Enrollment Trends at Duke

The student population at Duke University is 18,023 (6,640 undergraduate and 11,383 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 2,637 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Duke is 36.84% which is decreased by 15 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 2,652 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.21 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

950 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 151.99% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 16,333 where 18,023 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

36.84% of total students is undergraduate students and 63.16% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 15 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 2,652 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.21 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in Duke than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Duke University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	15,386	6,655	3,313	3,342	8,731	4,414	4,317
2013-14	15,467 81	6,646 -9	3,291 -22	3,355 13	8,821 90	4,421 7	4,400 83
2014-15	15,856 389	6,626 -20	3,318 27	3,308 -47	9,230 409	4,647 226	4,583 183
2015-16	15,984 128	6,639 13	3,387 69	3,252 -56	9,345 115	4,707 60	4,638 55
2016-17	15,735 -249	6,609 -30	3,321 -66	3,288 36	9,126 -219	4,590 -117	4,536 -102
2017-18	16,130 395	6,696 87	3,333 12	3,363 75	9,434 308	4,683 93	4,751 215
2018-19	16,606 476	6,682 -14	3,324 -9	3,358 -5	9,924 490	4,813 130	5,111 360
2019-20	16,686 80	6,649 -33	3,290 -34	3,359 1	10,037 113	4,706 -107	5,331 220
2020-21	16,172 -514	6,717 68	3,315 25	3,402 43	9,455 -582	4,342 -364	5,113 -218
2021-22	17,620 1,448	6,883 166	3,329 14	3,554 152	10,737 1,282	4,884 542	5,853 740
2022-23	18,023 403	6,640 -243	3,153 -176	3,487 -67	11,383 646	5,008 124	6,375 522
Average	16,333	6,677	3,307	3,370	9,657	4,656	5,001

Duke University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 6,677 where 6,640 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Duke University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	6,655	6,631	3,302	3,329	24	11	13
2013-14	6,646	6,629	3,282	3,347	17	9	8
2014-15	6,626	6,601	3,303	3,298	25	15	10
2015-16	6,639	6,611	3,373	3,238	28	14	14
2016-17	6,609	6,577	3,304	3,273	32	17	15
2017-18	6,696	6,669	3,315	3,354	27	18	9
2018-19	6,682	6,659	3,311	3,348	23	13	10
2019-20	6,649	6,597	3,267	3,330	52	23	29
2020-21	6,717	6,572	3,248	3,324	145	67	78
2021-22	6,883	6,838	3,307	3,531	45	22	23
2022-23	6,640	6,589	3,128	3,461	51	25	26
Average	6,677	6,677	3,285	3,348	6,677	21	21

Duke University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 9,657 where 11,383 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Duke University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	8,731	8,293	4,270	4,023	438	144	294
2013-14	8,821	8,265	4,252	4,013	556	169	387
2014-15	9,230	8,529	4,450	4,079	701	197	504
2015-16	9,345	8,572	4,503	4,069	773	204	569
2016-17	9,126	8,383	4,408	3,975	743	182	561
2017-18	9,434	8,660	4,495	4,165	774	188	586
2018-19	9,924	9,041	4,622	4,419	883	191	692
2019-20	10,037	9,136	4,271	4,865	901	435	466
2020-21	9,455	8,780	4,095	4,685	675	247	428
2021-22	10,737	10,175	4,636	5,539	562	248	314
2022-23	11,383	10,836	4,722	6,114	547	286	261
Average	9,657	9,657	4,429	4,541	9,657	226	460

Duke University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 37.71% and the percentage of black students is 7.31% at Duke University. 13.43% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Duke University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	61	2,130	1,115	724	12	7,715	357
2013-14	70	2,201	1,120	735	13	7,768	386
2014-15	66	2,268	1,156	797	20	7,787	369
2015-16	79	2,305	1,121	844	16	7,723	409
2016-17	84	2,268	1,115	899	10	7,544	396
2017-18	88	2,256	1,159	960	15	7,298	452
2018-19	86	2,364	1,238	1,101	23	7,249	318
2019-20	70	2,305	1,165	1,132	16	7,204	524
2020-21	55	2,284	1,175	1,211	10	7,106	685
2021-22	51	2,450	1,263	1,352	11	7,242	800
2022-23	38	2,420	1,317	1,425	15	6,796	894
Average	68	2,296	1,177	1,016	15	7,403	508

Duke University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

950 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 5% of total students. The number of online students has increased 151.99% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Duke University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	15,856	377	507	14,972
2015-16	15,984	512	272	15,200
2016-17	15,735	768	172	14,795
2017-18	16,130	701	207	15,222
2018-19	16,606	790	220	15,596
2019-20	16,686	784	213	15,689
2020-21	16,172	4,862	3,852	7,458
2021-22	17,620	904	3,295	13,421
2022-23	18,023	950	1,198	15,875
Average	16,535	1,183	1,104	14,248

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