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. Of the 147 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Duke University in 2021, 147 of them were nursing majors.

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
• Doctorate Degree in Nursing

Duke Nursing Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the nursing progam at Duke compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The nursing major at Duke is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Nursing. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	9
Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	11
Most Popular Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools	16
Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	17
Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools	25
Most Popular Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	31
Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	52
Most Focused Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	58
Best Nursing Schools	60
Most Popular Nursing Schools	68
	79
Most Focused Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools	83
Most Focused Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	165
	188
	195
Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	247
Most Popular Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	316
	347
Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools	354
Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	541
	747
Best Value Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	860
Most Focused Nursing Schools	970
Best Value Nursing Schools	1,649

In 2021, 262 students received their master’s degree in nursing from Duke. This makes it the #31 most popular school for nursing master’s degree candidates in the country.

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.

How Much Do Nursing Graduates from Duke Make?

The median salary of nursing students who receive their bachelor's degree at Duke is $65,409. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 4% higher than the national average of $62,880 for all nursing bachelor's degree recipients.

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 Bachelor’s Program

Of the 147 nursing students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Duke, about 10% were men and 90% were women.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in nursing at Duke are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	15
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	92
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	14

Duke Nursing Master’s Program

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

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.

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

Duke also has a doctoral program available in nursing. In 2021, 107 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Nursing

Nursing majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. 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
Registered Nursing	147
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
Nursing Science	11
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing	11
Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing	11
Critical Care Nursing	5

Related Majors

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.