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Duke University
Durham, NC · Private (nonprofit) · 6,442 students · mostly bachelor degrees
139th-cheapest of 146 North Carolina colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$29,612
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$87,072
Graduation rate
97%
Admission rate
6%
Median graduate earnings
$97,800
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$13,000
Average SAT
1548
Median ACT
34
Pell grant recipients
14%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
240 programsCell/Cellular Biology and Histology · Master's Degree29 grads/yr$299,873Mathematics, General · Bachelor's Degree83 grads/yr$297,029Law · Doctoral Degree0 grads/yr$261,230Medical/Health Management and Clinical Assistant/Specialist · Graduate/Professional Certificate19 grads/yr$253,270Business Administration and Management, General · Master's Degree229 grads/yr$222,160Computer Science · Bachelor's Degree410 grads/yr$195,809International Business/Trade/Commerce · Master's Degree70 grads/yr$185,418Computer Engineering, General · Bachelor's Degree110 grads/yr$174,522Medical Informatics · Master's Degree36 grads/yr$163,348Clinical Nurse Leader · Doctoral Degree9 grads/yr$161,843Econometrics and Quantitative Economics · Bachelor's Degree199 grads/yr$161,149Mathematics and Statistics · Bachelor's Degree83 grads/yr$152,782Management Science · Master's Degree999 grads/yr$152,389Packaging Science · Master's Degree266 grads/yr$144,681Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapist · Graduate/Professional Certificate8 grads/yr$140,083Mechanical Engineering · Master's Degree30 grads/yr$139,868Clinical Nurse Leader · Graduate/Professional Certificate99 grads/yr$137,549Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapist · Master's Degree90 grads/yr$132,468Clinical Nurse Leader · Master's Degree208 grads/yr$122,410Mechanical Engineering · Bachelor's Degree73 grads/yr$120,991Medical/Health Humanities · Master's Degree44 grads/yr$120,172Molecular Genetics · Doctoral Degree25 grads/yr$116,130Public/Applied History · Bachelor's Degree45 grads/yr$112,377Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering · Master's Degree106 grads/yr$112,081Education Policy Analysis · Master's Degree143 grads/yr$109,274
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (most recent cohorts). Net price is for students receiving federal aid; earnings are a past cohort measured years after entry, not a guarantee.