Duke University

Durham, NC · Private (nonprofit)
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Acceptance rate
5.2%
2,910 admitted
SAT · 50th
1550
Range 1510–1570
6-yr grad
96.1%
Retention 97.0%
Undergrads
6,525
7:1 S-F
Admissions
5.2%
2,910 admitted
from 55,541 apps
Applications55,541
Overall admit rate5.2%
Enrolled1,749 · 60.1% yield
Very important factorsGPA, Application essay, Character, Extracurriculars, Recs, Rigor of HS record
Important factorsTalent
Selection factors from CDS §C7 (Basis for selection).
Test scores
1550
SAT composite · 50th %ile
range 1510–1570 · 48.0% submitted
SAT
255075
R&W740760780
Math770790790
Comp151015501570
ACT
255075
Comp343535
Cost & aid
$73,740
tuition (full-time)
Tuition$73,740
Fees$2,635
Room & board$20,222
Books$536
Avg need-based grant$73,694
% need met100.0%
Avg debt at graduation$26,395
Academics
7 : 1
student-faculty ratio
97.0% retention
Student-faculty7 : 1
Retention97.0%
4-year graduation84.9%
6-year graduation96.1%
Enrollment
6,525
undergraduates
82.0% out-of-state · 193 intl freshmen
Total undergraduates6,525
First-year1,749
Transfer92
Full-time99%
Female53%
Out-of-state82.0%
International (freshmen)193
Rankings
#1
U.S. News & World Report
Best Undergraduate Nursing Programs
SourceListRankYr
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Nursing Programs#126
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Engineering Specialties: Biomedical (Doctorate)#326
U.S. News & World ReportBest National Universities#726
Princeton ReviewBest Value Colleges for Students With No Demonstrated Need (Private)#1126
NicheBest Colleges in America#1426
Princeton ReviewBest Value Colleges (Private Schools)#1626
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Engineering Programs (Doctorate)#1726
Rankings are the property of their respective publishers (Forbes, Niche, Princeton Review, U.S. News & World Report, WSJ/College Pulse). Ranks as published; methodologies vary.
Classifications & designations
R1 Research University
Carnegie Classification
131 member schools
SourceGroupMembers
Carnegie ClassificationR1 Research University131
Athletic conferenceAtlantic Coast Conference17
Athletic divisionNCAA D1-FBS95
Institutional controlPrivate (nonprofit) college211
Geographic groupingNorth Carolina colleges12
Groups derived from CDS + IPEDS fields. Curated national memberships (AAU, HBCU, Common App, etc.) being added — see task queue.
Application timeline & requirements
$85
application fee
waivable
Regular decisionJan 2nd → April 1st → May 1st
Early decisionNovember 1 → December 15 · binding
Deferred admissionAllowed
Test policyTest Optional
HS units required4 Eng, 3 Math, 3 Sci, 3 FL, 3 SS
Admissions URLwww.admissions.duke.edu
Admissions emailundergrad-admissions@duke.edu
Admissions phone919-684-3214
Deadlines and requirements from the school's Common Data Set §C3–C6 (Deadlines & Notification, ED/EA, HS Coursework).
Peers by the numbers
University of Penn…
closest algorithmic match
across selectivity, size, profile
SchoolAdmitSATSize
University of Pennsylvania PA · Private (nonprofit)4.9%10K
Vanderbilt University TN · Private (nonprofit)5.4%15307K
Georgetown University DC · Private (nonprofit)13.5%14807K
Harvard University MA · Private (nonprofit)4.2%
Yale University CT · Private (nonprofit)4.8%15306K
Northwestern University IL · Private (nonprofit)7.7%15409K
Cornell University NY · Private (nonprofit)8.4%153016K
Peer set computed algorithmically from CDS metrics (admit rate, SAT/ACT band, size) plus IPEDS classification. Not measured cross-application behavior.

Official Common Data Set Documents — Duke University

11 years of Duke University's officially published CDS, archived by CollegeNumbers. PDF and spreadsheet originals exactly as the school filed them.