Student Population at Duke

The following chart compares Duke's student enrollment with similarly ranked schools, all colleges nationwide, Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in North Carolina.

Duke has similar enrollment size to similarly ranked schools (average: 17,333 students). The enrollment is larger than the Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in North Carolina average (1,973 students).

The below chart compares the student population between Duke University and similar colleges.

By gender, there are 7,778 male and 9,721 female students attending Duke. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.80 to 1 and the ratio is similar to national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at Duke.

At Duke University, 4,148 students (23.70% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 1,312 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 498 students live in North Carolina where Duke University is located in and 655 students have enrolled from other states.