You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Duke University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Teacher Education Schools in North Carolina For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in Durham, North Carolina, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 14 degrees to qualified ’s teacher education students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Duke, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Teacher Education Schools in North Carolina” ranking. It costs about $-927 for North Carolina Teacher Education students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Duke. When an average net price is negative, it usually means that the student will receive more financial aid than it costs to attend the school.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.