Reputation and rankings Duke University

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undergraduate rankings

duke university ranked in top 10 in following college ranking publications: u.s. news & world report (9th), usa today (3rd), kiplinger (4th), wall street journal (5th overall), forbes (8th), washington post (7th), princeton review (5th dream colleges), collegefactual (4th) , business insider (7th). in past twenty years, u.s. news & world report has placed duke high 3rd , low 10th. in 2014, duke ranked 1st in united states majors in economics , psychology, , 10th overall computer science , engineering. in 2016, washington post ranked duke 7th overall based on accumulated weighted average of rankings u.s. news & world report, washington monthly, wall street journal/times higher education, times higher education (global), money , forbes.

in 2016–17, duke ranked 19th in world u.s. news & world report, 17th in world times higher education world university rankings, 14th in world newsweek. qs world university rankings ranked duke 21st in world 2017–18 rankings. duke ranked 25th best globally academic ranking of world universities (arwu) in 2016, focusing on quality of scientific research , number of nobel prizes.the university ranks 22nd in world on alternative academic ranking of world universities excludes nobel prize , fields medal indicators. 2010 report center measuring university performance puts duke @ 6th in nation.

the 2011 global employability ranking published new york times surveyed hundreds of chief executives , chairmen around world , asked them select best universities recruited. duke placed 13th in world , 9th in country. duke ranked 18th in world , 8th in country on times higher education s global employability ranking in 2015.

in 2013, duke enrolled 139 national merit scholars, 6th university in rank number. duke ranks 5th among national universities have produced rhodes, marshall, truman, goldwater, , udall scholars. of 2012, duke graduates have received 25 churchill scholarships university of cambridge. graduates of princeton , harvard have received more churchill awards. kiplinger s 50 best values in private universities 2013–14 ranks duke @ 5th best overall after taking financial aid consideration.

according study forbes, duke ranks 11th among universities have produced billionaires , 1st among universities in south. survey journal of blacks in higher education in 2002 ranked duke #1 university in country in regard integration of african american students , faculty. according poll of recruiters conducted wall street journal, duke ranks 2nd in terms of producing best graduates have received either marketing or liberal arts degree. in corporate study carried out new york times, duke s graduates shown among valued in world, , forbes magazine ranked duke 7th in world on list of power factories in 2012. duke ranked 17th on thomson reuters list of world s innovative universities in 2015. ranking graded universities based on patent volume , research output among other factors. in 2015, npr ranked duke first on list of schools make financial sense . time magazine ranked duke third on list of best 50 colleges african americans . ranking based on representation, affordability , post-graduate earnings. in 2016, forbes ranked duke sixth on list of expensive schools worth every penny . duke ranked 7th in u.s. on wall street journal/times higher education college ranking in 2016.

graduate school rankings

in u.s. news & world report s america s best graduate schools 2018 , duke s medical school ranked tied 7th in research , 34th in primary care. school of law ranked 10th in 2018 rankings same publication, duke s nursing school ranked 1st while sanford school of public policy ranked tied 13th overall 2017. among business schools in united states, fuqua school of business ranked tied 12th overall u.s. news & world report 2018, while businessweek ranked full-time mba program 1st in nation in 2014. graduate program pratt school of engineering ranked 30th in u.s. u.s. news & world report in 2017 rankings.

times higher education ranked mathematics department tenth in world in 2011. duke s graduate level specialties ranked among top ten in nation include areas in following departments: biological sciences, medicine, nursing, engineering, law, business, english, history, physics, statistics, public affairs, physician assistant (ranked #1), clinical psychology, political science, , sociology. in 2007, duke ranked 22nd in world wuhan university s research center chinese science evaluation. ranking based on journal article publication counts , citation frequencies in on 11,000 academic journals around world. 2012 study conducted academic analytics ranks duke fourth in nation (behind harvard, stanford, , mit) in terms of faculty productivity. in 2013, duke law ranked 6th in forbes magazine s ranking of law schools graduates earn highest starting salaries. in 2013, duke s fuqua school of business ranked 6th in terms of graduate starting salaries u.s. news & world report. in same year, ranking compiled university of texas @ dallas ranked fuqua 5th in world based on research productivity of faculty. mem (masters in engineering management) program has been ranked 3rd in world eduniversal in 2013, forbes ranked duke 4th in nation in terms of return on investment (roi). ranking used alumni giving criterion determine private colleges offer best returns. in 2017, above law ranked duke law 4th in nation in ranking of law schools based on employment outcomes in 2013, business insider ranked duke s fuqua school of business 5th in world based on extensive survey of hiring professionals. in same year, forbes magazine ranked fuqua 8th in country based on return on investment. in 2014, duke named 20th best global research university according rankings published u.s. news & world report , university ranking academic performance published middle east technical university. u.s. news ranking based on 10 indicators measure academic research performance , global reputations. university ranking academic performance uses citation data obtained thomson reuters web of science rank universities based on research output.