84th pctl)

Sunshine Hours 2,680 (63th pctl)

Days Without Precipitation 256 (70th pctl)

Muggyness Nice

Admissions

Acceptance Rate 5%

Yield (Unbound) 42%

Early Decision Nov 1

Regular Decision Jan 3

Research

Research Level R1

Expenditure

Life & Natural Sciences	$1,365M	#7
Humanities & Social Sciences	$57M	#22
Engineering, Computing & Math	$144M	#44

Graduate Degrees

Engineering, Computing & Math	138	#36
Life & Natural Sciences	503	#40
Humanities & Social Sciences	400	#42

Honors College

Standardized Tests

Test Scores

Test Policy test_optional

Submitted Test Scores 78%

SAT Range 1510 – 1550

SAT Math Range 760 – 800

SAT RW Range 740 – 770

ACT Range 34 – 35

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average; +1 is one standard deviation above. The emphasized lines at +2 and −2 mark two standard deviations. One chart per macro-category; all charts share a common y-axis.

Schools & Majors

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	5yr Earn
Pratt School of Engineering	272	65% / 35%	4%	$152,106
Biomedical Engineering	86 +3	56% / 44%	5%	$131,595
Civil Engineering	14 —	21% / 79%	0%	—
Electrical & Computer Engineering	92 +8	80% / 20%	4%	$185,765
Environmental Engineering	4 —	0% / 100%	0%	—
Interdisciplinary Engineering & Applied Science (IDEAS)	6 —	33% / 67%	17%	—
Mechanical Engineering	70 +5	71% / 29%	4%	$133,069

⇅	Trends	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	5yr Earn
School of Nursing		206	15% / 85%	0%	$124,504
Nursing		206 —	15% / 85%	0%	$124,504

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	5yr Earn
Trinity College of Arts and Sciences	1,650	46% / 54%	20%	$135,980
Computational Science	1 —	100% / 0%	0%	—
Computer Science	274 +147	61% / 39%	13%	$214,730
Computer Software and Media Applications
Mathematics	47 +35	81% / 19%	15%	$140,062
Mathematics and Computer Science	6 —	100% / 0%	33%	—
Statistics	40 +20	52% / 48%	18%	$129,549
Anatomy	16 +4	44% / 56%	0%	$92,237
Biological and Physical Sciences	1 —	0% / 100%	0%	—
Biology	158 +13	35% / 65%	1%	$75,112
Biophysics	6 —	50% / 50%	17%	—
Chemistry	21 +3	62% / 38%	10%	—
Environmental Studies	32 +12	34% / 66%	3%	$90,156
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences	6 —	50% / 50%	0%	—
Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography	7 —	14% / 86%	0%	—
Natural Sciences	1 —	0% / 100%	0%	—
Neuroscience	87 +2	26% / 74%	7%	$78,521
Physics	10 +9	70% / 30%	10%	—
Economics	149 +24	62% / 38%	11%	$166,349
Economics	19 +4	58% / 42%	0%	$166,349
African Studies	5 +1	40% / 60%	0%	—
Anthropology	12 +2	17% / 83%	8%	$66,473
Area Studies	29 —	41% / 59%	0%	—
Behavioral Sciences	1 —	0% / 100%	0%	—
Classical Languages	1 +1	100% / 0%	0%	—
Cognitive Science	2 —	50% / 50%	0%	—
English	19 +10	21% / 79%	0%	$83,004
Ethnic and Cultural Studies
Foreign Languages	2 +7	50% / 50%	50%	$100,596
French
General Literature	6 +5	67% / 33%	0%	—
German
History	11 +5	27% / 73%	0%	$91,296
History	1 —	100% / 0%	0%	$91,296
Interdisciplinary Studies	259 —	44% / 56%	91%	—
Interdisciplinary Studies	12 —	42% / 58%	8%	—
Italian	1 +2	100% / 0%	100%	$74,157
Linguistics	4 +3	0% / 100%	0%	$100,596
Philosophy	6 +4	50% / 50%	50%	—
Political Science	74 +25	57% / 43%	7%	$108,114
Psychology	113 +16	18% / 82%	4%	—
Public Policy Studies	142 +20	41% / 59%	3%	$118,227
Religion/Religious Studies	2 +3	50% / 50%	0%	$51,323
Romance Languages
Russian	1 +1	100% / 0%	0%	—
Sociology	28 +3	39% / 61%	0%	$79,809
Spanish
Women's Studies	4 —	0% / 100%	0%	—
International and Comparative Education	13 +8	31% / 69%	0%	$70,238
Art History, Criticism and Conservation	5 +3	20% / 80%	0%	—
Dance
Music
Theater	2 +6	0% / 100%	0%	—
Visual and Performing Arts	3 +3	33% / 67%	0%	—
Visual and Performing Arts	11 +2	36% / 64%	0%	—