THE DUKE UNIVERSITY AT A GLANCE
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| SOURCE http://today.duke.edu/showcase/mmedia/pdf/duke_at_glance.pdf |
Younger than most other prestigious U.S. research universities, Duke University consistently ranks among the very best. Duke’s graduate and professional schools — in business, divinity, engineering, the environment, law, medicine, nursing and public policy — are among the leaders in their fields. Duke’s home campus is situated on nearly 9,000 acres in Durham, N.C, a city of more than 200,000 people. Duke also is active internationally through the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School in Singapore, Duke Kunshan University in China and numerous research and education programs across the globe. More than 75 percent of Duke students pursue service-learning opportunities in Durham and around the world through DukeEngage and other programs that advance the university’s mission of “knowledge in service to society.”
Duke Chapel was constructed in the mid- 1930s and is dominated by a 210-foot tower housing a 50-bell carillon, which is played at the end of each workday. Duke Chapel is open to visitors from 8 a.m.-10 p.m. during the academic year and 8 a.m.-8 p.m. during the summer. Ecumenical worship services are held every Sunday at 11 a.m.
Duke Medicine integrates patient care with the clinical, training and research programs of the Duke University Health System, Duke University School of Medicine and Duke University School of Nursing. Duke University Hospital is the flagship of the broader Health System, which also includes two community hospitals (Durham Regional Hospital and Duke Raleigh Hospital) and more than 200 ambulatory care clinics.
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Undergraduate Students
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6,471
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Graduate and Professional Students
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8,379
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Total Number of Students
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14,850
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Undergraduate Tuition, Fees
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$47,243
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Room, Board (average)
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$13,290
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Total (not including books, personal expenses)
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$60,533
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Percentage of Undergraduates Receiving Aid
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50%
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Total University & Health System Employees (as of June 2014)
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35,998
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DUKE UNDERGRADS' TOP FIVE (Fall 2014)
| Majors 1. Economics 2. Public Policy Studies 3. Biology 4. Psychology 5. Biomedical Engineering | Home States (class of 2017) 1. NC 2. CA 3. NY 4. FL 5. TX | Home Countries (other than U.S.) 1. China 2. Korea 3. Canada 4. India 5. Great Britain | ||||||||||||
HISTORY
Duke University was created in 1924 by James Buchanan Duke as a memorial to his father, Washington Duke. The Dukes, a Durham family that built a worldwide financial empire in the manufacture of tobacco products and developed electricity production in the Carolinas, long had been interested in Trinity College. Trinity traced its roots to 1838 in nearby Randolph County when local Methodist and Quaker communities opened Union Institute. The school, then named Trinity College, moved to Durham in 1892, where Benjamin Newton Duke served as a primary benefactor and link with the Duke family until his death in 1929. In December 1924, the provisions of indenture by Benjamin’s brother, James B. Duke, created the family philanthropic foundation, The Duke Endowment, which provided for the expansion of Trinity College into Duke University.
As a result of the Duke gift, Trinity underwent both physical and academic expansion. The original Durham campus became known as East Campus when it was rebuilt in stately Georgian architecture. West Campus, Gothic in style and dominated by the soaring 210-foot tower of Duke Chapel, opened in 1930. East Campus served as home of the Woman's College of Duke University until 1972, when the men's and women's undergraduate colleges merged. Both men and women undergraduates now enroll in either the Trinity College of Arts & Sciences or the Pratt School of Engineering. In 1995, East Campus became the home for all first-year students.
Duke maintains a historic affiliation with the United Methodist Church.
FACILITIES AND PROPERTIES | Acreage | ||||
| East Campus (including Smith Warehouse precinct) | 122 | ||||
| West Campus | 441 | ||||
| Medical Campus | 178 | ||||
| Central Campus | 203 | ||||
| Duke Gardens | 54 | ||||
| Golf Course (including Washington Duke Inn and jogging trail) | 490 | ||||
| Duke Forest | 7,044 | ||||
| Marine Lab (Beaufort, N.C.) | 15 | ||||
| TOTAL | 8,547 | ||||
| Buildings - Durham Campus (Excludes maintenance and support facilities) | |||||
| Academic and Research | 83 | ||||
| Medical Center | 82 | ||||
| Athletics and Recreation | 15 | ||||
| Residence Halls and Apartments | 74 | ||||
| TOTAL | 254 | ||||
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