by our College Data Analytics TeamNursing is a major offered under the health professions program of study at Duke University. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the master’s degree program in nursing, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.
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In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at Duke was $3,360 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $57,900 | $57,900 |
| Fees | $1,240 | $1,240 |
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nursing who receive their master’s degree from Duke make an average of $96,651 a year during the early days of their career. That is about the same as the national average of $97,473.
Online degrees for the Duke nursing master’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Duke Online Learning page.
About 88.5% of the students who received their Master’s in nursing in 2019-2020 were women. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 86.9%.
Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in nursing at Duke in 2019-2020, 23.9% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 33%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 18 |
| Black or African American | 16 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 11 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 162 |
| International Students | 1 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 26 |
Nursing students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Nursing Administration | 34 |
| Adult Health Nurse/Nursing | 71 |
| Family Practice Nurse/Nursing | 64 |
| Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing | 5 |
| Nursing Science | 1 |
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| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Allied Health Professions | 179 |
| Public Health | 32 |
| Medical Illustration & Informatics | 73 |
| Bioethics/Medical Ethics | 29 |
*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.
