Nursing at Duke University

If you plan to study nursing, take a look at what Duke University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Duke is located in Durham, North Carolina and approximately 16,172 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Nursing section at the bottom of this page.

Duke Nursing Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing
• Master’s Degree in Nursing

Duke Nursing Rankings

There were 107 students who received their doctoral degrees in nursing, making the school the #16 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Nursing Student Demographics at Duke

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the nursing majors at Duke University.

Duke Nursing Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 10% of nursing master's degrees went to men and 90% went to women.

Of the students who received a nursing master's degree from Duke, 73% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Duke University with a master's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	18
White	151
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

Concentrations Within Nursing

If you plan to be a nursing major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Duke University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing	135
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	68
School Nursing	52
Nursing Practice	51
Nursing Administration	31
Women’s Health Nurse/Nursing	27
Nurse Anesthetist	24
Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing	11
Nursing Science	11
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing	11
Critical Care Nursing	5

Related Majors

• Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services
• Health & Medical Administrative Services
• Medical Illustration & Informatics
• Public Health
• Bioethics/Medical Ethics

Careers That Nursing Grads May Go Into

A degree in nursing can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NC, the home state for Duke University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Registered Nurses	102,500	$64,850
Medical and Health Services Managers	9,230	$117,650
Nurse Practitioners	4,760	$104,100
Nurse Anesthetists	3,050	$178,250
Nursing Instructors and Professors	2,170	$68,710

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Bjoertvedt under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.