by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
Duke University was awarded 126 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is computer & information sciences.
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Duke is ranked #7 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 1% of all schools in the nation! Duke has maintained this ranking for at least two years in a row.
Duke is also ranked #1 out of 93 schools in North Carolina.
With an acceptance rate of 6%, Duke is one of the most selective schools in the country. Good grades and high test scores alone may not be enough to get you into the school, so do your best to submit a stellar application.
About 49% of students accepted to Duke submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 730 and 770. Math scores were between 760 and 800.
The student to faculty ratio at Duke is an impressive 6 to 1. That's quite good when you compare it to the national average of 15 to 1. This is a good sign that students at the school will have more opportunities for one-on-one interactions with their professors.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Duke University is 94%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Duke University has a freshmen retention rate of 97%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at Duke for first-time, full-time students is 88%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 6,717 undergraduates at Duke with 6,572 being full-time and 145 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $3,931 | $2,025 | $10,076 | $17,506 | $49,945 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Duke, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Duke, approximately 19% of students took out student loans averaging $6,351 a year. That adds up to $25,404 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Duke are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 103 Allen Bldg, Durham, NC 27708 |
| Phone: | 919-684-8111 |
| Website: | www.duke.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods | 1,147 | NA |
| Nursing | 537 | $77,288 |
| Natural Resources Conservation | 430 | $28,121 |
| Computer Science | 428 | $133,356 |
| Economics | 288 | $98,649 |
| Public Policy | 288 | $60,501 |
| Business Administration & Management | 283 | NA |
| General Biology | 215 | $30,939 |
| Law | 214 | NA |
| Biomedical Engineering | 202 | $69,873 |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 2,148 students took at least one online class at Duke University. This is a decrease from the 4,199 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 2,148 | 950 |
| 2021-2022 | 4,199 | 904 |
| 2020-2021 | 8,714 | 4,862 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,010 | 790 |
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Footnotes
*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.
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