Economics is a major offered under the social sciences program of study at Duke University. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in economics, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.
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If you're the kind of person who enjoys working with numbers and solving tough problems, a graduate degree in economics may be for you.
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. Ranked at #3 in College Factual's most recent rankings, Duke is in the top 1% of the country for economics students pursuing a bachelor's degree. It is also ranked #1 in North Carolina.
Here are some of the other rankings for Duke.
In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at Duke was $1,746 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
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 |
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You may also want to consider how much in student loans you’ll need when thinking about the overall cost to attend a school. Economics students who received their bachelor’s degree at Duke took out an average of $10,000 in student loans. That is 53% lower than the national average of $21,243.
economics who receive their bachelor’s degree from Duke make an average of $95,118 a year during the early days of their career. That is 103% higher than the national average of $46,790.
Duke does not offer an online option for its economics bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Duke Online Learning page.
About 32.0% of the students who received their Bachelor’s in economics in 2019-2020 were women. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 33.7%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in economics at Duke in 2019-2020, 36.5% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 30%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 59 |
Black or African American | 4 |
Hispanic or Latino | 14 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 94 |
International Students | 38 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 10 |
Economics students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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General Economics | 1 |
Econometrics & Quantitative Economics | 218 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to economics.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Anthropology | 12 |
Political Science & Government | 131 |
Sociology | 45 |
*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.