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#17 Best Undergraduate Teaching
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#8 Best Value Schools
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#9 Undergraduate Research/Creative Projects
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#20 Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs
At schools whose highest degree is a doctorate
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#3 Biomedical
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#25 Civil
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#17 Computer
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#22 Electrical / Electronic / Communications
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#21 Environmental / Environmental Health
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#22 Mechanical
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#26 Most Innovative Schools
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#254 Top Performers on Social Mobility
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#31 First-Year Experiences
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#17 Learning Communities
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#4 Senior Capstone
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#5 Service Learning
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#8 Co-ops/Internships
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#2 Writing in the Disciplines
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#16 Study Abroad
Duke University is ranked #10 in National Universities. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence. Read more about how we rank schools.
U.S. News Overall Score
Score
91
Outcomes (35%)
Outcomes rank
20
Graduation and retention rank
8
Average 6-year graduation rate (17.6%)
95%
Average first-year student retention rate (4.4%)
98%
Social Mobility Rank
254
6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant (2.5%)
95%
6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant (2.5%)
96%
Predicted graduation rate (8%)
98%
Overperformance(+)/Underperformance(-)
-2
Expert Opinion (20%)
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
4.5
Faculty Resources (20%)
Faculty resources rank
1
Faculty compensation rank (7%)
1
Percent of faculty who are full-time (1%)
98.2%
Full-time faculty with Ph.D or terminal degree (3%)
96%
Class Size Index (8%)
Classes with fewer than 20 students
71.4%
Classes with 50 or more students
7%
Student-faculty ratio (1%)
6:1
Student Excellence (10%)
Student excellence rank
7
SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile (7.75%)
33-35
First-year students in top 10 percent of high school class (2.25%)
95%
Financial Resources (10%)
Financial resources rank
15
Alumni Giving (5%)
Alumni giving rank
9
Average alumni giving rate
31.9%
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Ranking Factors
- U.S. News Overall Score
- Outcomes (35%)
- Expert Opinion (20%)
- Faculty Resources (20%)
- Student Excellence (10%)
- Financial Resources (10%)
- Alumni Giving (5%)
