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Duke University

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academic calendar type	semester
admission rate	0.08 point in time: 2020
admission yield rate	0.51 point in time: 2020
aerial view	Duke University, from the air (294137873).jpg
athletics program	Duke Blue Devils
Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education	doctoral universities: very high research activity majority graduate research doctoral: comprehensive programs, with medical/veterinary school four-year, large, highly residential arts & sciences plus professions, high graduate coexistence four-year, full-time, more selective, lower transfer-in
category for alumni of educational institution	Category:Duke University alumni
category for employees of the organization	Category:Duke University faculty
category of associated people	Category:Duke University people
child organization or unit	John W. Hartman Center, Duke University John Hope Franklin Research Center, Duke University Sallie Bingham Center, Duke University Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University Center for Spirituality, Theology and Health, Duke University Duke University School of Medicine Duke Clinical Research Institute Tisch Brain Tumor Center Sanford School of Public Policy
Commons category	Duke University
Commons gallery	Duke University
content partnership category	Category:Media contributed by Duke University
coordinate location	36.0011, -78.9389
count of students	14,832 point in time: 2016 18,003 applies to part: full-time equivalent; point in time: 1 September 2021
country	United States
described by source	Open GLAM Survey point in time: 3 April 2021; point in time: 3 August 2021; point in time: 1 March 2022; point in time: 2 July 2023; point in time: 27 June 2023; point in time: 16 May 2024 Digital Second Edition of Robert Singerman's Judaica Americana short name: NcD Judaica Americana: a Bibliography of Publications to 1900 short name: NcD
donations	1,297,436,773 United States dollar point in time: 2011 1,266,450,295 United States dollar point in time: 2012 1,433,799,156 United States dollar point in time: 2013 1,426,168,238 United States dollar point in time: 2015 1,401,457,511 United States dollar point in time: 2016 1,508,458,854 United States dollar point in time: 2017 1,476,290,488 United States dollar point in time: 2018 1,480,705,479 United States dollar point in time: 2019 1,566,915,508 United States dollar point in time: 2020 1,644,602,647 United States dollar point in time: 2021 1,744,843,238 United States dollar point in time: 2022 1,964,557,359 United States dollar point in time: 2023 1,351,838,332 United States dollar point in time: 2014 1,974,843,265 United States dollar point in time: 2024
employees	19,108 point in time: September 2020
endowment	8,609,004,000 United States dollar point in time: 30 June 2019 12,116,259,954 United States dollar point in time: 30 June 2022 12,692,471,867 United States dollar point in time: 30 June 2021
field of work	higher education research
founder	James Buchanan Duke
funder	Open Society Foundations point in time: 2022; prize money: 2,000,000 United States dollar; award rationale: to support the Duke Global Health Innovation Center's COVID-19 Global Test-and-Treat Consortium in implementing COVID-19 test-and-treat demonstrations in pilot countries Open Society Foundations point in time: 2020; prize money: 80,000 United States dollar; award rationale: to support the Duke Center on Law and Technology to work with community stakeholders to navigate data governance of health information, surveillance, and other health data-driven tools Open Society Foundations point in time: 2018; prize money: 25,000 United States dollar; award rationale: to support the Grantee's work with Digital Public to research and develop a digital trust framework, produce a model digital trust, modules for specific applications, and a public-facing research note/DIY guide to help people build their own digital trust
headquarters location	Durham
image	Duke Chapel 4 16 05.jpg
inception	1838
industry	higher education
instance of	university private not-for-profit educational institution open-access publisher
language used	English
legal form	Q130264570
located in the administrative territorial entity	Durham
location	Duke University campus
logo image	Duke University logo.svg
member of	Oak Ridge Associated Universities ORCID, Inc. point in time: October 2023 Digital Library Federation Atlantic Coast Conference start time: 1953 Consortium of Social Science Associations arXiv point in time: 2021 Triangle Research Libraries Network point in time: August 2023 Association of American Universities start time: 1938 Association of American Colleges and Universities American Council on Education National Humanities Alliance Higher Education Leadership Initiative for Open Scholarship start time: 2022 Coalition for Networked Information Center for Research Libraries Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition Council on Governmental Relations
motto text	Eruditio et Religio (la) Knowledge and Faith Знание и вера (ru)
named after	Washington Duke
native label	Duke University
official color	Duke blue start time: 1960s Duke royal blue start time: 2009
official name	Duke University
official website	https://duke.edu language of work or name: English
on focus list of Wikimedia project	Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4 point in time: 31 October 2022 Wikidata:WikiProject Academic Publisher
owner of	Duke Blue Devils Cameron Indoor Stadium Wallace Wade Stadium Card Gymnasium Duke Corporate Education Jack Coombs Field The Chanticleer WXDU Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri Duke University Marine Laboratory
ranking	39 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2024 27 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2020 32 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2021 31 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2022 34 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2023 28 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2019 26 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2018 26 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2017 25 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2016 31 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2015 31 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2014 31 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2013 36 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2012 35 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2010 35 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2011 32 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2008 32 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2003 31 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2004 32 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2005 31 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2006 32 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2007 52 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2022 57 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2024 50 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2023 20 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2012 23 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2014 25 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2015 29 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2016 24 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2017 21 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2018 26 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2019 25 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2020 42 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2021 61 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2025 26 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2026 22 determination method or standard: Times Higher Education World University Rankings; point in time: 2026 46 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2025
religion or worldview	United Methodist Church
review score	75 review score by: Indeed; point in time: 14 April 2025
social media followers	31,500 point in time: 2 July 2021; YouTube channel ID: UCtXRIIGnq4rU8REt1vAuttw 36,400 point in time: 18 March 2022; YouTube channel ID: UCtXRIIGnq4rU8REt1vAuttw 41,300 point in time: 17 February 2023; YouTube channel ID: UCtXRIIGnq4rU8REt1vAuttw 107,812 point in time: 7 March 2023; X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 23450421 46,900 point in time: 13 January 2024; YouTube channel ID: UCtXRIIGnq4rU8REt1vAuttw 52,000 point in time: 13 July 2024; YouTube channel ID: UCtXRIIGnq4rU8REt1vAuttw 57,500 point in time: 26 January 2025; YouTube channel ID: UCtXRIIGnq4rU8REt1vAuttw
spherical panorama image	Duke University in July 2025 West Campus photosphere 1.jpg
street address	103 Allen Bldg, Durham, NC, 27708
topic's main category	Category:Duke University
total assets	23,174,857,000 United States dollar point in time: 30 June 2020 10,394,643,684 United States dollar point in time: 2011 10,201,759,923 United States dollar point in time: 2012 11,376,610,214 United States dollar point in time: 2013 12,368,118,493 United States dollar point in time: 2015 12,594,506,113 United States dollar point in time: 2016 13,782,414,345 United States dollar point in time: 2017 14,655,049,117 United States dollar point in time: 2018 14,959,910,895 United States dollar point in time: 2019 21,418,812,041 United States dollar point in time: 2021 20,871,034,050 United States dollar point in time: 2022 20,396,848,043 United States dollar point in time: 2023 13,105,945,107 United States dollar point in time: 2014 21,158,472,538 United States dollar point in time: 2024
total revenue	2,707,061,859 United States dollar point in time: 2011 2,398,201,906 United States dollar point in time: 2012 2,969,928,423 United States dollar point in time: 2013 3,035,099,104 United States dollar point in time: 2015 2,786,082,190 United States dollar point in time: 2016 3,150,208,331 United States dollar point in time: 2017 3,380,471,454 United States dollar point in time: 2018 3,302,826,991 United States dollar point in time: 2019 3,194,489,301 United States dollar point in time: 2020 4,700,604,083 United States dollar point in time: 2021 4,604,378,802 United States dollar point in time: 2022 3,747,197,275 United States dollar point in time: 2023 3,060,702,524 United States dollar point in time: 2014 4,479,223,078 United States dollar point in time: 2024

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