Undergraduate Student Outcomes

Know Where You’re Going, Well Before Graduation

After four years with us, you’ll have learned a lot. How to work in diverse teams. How to apply technical know-how. How to succeed after failure. But perhaps most importantly, you’ll have discovered a lot about your purpose. Understanding their purpose means that most of our graduates know where they’re heading after graduation, well before putting on the mortarboard and shaking hands with the dean.

students toss caps at graduation in Wallace Wade Stadium

Ready to Make an Impact

As they get ready to graduate, we ask our students about their life and career plans. Here’s what our Class of 2023 had to say:

78%

expected to be working for pay by the fall

9 out of 10

of those planning to work for pay had a job or job offers by graduation

17%

planned to attend graduate or professional school in the fall

Recent Industry Employers

  • AMD
  • Boston Consulting Group
  • GE Healthcare
  • Meta
  • Morgan Stanley
  • Vanguard

Recent Graduate & Professional Schools

  • Duke University
  • Harvard University
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  • University of Oregon
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • Stanford University

Top 10 for Salary Potential

Payscale ranked Duke a Top 10 Best School for Engineering Majors by Salary Potential—with median pay of our recent alumni working as software engineers of more than $95,000.

Meet Duke ECE Alumni

Exterior View Of Wilkinson Building
2/20 Pratt School of Engineering

Duke Engineering: Then & Now

As part of National Engineers Week, take a look at how Duke Engineering has changed and grown over the years

Enrollment & Graduation Rates

Academic YearEnrollment (Fall)Degrees Awarded
2023-2024310106*
2022-2023294114
2021-2022241138
2020-2021235105
2019-2020195107

Degrees awarded are a grand total for the academic year, first major only. *Summer completions not yet included for AY2024. More data is available through the Office of the University Registrar.

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