Editing Duke University (section)

=== Rankings and reputation ===
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! colspan=4 style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Duke Blue Devils|color=white}}" |National Program Rankings<br /><small>(as of 2022)</small><ref name="USNWR Grad School Rankings">{{cite magazine|title=Duke University – U.S. News Best Grad School Rankings|magazine=U.S. News & World Report|access-date=April 1, 2022|url=https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/duke-university-198419/overall-rankings}}</ref>
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| Biological Sciences || 11
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| Business || 11
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| Chemistry || 27
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| Clinical Psychology || 18
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| Computer Science || 20
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| Earth Sciences || 39
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| Economics || 18
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| Engineering || 22
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| English || 13
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| History || 18
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| Law || 5
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| Mathematics || 16
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| Medicine: Primary Care || 78
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| Medicine: Research || 5
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| Nursing: Doctorate || 2
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| Nursing: Master's || 2
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| Nursing–Anesthesia || 3
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| Physical Therapy || 7
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| Physician Assistant || 1
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| Physics || 28
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| Political Science || 10
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| Psychology || 12
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| Public Affairs || 23
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| Sociology || 13
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| Statistics || 7
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! colspan=4 style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Duke Blue Devils|color=white}}" |Global Program Rankings<br /><small>(as of 2022)</small><ref name="USNWR Global Univ Rankings">{{cite magazine|title=Duke University – U.S. News Best Global University Rankings|magazine=U.S. News & World Report|access-date=April 2, 2022|url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/duke-university-198419}}</ref>
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| Arts & Humanities || 52
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| Biology & Biochemistry || 25
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| Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems || 4
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| Chemistry || 157
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| Clinical Medicine || 9
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| Computer Science || 101
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| Economics & Business || 21
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| Electrical & Electronic Engineering || 197
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| Engineering || 200
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| Environment/Ecology || 19
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| Geosciences || 121
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| Immunology || 28
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| Materials Science || 121
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| Mathematics || 31
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| Microbiology || 15
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| Molecular Biology & Genetics || 27
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| Neuroscience & Behavior || 25
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| Oncology  || 13
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| Pharmacology & Toxicology || 42
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| Physics || 76
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| Plant & Animal Sciences || 20
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| Psychiatry/Psychology || 16
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| Social Sciences & Public Health || 18
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| Surgery || 18
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==== Undergraduate rankings ====
In 2016, ''[[The Washington Post]]'' ranked Duke seventh overall based on the accumulated weighted average of the rankings from ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'', ''[[Washington Monthly]]'', ''[[The Wall Street Journal|Wall Street Journal]]''/''[[Times Higher Education World University Rankings|Times Higher Education]]'', ''[[Times Higher Education]]'' (global), ''[[Money (magazine)|Money]]'' and ''[[Forbes]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Here's a New College Ranking, Based Entirely on Other College Rankings|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2016/10/20/heres-a-new-college-ranking-based-entirely-on-other-college-rankings/|newspaper=The Washington Post|first=Nick|last=Anderson|date=October 20, 2016|access-date=October 28, 2016|archive-date=October 28, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161028151918/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2016/10/20/heres-a-new-college-ranking-based-entirely-on-other-college-rankings/|url-status=live}}</ref> Duke is [[accredited]] by the [[Southern Association of Colleges and Schools]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sacscoc.org/institutions/?institution_name=Duke+University+&state=NC&results_per_page=25&curpage=1&institution=0011N00001h9E0vQAE|title=Duke University – SACS|publisher=[[Southern Association of Colleges and Schools]]|access-date=April 13, 2025}}</ref>

Duke is often labeled as a [[Southern Ivy]] due to its similar academic excellence and social prestige of the eight [[Ivy League]] universities and institutions.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/dereksaul/2019/08/15/25-top-colleges-and-universities-in-the-south-2019-ranked-by-academics-and-outcomes/|title=25 Top Colleges And Universities In The South 2019, Ranked By Academics And Outcomes|last=Saul|first=Derek|date=August 15, 2019|website=[[Forbes]]|access-date=April 20, 2025}}</ref>

In 2021, Duke was ranked fifth in the ''Wall Street Journal''/''Times Higher Education'' College Rankings, having risen five places in the past year.<ref>{{cite web|date=September 18, 2020|title=WSJ/THE US College Rankings 2021: Duke and Carnegie Mellon rise|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/wsj-us-college-rankings-2021-duke-and-carnegie-mellon-rise|access-date=February 16, 2021|website=Times Higher Education (THE)|language=en|archive-date=April 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415091801/https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/wsj-us-college-rankings-2021-duke-and-carnegie-mellon-rise|url-status=live}}</ref> In addition, Duke was ranked second for student outcomes, tied with [[Harvard University|Harvard]], [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|M.I.T]]., and [[Stanford University|Stanford]]. The rankings take into account graduation rate, teaching reputation, graduate salaries, and student debt.<ref>{{cite web|title=2021 Best Colleges in America|url=https://www.niche.com/colleges/search/best-colleges/|access-date=February 16, 2021|website=Niche|language=en|archive-date=September 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190918223443/https://www.niche.com/colleges/search/best-colleges/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2020, Duke was ranked 22nd in the world by ''U.S. News & World Report'' and 20th in the world by the ''[[Times Higher Education World University Rankings]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/articles/slideshows/us-news-best-global-universities|title=Top Global Universities|access-date=April 12, 2020|archive-date=April 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200408041446/https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/articles/slideshows/us-news-best-global-universities|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2020/world-ranking|title=World University Rankings|date=August 20, 2019|website=Times Higher Education (THE)|language=en|access-date=April 12, 2020|archive-date=September 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190918163456/https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2020/world-ranking|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[QS World University Rankings]]'' ranked Duke 61st in the world for its 2025 rankings.<ref>{{Cite web |title=QS Ranking 2025 |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/world-university-rankings?page=2}}</ref> Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) ranked Duke 20th globally in its 2020–21 report.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cwur.org/2020-21.php|title=World University Rankings 2020–21|publisher=Center for World University Rankings (CWUR)|language=en|access-date=April 23, 2021|archive-date=June 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608081107/https://cwur.org/2020-21.php|url-status=live}}</ref> Duke was ranked 28th best globally by the ''[[Academic Ranking of World Universities]] (ARWU)'' in 2019, focusing on quality of scientific research and the number of Nobel Prizes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shanghairanking.com/World-University-Rankings/Duke-University.html|title=Duke University {{!}} Academic Ranking of World Universities – 2019 {{!}} Shanghai Ranking – 2019|website=www.shanghairanking.com|access-date=April 12, 2020|archive-date=April 30, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150430070348/http://www.shanghairanking.com/World-University-Rankings/Duke-University.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The 2010 report by the [[Center for Measuring University Performance]] puts Duke at sixth in the nation.<ref name="TopResearch">{{cite web|url=http://mup.asu.edu/research2010.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516001443/http://mup.asu.edu/research2010.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 16, 2011 |title=The Top American Research Universities |publisher=Center for Measuring University Performance |year=2010 |access-date=February 25, 2011 }}</ref>

Duke also ranked 34th in the world and 12th in the country on ''[[Times Higher Education]]''{{'}}s global employability ranking in 2021.<ref>{{cite web |date=November 24, 2021 |title=Best universities for graduate jobs: Global University Employability Ranking 2021 |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/best-universities/best-universities-graduate-jobs-global-university-employability-ranking |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190123103429/https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/best-universities/best-universities-graduate-jobs-global-university-employability-ranking |archive-date=January 23, 2019 |access-date=April 12, 2020 |website=Times Higher Education (THE) |language=en}}</ref>

Duke ranks fifth among national universities to have produced [[Rhodes Scholars|Rhodes]], Marshall, [[Truman Scholars|Truman]], Goldwater, and Udall Scholars.<ref>{{cite web |date=2015 |title=Top Scholar Rankings: 1986–2015 |url=https://www.k-state.edu/media/achievements/pdfs/2015%20May%20Top_scholar_rankings_private_and_public_4.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905152412/https://www.k-state.edu/media/achievements/pdfs/2015%20May%20Top_scholar_rankings_private_and_public_4.pdf |archive-date=September 5, 2015 |access-date=September 16, 2015 |publisher=Kansas State University}}</ref> As of 2022, Duke graduates have received 20 [[Churchill Scholarship]]s to the [[University of Cambridge]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-04-15 |title=Churchill Scholarship |url=https://www.churchillscholarship.org/scholars.html |access-date=2023-12-17 |archive-date=April 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415055657/https://www.churchillscholarship.org/scholars.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> As of 2020, Duke has produced 8 [[Mitchell Scholarship|Mitchell Scholars]].<ref>{{cite web|date=November 22, 2020|title=DUKE SENIOR AWARDED GEORGE J. MITCHELL SCHOLARSHIP TO STUDY IN IRELAND|url=https://today.duke.edu/2020/11/duke-senior-awarded-george-j-mitchell-scholarship-study-ireland|access-date=November 26, 2020|website=Duke Today|archive-date=November 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125183306/https://today.duke.edu/2020/11/duke-senior-awarded-george-j-mitchell-scholarship-study-ireland|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Kiplinger]]''{{'}}s ''50 Best Values in Private Universities 2013–14'' ranks Duke at fifth best overall after taking financial aid into consideration.<ref>[http://www.kiplinger.com/tools/privatecolleges/ Kiplinger's Sortable Rankings of Private College Values] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100910084857/http://www.kiplinger.com/tools/privatecolleges/ |date=September 10, 2010}}. ''Kiplinger.'' Retrieved July 6, 2011.</ref>

In a 2016 study by ''Forbes'', Duke ranked 11th among universities in the United States that have produced billionaires and first among universities in the South.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/chasewithorn/2016/07/06/the-28-schools-that-mint-the-most-billionaire-alumni/|title=The 28 Schools That Mint The Most Billionaire Alumni|last=Peterson-Withorn|first=Chase|website=Forbes|language=en|access-date=April 12, 2020|archive-date=July 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170713130335/https://www.forbes.com/sites/chasewithorn/2016/07/06/the-28-schools-that-mint-the-most-billionaire-alumni/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Forbes'' magazine ranked Duke seventh in the world on its list of 'power factories' in 2012.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidewalt/2012/12/05/power-factories/ |work=Forbes |title=Power Factories |access-date=August 22, 2017 |archive-date=August 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801051509/https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidewalt/2012/12/05/power-factories/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Duke was ranked 17th on [[Thomson Reuters]]' list of the world's most innovative universities in 2015. The ranking graded universities based on patent volume and research output among other factors.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL1N11K16Q20150915|title=The World's Most Innovative Universities|date=March 9, 2016 |agency=Thomson Reuters|access-date=July 10, 2021|archive-date=July 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727171918/https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL1N11K16Q20150915|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2015, [[NPR]] ranked Duke first on its list of "schools that make financial sense".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/09/18/440973097/obama-wont-rate-colleges-so-we-did |title=Obama Won't Rate Colleges, So We Did |publisher=NPR |date=September 15, 2015 |access-date=April 2, 2018 |archive-date=April 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180403002929/https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/09/18/440973097/obama-wont-rate-colleges-so-we-did |url-status=live}}</ref>  In 2016, ''Forbes'' ranked Duke sixth on its list of "Expensive Schools Worth Every Penny".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.forbes.com/pictures/gekg45eelg/6-duke-university/ |work=Forbes |title=Expensive Schools Worth Every Penny |access-date=April 17, 2016 |archive-date=April 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404204724/http://www.forbes.com/pictures/gekg45eelg/6-duke-university/ |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==== Graduate school rankings ====
Duke has been named one of the top universities for graduate outcomes several years in a row, having tied with [[Harvard University]] and [[Yale University]].<ref name="WSJ rankings place Duke in No. 1 sp">{{cite web|url=https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2017/12/sr8uhqahjt1zoag|title=WSJ rankings place Duke in No. 1 spot for graduate outcomes|website=The Chronicle|access-date=April 19, 2019|archive-date=April 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419051136/https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2017/12/sr8uhqahjt1zoag|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Duke ties with Harvard and Yale in">{{cite web|url=https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2018/09/duke-ties-with-harvard-and-yale-in-wall-street-journal-student-outcomes-ranking|title=Duke ties with Harvard and Yale in Wall Street Journal student outcomes ranking|website=The Chronicle|first=Jake|last=Satisky|access-date=April 19, 2019|archive-date=April 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419051125/https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2018/09/duke-ties-with-harvard-and-yale-in-wall-street-journal-student-outcomes-ranking|url-status=live}}</ref> In ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]''{{'}}s "America's Best Graduate Schools 2023–2024", Duke's medical school ranked 5th in research.<ref>[https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-medical-schools/research-rankings] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190614043430/https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-medical-schools/research-rankings|date=June 14, 2019}} ''U.S. News & World Report.''</ref> The School of Law was also ranked 5th in those same rankings,<ref>[https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/law-rankings Best Law Schools 2023.] ''U.S. News & World Report.''</ref> with Duke's nursing school ranked 2nd<ref>[http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-health-schools/nursing-rankings?int=997808 Best Nursing Schools 2018] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140518082458/http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-health-schools/nursing-rankings?int=997808 |date=May 18, 2014}}. ''U.S. News & World Report''.</ref> while the [[Sanford School of Public Policy]] ranked fifth in Public Policy Analysis for 2019.<ref>[https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-public-affairs-schools/public-policy-analysis-rankings Best Public Policy Analysis Programs 2019] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190926064022/https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-public-affairs-schools/public-policy-analysis-rankings |date=September 26, 2019 }}. ''U.S. News & World Report''.</ref> Among business schools in the United States, the [[Fuqua School of Business]] is ranked tied for tenth overall by ''U.S. News & World Report'' for 2020, while ''BusinessWeek'' ranked its full-time MBA program first in the nation in 2014.<ref>[http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-business-schools/duke-university-fuqua-01161 America's Best Graduate Schools 2018] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216003556/http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-business-schools/duke-university-fuqua-01161 |date=February 16, 2017}}. ''U.S. News & World Report''.</ref><ref>[http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-11-11/best-business-schools-2014-the-complete-rankings-table The Complete 2014 Business Schools Ranking] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141124164639/http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-11-11/best-business-schools-2014-the-complete-rankings-table |date=November 24, 2014 }}. ''Bloomberg Businessweek.''</ref> The graduate programs of Duke's [[Pratt School of Engineering]] ranked 24th in the U.S. by ''U.S. News & World Report'' in its 2020 rankings.<ref>[https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-engineering-schools/duke-university-02130] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110145249/https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-engineering-schools/duke-university-02130|date=January 10, 2022}}. ''U.S. News & World Report''.</ref>