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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. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 262 students received their master's degree in nursing.

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

  • Master’s Degree in Nursing
  • Doctorate 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

92% Women
16% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 262 students who earned a master's degree in Nursing from Duke in 2020-2021, 8% were men and 92% were women.

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Of the students who received a nursing master's degree from Duke, 77% 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.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 14
Black or African American 6
Hispanic or Latino 14
White 201
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 25

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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