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Duke University Common Data Set

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Duke University Common Data Set

Published December 5, 2019 | Last Updated October 10th, 2024 at 08:41 pm

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Sifting through a college’s Common Data Set can take a lot of time. Instead, we’ve gathered the most important information from Duke’s most recent Common Data Set to provide you with the information you need, at a glance.

This guide contains key information from Duke University Common Data Set 2021-2022. (This is the most recent year Duke has published.)

Duke Common Data Set Quick Facts

Quick Facts

  • Public vs. Private: Private
  • Geographic Region: Southeast
  • State: North Carolina
  • Student to Faculty Ratio: 5 to 1
  • Full-Time Undergraduates: 6,488

Merit Scholarships for Duke

  • Percentage of students with no financial need who were awarded merit scholarships: 2%
  • Average dollar amount of non-need-based merit scholarships: $78,610

Important Factors Considered For Admissions

Academic

  • Rigor of secondary school record
  • Academic GPA
  • Standardized test scores
  • Application essay
  • Recommendation(s)

Non-academic

  • Extracurricular activities
  • Talent/ability
  • Character/personal qualities

Student Life Information

  • Percentage of students from out-of-state: 81%
  • Percentage of students who join sororities: 42%
  • Percentage of students who join fraternities: 29%

Student Diversity

  • Percentage of nonresident aliens: 10%
  • Percentage of Hispanic/Latino: 11%
  • Percentage of Black or African American, non-Hispanic: 8%
  • Percentage of White, non-Hispanic: 36%
  • Percentage of American Indian or Alaska Native, non-Hispanic: 1%
  • Percentage of Asian, non-Hispanic: 23%
  • Percentage of Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic: Less than 1%
  • Percentage of two or more races, non-Hispanic: 6%
  • Percentage of unknown race and/or ethnicity: 5%

This information was gathered from the Duke Common Data Set 2021-2022. 

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