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See which careers fit your traits — based on what 791+ Duke alumni actually went on to do.

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What Duke grads actually do

Based on 791 notable Duke alumni with Wikipedia pages. Data: Wikidata (CC0).

politician
102
basketball player
82
lawyer
82
university teacher
72
writer
61
American football player
41
businessperson
34
journalist
34
association football player
28
judge
27
basketball coach
24
novelist
23

Notable Duke alumni

Jay Heaps
Jay Heaps
basketball player · association football coach
Chip Engelland
Chip Engelland
basketball coach · basketball player
Kara DioGuardi
Kara DioGuardi
songwriter · singer
Eric Boateng
Eric Boateng
basketball player
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
air force officer · television producer
Chris Duhon
Chris Duhon
basketball coach · basketball player
Benjamin Chavis
Benjamin Chavis
religious leader · activist
James MacKay
James MacKay
lawyer · politician

Salary outlook for top Duke career paths

National median annual wage (BLS Occupational Employment Statistics).

politician
10th–90th percentile: $21,010$129,510
$47,290
median / yr
basketball player
10th–90th percentile: $27,730$239,200
$70,280
median / yr
lawyer
10th–90th percentile: $69,760$239,200
$145,760
median / yr
writer
10th–90th percentile: $40,900$148,240
$73,690
median / yr
businessperson
10th–90th percentile: $80,000$239,200
$206,680
median / yr
journalist
10th–90th percentile: $31,550$160,360
$57,500
median / yr

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About Duke

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. In 1924, tobacco and electric power industrialist James Buchanan Duke established the Duke Endowment and the institution changed its name to honor his deceased father, Washington Duke. The campus spans over 8,600 acres (3,500 hectares) on three contiguous sub-campuses in Durham, and a marine lab in Beaufort. The West Campus—designed largely by architect Julian Abele—incorporates Gothic architecture with the 210-foot (64-meter) Duke Chapel at the campus' center and highest point of elevation, is adjacent to the Medical Center. East Campus, 1.5 miles (2.4 kilometers) away, home to all first-years, contains Georgian-style architecture. The university also administers two concurrent schools in Asia, Duke–NUS Medical School in Singapore (established in 2005) and Duke Kunshan University in Kunshan, China (established in 2013). Duke forms one of the corners of the Research Triangle region together with North Carolina State University in Raleigh and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In 2024, Duke spent more than $1.5 billion on research. Its endowment is $11.9 billion, making it the twelfth-wealthiest private academic institution in the United States. Duke's athletic teams are known as the Blue Devils and compete in 27 NCAA Division I intercollegiate sports. Duke is a charter member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), and has won 17 NCAA team championships and 24 individual national championships.

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