Duke University
Durham, NC
Duke University admitted 2,910 of 55,541 applicants for the fall 2025 entering class (5.2%).
Every figure on this page is published by the college or a federal survey, and carries the source it came from. They describe the fall 2025 entering class, a read on the school, not a prediction about any one applicant.
What stands out at Duke University
Two things Duke University published, ranked by how much each could change what you actually do, not by how impressive it looks. Every one describes a class that has already enrolled.
48% of the enrolled class sent an SAT.
The SAT band on this page describes that share of the class, not all of it. Another 27% sent an ACT. Duke University files test scores under “considered”.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Families paid $29,612 on average after aid.
Averaged across students who received federal aid: the price after grants and scholarships, not the sticker price.
Source: the College Scorecard
Every figure, in full
The same measured fields on every one of these pages. Nothing is filled in where the school published nothing.
Acceptance rate
5.2%
2,910 admitted of 55,541 applicants
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
SAT, middle 50%
1510–1570
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
ACT, middle 50%
34–35
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Enrolled students who sent an SAT
48%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Enrolled students who sent an ACT
27%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Where do you actually stand at Duke University?
The figures above describe a class that already enrolled. GoodGoblin reads them against your own transcript, scores and activities, then builds the balanced list, the essay plan and the deadline calendar around what it finds.
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What Duke University says it weighs
The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.
- Essayrequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Course rigorrequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- GPArequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Recommendationsrequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Test scoresconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Not considered
- Class rank
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
What students actually pay
Net price after grants and scholarships: not the sticker price.
Average net price: $29,612 a year.
- Family income under $30k
- $735
- $48k–$75k
- $5,706
- $75k–$110k
- $17,100
- Over $110k
- $54,230
Source: the College Scorecard
Essays on this application
8 essay prompts on the application: 2 you would write, 6 optional.
Published deadlines
Each date is read from the college's own materials and re-checked on a schedule.
Guides for Duke University applicants
More colleges on the record
Every one of these carries the same measured figures, with the same sources.
Other colleges in North Carolina
The pages nearest this one on acceptance rate, in the same state.
Colleges with a nearby acceptance rate
Anywhere in the country, ordered by how close the published rate is to this one. A selection rule, not a ranking.
Build the list this school belongs on.
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