The main focus area for this major is General Computer Engineering. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Computer Engineering is a major offered under the engineering program of study at Duke University. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in CE, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.
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BS in Computer Science - Software Engineering
With a software engineering degree, you'll learn the fundamental concepts and principles – a systematic approach used to develop software on time, on budget and within specifications – throughout your online college classes at SNHU.
Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. According to College Factual's most recent rankings, Duke is the best school in the United States for CE majors working on their bachelor's degree. It is also ranked #1 in North Carolina.
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Part-time undergraduates at Duke paid an average of $1,746 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $55,880 | $55,880 |
Fees | $1,753 | $1,753 |
Books and Supplies | $1,434 | $1,434 |
On Campus Room and Board | $16,026 | $16,026 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $1,976 | $1,976 |
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One way to think about how much a school will cost is to look at how much in student loans that you have to take out to get your degree. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at Duke in CE walked away with an average of $10,000 in student debt. That is 61% lower than the national average of $25,424.
The median early career salary of CE students who receive their bachelor’s degree from Duke is $105,306 per year. That is 57% higher than the national average of $67,013.
Duke does not offer an online option for its CE bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Duke Online Learning page.
About 40.2% of the students who received their BS in CE in 2019-2020 were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 15.2%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in CE at Duke in 2019-2020, 43.9% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 39%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 34 |
Black or African American | 4 |
Hispanic or Latino | 6 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 44 |
International Students | 16 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 3 |
Computer Engineering students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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General Computer Engineering | 107 |
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Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Biomedical Engineering | 89 |
Civil Engineering | 14 |
Environmental Engineering | 2 |
Mechanical Engineering | 91 |
*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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.