by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual began publishing its yearly rankings to help students identify graduate schools that put a high emphasis on educational quality as well as helping students succeed. Factors that go into these rankings include how much money students make after graduation, the number of FTE students per instructor, and how much debt students take on to attend the school.
Out of a field of 1149 colleges and universities considered in the 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking, Duke University landed the #7 spot. So, the school is among the best in the nation with its Top 1% ranking. As a result, Duke is a recipient of this year's Best Master's Schools badge.
In addition, Duke took the #1 spot for Best Master's Degree Schools in North Carolina.
There were 676 college and universities analyzed in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, and Duke took the #13 spot on the list. So, the school is among the best in the nation with its Top 5% ranking. This makes Duke a recipient of this year's Best Doctorate Schools badge.
Duke also ranked #1 for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in North Carolina.
Women make up 54.1% of the total graduate student body at Duke while men make you 45.9%. These percentages may be different for specific degree programs.
About 24.4% of the graduate students who attend Duke are from a racial-ethnic minority group*. Americans aren't the only ones who appreciate the graduate programs at Duke. Around 25.5% of graduate students are international. The chart below shows the breakdown of graduate student demographics at the school. You can click on it for a more detailed view.
The average tuition and fees for graduate students is shown below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $57,900 | $57,900 |
| Fees | $1,241 | $1,241 |
After obtaining their master's degree from Duke, graduates go on to jobs earning an average starting salary of $76,664. That's about 31% higher than the countrywide average of $58,425 for all master's degree holders.
The average starting salary for graduate students who earn their doctorate degree at Duke is $92,967. That's about 24% higher than the countrywide average of $75,260 for all doctorate degree holders.
Get more details about the location of Duke University.
Contact details for Duke are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 103 Allen Bldg, Durham, NC 27708 |
| Phone: | 919-684-8111 |
| Website: | www.duke.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/DukeUniv |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/DukeU |
In 2020-2021, 30.5% of the graduate students at Duke University took at least one class online. For that same period, 8.4% of grad students took all of their classes online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
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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