Duke University - Graduate Programs and Degrees

Duke University offers 181 graduate degree program - 96 Master's, 70 Doctorate, 11 Post-bachelor's, 4 Post-master's. The average tuition & fees for graduate programs are $52,617 in academic year 2017-2018.

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Graduate Program Overview at Duke University

Duke University is a Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more years school located in Durham, North Carolina. It offers graduate degrees as well as undergraduate degrees. For academic year 2017-2018 the graduate school tuition & fees are $52,617 in average for all students.

Duke University offers 181 graduate programs: 96 Master's, 70 Doctorate, 11 Post-Bachelor's, 4 Post-Master's programs. Some of those programs are offered by distance learning. 2,574 students have been confered Master's degree and 883 students have received Doctorate degree last year.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
Duke University
School Name	Duke University
Type	Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more years
Address	103 Allen Bldg, Durham, NC
Graduate School Students	9,345
Tuition & Fees (2017-2018)	$52,617
Student to Faculty	7:1 (14.29%)

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2018 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees

Next table and chart describe 2017-2018 graduate tuition & fees at Duke University and costs trends last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. The tuition & fees is $52,617 for all students.

Graduate School 2018 Tuition & Costs - Duke University
	In-State	Out-of-State
Tuition	$51,480	$51,480
Fees	$1,137	$1,137
Books & Supplies	$1,260
Room & Board	$14,798 (On-Campus) / -$1 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$2,206 (On-Campus) / -$1 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$70,881	$70,881
Off-Campus Total	$53,875	$53,875

Graduate Tuition Changes (2014-2018) - Duke University
	2013-2014	2014-2015	2015-2016	2016-2017	2017-2018
	$46,586	$46,738	$48,656	$50,602	$52,617

Graduate Programs By Area of Study

Duke University offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 181 major areas - 258 Master's , 189 Doctorate , 42 Post-Bachelor'(3 online program), 3 Post-Master'. Next table summarises total number of completers by degree and gender.

Total Number of Conferred Graduate Degree
	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Bachelor's	Post-Master's
Total	2,574	883	25	109
Men	1,291	455	4	68
Women	1,283	428	21	41

Next tables list each graduate program with offered degrees. ^ONLINE denotes the program offered by distance learning (online degree). You may want to see all graduate schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of program.

Natural Resources And Conservation

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
Environmental Studies	115	13	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Natural Resources Management and Policy	28	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Forest Management/Forest Resources Management	11	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, And Group Studies

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
East Asian Studies	24	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Computer And Information Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
Computer Science	24	14	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Education

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
Teacher Education, Multiple Levels	12	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Engineering

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	33	31	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Civil Engineering	10	9	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Computer Engineering	13	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	46	31	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Materials Engineering	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Mechanical Engineering	21	11	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Engineering Technology

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
Environmental Engineering Technology/Environmental Technology	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Engineering/Industrial Management	180	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Foreign Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
Foreign Languages and Literatures			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Slavic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Russian Language and Literature		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
German Language and Literature		8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	7	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
French Language and Literature			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Italian Language and Literature			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	1	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Legal Studies

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
Law	NOT OFFERED			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies (other)	101	NOT OFFERED	15	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

English Language And Literature

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
English Language and Literature		2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
English Language and Literature/Letters (other)	11	8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Liberal Arts And Sciences, Humanities

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
Humanities/Humanistic Studies	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (other)	26	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Biological And Biomedical Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
Biology/Biological Sciences	2	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Biomedical Sciences	28	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Biochemistry	1	11	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Molecular Biology	3	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Cell/Cellular Biology and Histology		4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Anatomy	30		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Immunology	1	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Molecular Genetics	1	11	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Genome Sciences/Genomics	3	17	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Pathology/Experimental Pathology	9	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Pharmacology		14	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Biostatistics	15	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology (other)		8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Ecology		4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography		10	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Neuroscience	2	8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Mathematics And Statistics

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
Mathematics	2	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Statistics	29	8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Philosophy And Religious Studies

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
Philosophy	2	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Religion/Religious Studies	11	8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Christian Studies	21	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Theology And Religious Vocations

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
Religious Education	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Theology/Theological Studies	174	4		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Divinity/Ministry	9	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	30

Physical Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
Chemistry	2	12	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Geology/Earth Science		3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Physics	2	9	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Physics (other)	14	9	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Psychology

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
Psychology	19	31	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Human Services

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
Public Policy Analysis	66	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Social Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
Anthropology	7	8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Economics	85	14	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
International Relations and Affairs	39	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	5	NOT OFFERED
Political Science and Government	17	14	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Sociology	7	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Visual And Performing Arts

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
Art/Art Studies	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Art History, Criticism and Conservation	2	9	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Fine Arts and Art Studies (other)	16	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Music	8	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
Physician Assistant	89	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Medicine	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	97	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
International Public Health/International Health	35	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Physical Therapy/Therapist	NOT OFFERED	63	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Medical Informatics	24	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	10	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Nursing Administration	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing	51	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	10	NOT OFFERED
Nurse Anesthetist	30		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1	NOT OFFERED
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	67	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	5	NOT OFFERED
Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Nursing Science		1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Pediatric Nurse/Nursing		1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	3	NOT OFFERED
Nursing Education	7	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1	NOT OFFERED
Nursing Practice	NOT OFFERED	54	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Business

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business Administration and Management	764	15		NOT OFFERED		79
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies	10	NOT OFFERED	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
International Business/Trade/Commerce	27	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

History

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
History	6	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Graduate Student Population

At Duke University, 15,984 students enrolled into graduate programs including in both undergraduate and graduate schools, with full-time and part-time status. In graduate schools, total 9,345 students are enrolled into graduate programs. By gender, graduate schools have 4,707 male and 4,638 female students.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution - Duke University
Total	9,345
Men Students	4,707
Women Students	4,638

Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution - Duke University
Total	9,345
Full-time Students	8,572
Part-time Students	773

By race/ethnicity 4,643 White, 480 Black, and 892 Asian students are attending at Duke University. Detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution - Duke University
Total	9,345
American Indian / Native American	35
Asian	892
Black	480
Hispanic	360
Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islnader	10
White	4,643
Two or more races	280
Un-Known	313

192 students are younger than 22 and 548 students are older than 65. The school has 6,621 students aged between 22 and 30 and 1,977 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Age Distribution - Duke University
Total	9,345
21 & Under	192
22-24	2,687
25-29	3,934
30-34	1,459
35-39	518
40 & Over	548

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Duke University, 512 students are enrolled exclusively in online cources and 272 students are enrolled in some online course.