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 Duke Undergraduates

  • come from 43 states and 36 countries
  • 45 percent are ethnic or racial minorities
  • 86 percent join one of more than 300  clubs and organizations
  • 84 percent live on campus
  • 44 percent study abroad
  • 10 percent participate in varsity sports
  • 42 percent of women are members of one of 17 sororities
  • 29 percent of men are members of one of 19 fraternities
  • 94 percent of those who apply to law school using Duke's Prelaw Advising Center are admitted (compared with the national average of 50 percent)
  • 75 percent of those who apply to medical school are admitted (compared with the national adverage of 48 percent)

Their most popular majors are:

  • economics
  • psychology
  • biology
  • public policy
  • political science

Their most popular Study Abroad programs are:

  • Academic year: Duke in Madrid, France, Florence, the Andes, Berlin
  • Summer: Duke is Oxford, Greece, China, Geneva, Venice

After graduation...

  • 60 percent get jobs
  • 28 percent attend graduate or professional school
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