The main focus area for this major is German Language & Literature. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Germanic Languages is a major offered under the foreign languages and linguistics program of study at Duke University. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in German, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.
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In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. In College Factual's most recent rankings for the best schools for German majors, Duke came in at #4. This puts it in the top 5% of the country in this field of study. It is also ranked #1 in North Carolina.
Here are some of the other rankings for Duke.
During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at Duke paid an average of $1,746 per credit hour. No discount was available for in-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $55,880 | $55,880 |
Fees | $1,753 | $1,753 |
Books and Supplies | $1,434 | $1,434 |
On Campus Room and Board | $16,026 | $16,026 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $1,976 | $1,976 |
Learn more about Duke tuition and fees.
Online degrees for the Duke German bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Duke Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in German in 2019-2020, all of them were women.
Around 33.3% of German bachelor’s degree recipients at Duke in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 15%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 1 |
Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 2 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Germanic Languages students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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German Language & Literature | 3 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to Germanic languages.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Linguistics & Comparative Literature | 35 |
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages | 2 |
Romance Languages | 18 |
Classical Languages & Literature | 3 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.