Biology at Duke
Duke graduates about 317 biology majors a year, 17% of its graduating class. That puts it 1st of 692 schools we score for biology, a standout program at 98 out of 100. Its current catalog lists 160 undergraduate courses in the field, more than 97% of the schools we've counted. Graduates in the major earn a median $76,000 four years out, 1.35× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $857 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.
Around Duke
Where biology happens
Buildings on campus that fit the field: Medical Sciences Research Building, McGovern-Davison Children's Health Center, Levine Science Research Center, Clinical and Research Laboratory, Snyderman Genome Science Research Building, Medical Science Research Building III, Global Health Research Building, Medical Science Research Building II, Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory Building, French Family Science Center, Biological Sciences Greenhouses, Biological Sciences Building.
Named buildings on the campus map: Dorm 45 · Academic 37 · Athletics 16 · Library 3 · Dining 3 · Arts 2.
Nearby in the biology ranking
Other strong majors at Duke
- Public policy & social work 99 · #1
- Computer science 98 · #2
- Economics 98 · #3
- Math & statistics 98 · #3
- Engineering (all) 97 · #2
- Political science & IR 96 · #5
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares Duke with every school we score in biology. It weighs the school's overall strength; how many students graduate in the major and what share of the class they are; research spending in the field (NSF); early pay against the same major nationally; how many courses the catalog lists; and test scores. 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.