You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Duke University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in North Carolina for General Music for a Doctorate list. Duke is a private not-for-profit institution located in Durham, North Carolina. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Duke also made our “Best General Music Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list, coming in at #1.Of the 16,172 students enrolled at Duke, 36 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 9 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $18,387. On top of their other funding sources, 8 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Duke University]](/colleges/duke-university/student-life/veterans/)