How this school serves students from different economic backgrounds, including Pell students, first-generation pathways, and long-term mobility outcomes.
Duke University admits about 5.7% of applicants, making it one of the most selective institutions in the Azimuth coverage set. Among admitted students who submitted scores, the middle 50% scored between 1,500 and 1,570 on the SAT or between 34 and 35 on the ACT (interquartile range). 14.0% of undergraduates receive Pell Grants and 13.5% are first-generation college students — a relatively narrow access profile that reflects the institution's highly selective admissions funnel. Transfer enrollment is limited, at 2.9% of the student body. Azimuth ranks Duke University #340 for access among nonprofit four-year institutions. The access ranking captures the structural constraint: at an admit rate of 5.7%, the number of Pell-eligible and first-generation students Duke enrolls is limited relative to institutions that open their doors more broadly. The six-year graduation rate is 96.8%, and 91.4% of Pell-eligible students complete within the same window — a strong completion signal for the students who do gain access. Azimuth ranks Duke University #236 for mobility among nonprofit four-year institutions. Low-income graduates achieve median earnings of $121,600 on a historical ten-year Scorecard measure, placing this cohort in the 99.6 percentile for low-income graduate median earnings among nonprofit four-year institutions. The low-income cohort at Duke is comparatively small — 14.0% of undergraduates receive Pell Grants — so these median earnings reflect outcomes for a narrow group of students rather than a broad population. As Azimuth's analysis of access versus outcomes at scale describes, the gap between what outcomes show Duke could deliver for mobility and what its admission volume does deliver remains the defining structural constraint on its access and mobility profile.
Duke University admits about 5.7% of applicants, making it one of the most selective institutions in the Azimuth coverage set. Among admitted students who submitted scores, the middle 50% scored between 1,500 and 1,570 on the SAT or between 34 and 35 on the ACT (interquartile range). 14.0% of undergraduates receive Pell Grants and 13.5% are first-generation college students — a relatively narrow access profile that reflects the institution's highly selective admissions funnel. Transfer enrollment is limited, at 2.9% of the student body. Azimuth ranks Duke University #340 for access among nonprofit four-year institutions. The access ranking captures the structural constraint: at an admit rate of 5.7%, the number of Pell-eligible and first-generation students Duke enrolls is limited relative to institutions that open their doors more broadly. The six-year graduation rate is 96.8%, and 91.4% of Pell-eligible students complete within the same window — a strong completion signal for the students who do gain access. Azimuth ranks Duke University #236 for mobility among nonprofit four-year institutions. Low-income graduates achieve median earnings of $121,600 on a historical ten-year Scorecard measure, placing this cohort in the 99.6 percentile for low-income graduate median earnings among nonprofit four-year institutions. The low-income cohort at Duke is comparatively small — 14.0% of undergraduates receive Pell Grants — so these median earnings reflect outcomes for a narrow group of students rather than a broad population. As Azimuth's analysis of access versus outcomes at scale describes, the gap between what outcomes show Duke could deliver for mobility and what its admission volume does deliver remains the defining structural constraint on its access and mobility profile.
Duke University admits about 5.7% of applicants, making it one of the most selective institutions in the Azimuth coverage set. Among admitted students who submitted scores, the middle 50% scored between 1,500 and 1,570 on the SAT or between 34 and 35 on the ACT (interquartile range). 14.0% of undergraduates receive Pell Grants and 13.5% are first-generation college students — a relatively narrow access profile that reflects the institution's highly selective admissions funnel. Transfer enrollment is limited, at 2.9% of the student body. Azimuth ranks Duke University #340 for access among nonprofit four-year institutions. The access ranking captures the structural constraint: at an admit rate of 5.7%, the number of Pell-eligible and first-generation students Duke enrolls is limited relative to institutions that open their doors more broadly. The six-year graduation rate is 96.8%, and 91.4% of Pell-eligible students complete within the same window — a strong completion signal for the students who do gain access. Azimuth ranks Duke University #236 for mobility among nonprofit four-year institutions. Low-income graduates achieve median earnings of $121,600 on a historical ten-year Scorecard measure, placing this cohort in the 99.6 percentile for low-income graduate median earnings among nonprofit four-year institutions. The low-income cohort at Duke is comparatively small — 14.0% of undergraduates receive Pell Grants — so these median earnings reflect outcomes for a narrow group of students rather than a broad population. As Azimuth's analysis of access versus outcomes at scale describes, the gap between what outcomes show Duke could deliver for mobility and what its admission volume does deliver remains the defining structural constraint on its access and mobility profile.
