Duke University
Durham, United States
- 1838
- Founded
- #61
- Global Rank
- 17,000+
- Total Students
- 22%
- International Students
- 29
- Programs
About Duke University
Duke University is an elite private research university founded in 1838 (originally as Brown’s Schoolhouse, later Trinity College, and renamed Duke University in 1924 following the transformative endowment by industrialist James Buchanan Duke) in Durham, North Carolina. Consistently ranked among the top 10 universities in the United States and top 25 globally, Duke combines broad liberal arts and fundamental science education with world-leading engineering, business, law, public policy, environmental science, and medical research. Operating across more than 8,600 acres—anchored by the iconic Collegiate Gothic West Campus, the historic Georgian East Campus, the 55-acre Sarah P. Duke Gardens, and the 7,000-acre Duke Forest—Duke enrolls over 17,000 students from more than 130 nations. With annual research expenditures exceeding $1.4 billion, Duke has produced 15 Nobel laureates, 3 Turing Award winners, 50 Rhodes Scholars, 25 Churchill Scholars, and 14 billionaires, alongside a storied NCAA Division I athletic legacy with 17 national championships.
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Tuition & Costs
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$70,265 / year (Undergraduate) | $65,000 – $82,000 / year (Graduate & Professional)Fees vary by course and degree level.
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- Application fee: $85 (Undergraduate Common/Coalition App) | $95 (Graduate School) — Fee waivers available
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Durham, United States
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2025
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