Duke University
Work 2138 Campus Drive, Box 90586
Durham, NC 27708
Work(919) 684-3214
Admissions E-mail: N/A
Web site: http://www.duke.edu/
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Tier 1
College Category:
National Universities
National Universities
Overview : Duke University
| General Information | |
|---|---|
| Institutional Control: | Private |
| Year founded: | 1838 |
| Religious affiliation: | Methodist |
| Academic calendar: | semester |
| Total number of undergraduates: | 6,394 |
| Setting | suburban |
| Endowment: | $5,255,938,000 |
| Fall Admissions | |
| Application deadline: | 1/2 |
| Application fee: | $75 |
| Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: | 23.0 % |
| Selectivity: | most selective |
| Expenses | |
| Costs: | 2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $37,525 |
| Mission | |
| School mission | Duke takes strategic planning seriously and will submitted a new five-year university plan "Making a Difference" in Fall 2006. Duke's core values include interdisciplinarity, knowledge in the service of society, internationalization, diversity, and affordability and access. Goals within the new plan include: to increase the capacity of faculty to develop and communicate disciplinary and interdisciplinary knowledge; to strengthen the engagement of the University in real world issues; to attract the best graduate students and make them full partners in the creation and transmission of knowledge; to foster in undergraduate students a passion for learning and a commitment to make a real difference in the world; to strengthen the arts; and to lead and innovate in the creation, management, and delivery of scholarly resources in support of teaching and research. |
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