Duke University Student Population and Demographics

Duke Student Population

There are 17,499 students including 6,523 undergraduate and 10,976 graduate students at Duke University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 16,956 full-time and 543 part-time students with gender distribution of 7,778 male and 9,721 female students.

Duke University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 1,312 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Duke University has a total enrollment of 17,499 with a gender distribution of 44.45% male (7,778 students) and 55.55% female (9,721 students). There are 3,017 male and 3,506 female students in undergraduate school and 4,761 male and 6,215 female students are attending graduate school at Duke University.

Student Population By Gender
Duke University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	17,499	7,778	9,721
Undergraduate	6,523	3,017	3,506
Graduate	10,976	4,761	6,215
Full-time	16,956	7,486	9,470
Part-time	543	292	251

[Chart] Duke University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Duke University has 16,956 full-time and 543 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 6,474 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 49 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 10,482 students are full-time and 494 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Duke University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	17,499	16,956	543
Undergraduate	6,523	6,474	49
Graduate	10,976	10,482	494
Men	7,778	7,486	292
Women	9,721	9,470	251

[Chart] Duke University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Duke University, 1,312 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 2,836 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 17,499 students.

In undergraduate schools, 138 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 4,010 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Duke University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	17,499	6,523	10,976
Online Exclusively	1,312	1	1,311
In Some Online Classes	2,836	137	2,699
Not In Online Classes	13,351	6,385	6,966

[Chart] Duke University Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Duke University. There are 29 American Indian/Native American, 6,138 White, 1,316 Black/African American, 2,432 Asian, 1,408 Hispanic, 12 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 691 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Duke University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	17,499	7,778	9,721
American Indian/Native American	29	12	17
Asian	2,432	1,123	1,309
Black/African American	1,316	435	881
Hispanic	1,408	565	843
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	12	3	9
White	6,138	2,598	3,540
Two More	893	343	550
Race Un-Known	755	348	407

[Chart] Duke UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

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