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Younger than most other prestigious U.S. research universi- EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP ties, consistently ranks among the very best. President - Richard H. Brodhead Chancellor for Health Affairs - Victor J. Dzau, M.D. Duke’s graduate and professional schools — in business, Provost - Peter Lange Executive Vice President/Treasurer - Tallman Trask III divinity, engineering, the environment, law, medicine, nursing and public policy — are among the leaders in their A more comprehensive list of university officers is available at http://about.duke.edu/leadership. fields. Duke’s home campus is situated on nearly 9,000 acres SCHOOLS & COLLEGES Year Est. EMPLOYEES June 2012 in Durham, N.C, a city of more than 200,000 people. More (full-time and part-time) than 75 percent of Duke students pursue service-learning Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 1859 School of Law 1904 Campus 8,071 opportunities in Durham and around the world through the Divinity School 1926 Schools of Medicine, Nursing 10,787 Duke Durham Neighborhood Partnership, DukeEngage, the Graduate School 1926 Duke University Health System 16,005 Community Service Center and other programs that advance School of Medicine 1930 TOTAL 34,863 the university’s mission of “knowledge in service to society.” School of Nursing 1931 Pratt School of Engineering 1939 ALUMNI December 2012 1969 Active (includes 2012 graduates) 148,736 Duke was constructed in the mid- Duke Athletics, part of the Atlantic Coast Sanford School of Public Policy 1971 1930s and is dominated by a 210-foot tower Conference, fields teams in 26 NCAA Nicholas School of the Environment 1991 Degrees: housing a 50-bell carillon, which is played Division I varsity sports. The Blue Devils Undergraduate 51% at the end of each workday. is have won national championships in men’s Professional 33% open to visitors from 8 a.m.-10 p.m. during basketball, lacrosse and soccer, and women’s STUDENTS FALL 2012 Graduate 16% the academic year and 8 a.m.-8 p.m. during golf and tennis. The Duke Sports Hall of (full-time) Median Age 47 the summer. Ecumenical worship services Fame, in the Schwartz-Butters Athletic Undergraduate 6,484 are held every Sunday at 11 a.m. Center next to , is African-American 10% FACILITIES & PROPERTIES Acreage open to the public. Asian-American 21% Duke Medicine integrates patient care with West, East and Central Campuses 1,395 Hispanic/Latino 6% (including Inn golf course & jogging trail) the clinical, training and research programs Caucasian 47% of the Duke University Health System, 7,060 International 8% Duke University School of Medicine and Marine Lab (Beaufort, NC) 15 Other/Unknown 8% Duke University School of Nursing. Duke TOTAL 8,470 The Marine Laboratory at coastal Beaufort, University Hospital is the flagship of the Student/Faculty Ratio 8:1 N.C., is a campus of Duke University and broader Health System, which also includes Graduate and Professional 8,107 Buildings - Durham Campus a unit within the Nicholas School of the two community hospitals (Durham Regional TOTAL 14,591 (Excluding maintenance and support facilities.) Environment. Research is conducted in basic Hospital and Duke Raleigh Hospital) and Admissions - Class of 2016 Academic and Research 77 ocean processes, coastal environment more than 200 ambulatory care clinics. Applied 30,385 Medical Center 56 management, marine biotechnology and Enrolled 1,714 marine biomedicine. Athletics and Recreation 13 Men 51% Residence Halls & Apt. Bldgs. 86 Sarah P. Duke Gardens is 55 acres of land- Duke Forest covers 7,200 acres in separate Women 49% TOTAL 232 scaped and woodland gardens in the heart areas of Durham and nearby counties and Residents 15% of Duke’s West Campus. Each year more serves as a natural outdoor laboratory for Degrees Conferred (7/1/11 - 6/30/12) FINANCIAL DATA than 300,000 visitors enjoy the gardens’ five Duke and neighboring universities. The Undergraduate 1,799 miles of walkways and more than 8,000 forest is used for research, protecting Graduate and Professional 2,951 Undergraduate Tuition and Fees 2012-2013 species and varieties of plants. Duke wildlife and rare plant species and studying Arts & Sciences and Engineering $42,308 Gardens is open to the public daily from timber management practices. It is also a FACULTY FALL 2012 8 a.m. to dusk. There is no admission charge. popular place to walk or run. Tenure/Tenure track Other regular rank* Expenses 2012-2013 Room and Board (average) $11,770 offers traveling exhi- is home to the world’s Undergraduate and Graduate TOTAL $54,078 TOTAL 1,774 1,488 Duke Libraries, one of the nation’s top 10 bitions and educational programs, and cre- largest colony of endangered primates, (Excluding books, supplies and personal expenses) private research library systems, includes the ates exhibitions that travel to major venues including more than 200 lemurs, bush * (Includes professors of the practice, research professors, William R. Perkins Library on West Campus lecturers, clinical professors and medical associates.) About five out of 10 undergraduates receive financial aid. around the country. The museum features a babies and lorises. More than 85 percent The average need-based grant was nearly $37,400 in and its four branches, and the separately cafe and a shop and is open Tuesday-Saturday, of the center’s inhabitants were born on site. 2011-12. For more information, see Duke Financial Aid. administered libraries serving the schools 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (extending to 9 p.m. Visits are by appointment only. Produced by Duke University’s Office of News and Communication of business, divinity, law and medicine. Thursday), and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m.