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. These rankings are based on components such as post-graduation earnings of students, accumulated student debt of graduates, how much in demand the school is, and faculty and student diversity.
Duquesne University landed the #177 spot in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking out of a pool of 1149 colleges and universities that were eligible for this year's ranking.
In addition, Duquesne took the #11 spot for Best Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania.
Of the 676 institutions of higher learning that were examined in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, Duquesne came in at #193.
For the Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania, Duquesne came in at #18.
Women make up 66.7% of the total graduate student body at Duquesne while men make you 33.3%. These percentages may be different for specific degree programs.
About 16.1% of the graduate students who attend Duquesne are from a racial-ethnic minority group*. Duquesne is popular with people from outside the United States, too. International students make up 9.6% of the graduate student population. The following chart shows the distribution of racial-ethnic groups at the school. If you click on it, you'll find more detailed information.
The average tuition and fees for graduate students is shown below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $24,534 | $24,534 |
The average starting salary for graduate students who earn their master's degree at Duquesne is $53,695. That's about 8% lower than the countrywide average of $58,425 for all master's degree holders.
After obtaining their doctorate degree from Duquesne, graduates go on to jobs earning an average starting salary of $75,847. That's about the same as the nationwide average of $75,260.
Get more details about the location of Duquesne University.
Contact details for Duquesne are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | Administration Bldg 600 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15282 |
| Phone: | 412-396-6000 |
| Website: | www.duq.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/duquesneuniversityoftheholyspirit |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/duqedu |
About 47.9% of the graduate students at Duquesne University took at least one online class during the 2020-2021 academic year. Approximately 22.5% of grad students took all their classes online during that same time period.
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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