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Duke University

Private university in Durham, North Carolina, U.S.

Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892.2 From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 16, 2026.

Overview

1838Founded1
  • Industryhigher education1
  • HeadquartersDurham1
  • Websiteduke.edu
  • Slogan“Knowledge and Faith”1

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The story

Founded by James Buchanan Duke in 1838.1

Leadership

Who has led Duke University, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Board members and other officers (3)

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

  • Center for Documentary Studies
  • Center for Spirituality, Theology and Health, Duke University
  • David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
  • Duke Clinical Research Institute
  • Duke Divinity School
  • Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University
  • Duke Lemur Center
  • Duke University Center for International Studies
  • Duke University Human Vaccine Institute
  • Duke University Music Library
  • Duke University Press
  • Duke University School of Law
  • Duke University School of Medicine
  • Fuqua School of Business
  • John Hope Franklin Center for Interdisciplinary and International Studies
  • John Hope Franklin Research Center, Duke University
  • John W. Hartman Center, Duke University
  • Kenan Institute for Ethics
  • Sallie Bingham Center, Duke University
  • Sanford School of Public Policy
  • Tisch Brain Tumor Center
  • Trinity College of Arts and Sciences

Also owns

  • Cameron Indoor Stadium
  • Card Gymnasium
  • Duke Blue Devils
  • Duke Corporate Education
  • Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri
  • Duke University Marine Laboratory
  • Jack Coombs Field
  • The Chanticleer
  • WXDU
  • Wallace Wade Stadium

From Wikidata.1

Employees over time

  • 202019,1081

Revenue over time

As stated on Wikidata, in the currency reported.

Revenue

Duke University revenue by year1$4.5B in 2024+48% since 2015
0$2.0B$4.0B$6.0B2015: $3.0B$3.0B20152016: $2.8B$2.8B2016−8%2017: $3.2B$3.2B2017+13%2018: $3.4B$3.4B2018+7%2019: $3.3B$3.3B2019−2%2020: $3.2B$3.2B2020−3%2021: $4.7B$4.7B2021+47%2022: $4.6B$4.6B2022−2%2023: $3.7B$3.7B2023−19%2024: $4.5B$4.5B2024+20%
  • 2024$4.5B1
  • 2023$3.7B1
  • 2022$4.6B1
  • 2021$4.7B1
  • 2020$3.2B1
  • 2019$3.3B1

Timeline

  1. 1838Founded Founded1

Sources

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