Demographics — Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Duke University

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Diversity Ranking

(Source: NRC, 2010)
The National Research Council ranked programs based on a measure of overall diversity. They generated 500 different rankings to simulate the effects of using different sets of evaluators and ranking programs in different years. Learn more
Histogram of rankings ?
Diversity ranking out of 127 Mechanical Engineering programs
Range of rankings ?30-74

Faculty Demographics

(Source: NRC, 2006)
Female faculty 10%
Minority faculty 0%

Student Demographics

(Source: GSS, 2007)

Sex

Men 74%
Women 26%

Citizenship

US citizens or permanent residents 59%
Temporary visa holders 41%

Race / Ethnicity

(for US citizens / permanent residents)
Black / African American 3%
American Indian or Alaska Native 0%
Asian 19%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander 0%
White 72%
Hispanic / Latino 6%
Multiracial, Hispanic / Latino 0%
Multiracial, not Hispanic / Latino 0%
Unknown / not reported 0%

Enrollment Status

Full time 100%
Part time 0%

Demographics of All Graduate Students at the Institution

Sex

(Source: IPEDS, 2007)
Men 50%
Women 50%

Citizenship

(Source: IPEDS, 2007)
US citizens or permanent residents 74%
Temporary visa holders 26%

Race / Ethnicity

(Source: IPEDS, 2007)
(for US citizens / permanent residents)
African American 5%
Native American 0%
Asian 7%
White 51%
Hispanic 3%
Unknown 8%

Full-time Status

(Source: IPEDS, 2007)
Full-time 93%
Part-time 7%
* Value is missing. The value shown is based on the average for other programs in the same field. Learn more.
Data are for all Mechanical Engineering degree recipients from Duke University and may include graduates from more than one program.

The graduate school rankings on PhDs.org have been made possible by grants from The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and The Burroughs Wellcome Fund.
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