Duke University Teaching Programs

Duke University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Durham, North Carolina. The location of Duke is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

Where Is Duke University?

Contact details for Duke are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	103 Allen Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
Phone:	919-684-8111
Website:	www.duke.edu

How Do I Get Into Duke?

You can apply to Duke online at: admissions.duke.edu/application/instructions

Admission Requirements for Duke

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	3
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	1
Recommendations	1
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	3

How Hard Is It To Get Into Duke?

The acceptance rate at Duke is 6%, which means the school is highly selective when deciding who will be admitted and who won't. Even if you have great grades and test scores, that may not be enough. So be sure to look for ways to make your application memorable.

Approximately 45% of accepted students are men and 55% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 6%, and the acceptance rate for women is 6%.

Average Test Scores

About 49% of students accepted to Duke submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 730 and 770. Math scores were between 760 and 800.

Duke received ACT scores from 37% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 35 and 36. Math scores were between 33 and 0. Composite scores were between 34 and 35.

Can I Afford Duke University?

The overall average net price of Duke is $48,634. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Duke, approximately 20% of students took out student loans averaging $7,590 a year. That adds up to $30,360 over four years for those students.

Duke University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 6,883 undergraduate students at Duke, with 6,838 being full-time and 45 being part-time.

There are also 10,737 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 6,838 full-time undergraduates at Duke, 48% are male and 52% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Duke University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	1,459
Black or African American	552
Hispanic or Latino	719
White	2,729
International Students	589
Other Races/Ethnicities	790

Geographic Diversity

North Carolina students aren't the only ones who study at Duke University. At this time, 49 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 126 countries are represented at Duke. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and South Korea.

Online Learning at Duke University

In 2022-2023, 2,148 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Duke has changed over the last few years.

Duke University Teaching Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	TOTAL
Teacher Development & Methodology	0	71	0	71
International & Comparative Education	32	0	0	32
Teacher Education	0	0	8	8
TOTAL	32	71	8	111

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Bjoertvedt under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.