As students return to Duke this fall, they will notice an increase in the sticker price of their education, one that is higher than most of their peers.
Duke’s Board of Trustees approved a 4.95% increase in the undergraduate cost of attendance in February, pushing the total price tag up to $96,597 for students not on financial aid. Tuition alone comprises $73,740 of the total cost, and the main driver of next year’s $4,555 overall increase in cost of attendance is a $3,475 tuition hike, also a 4.95% increase.
The Chronicle looked at how Duke’s new tuition price compares to those of its peers. Although the University follows a larger trend of tuition increases across higher education, only a few other schools have raised their cost of attendance as fast as Duke has. Indeed, Duke has historically sat at the high end of tuition increases when compared to its peers in the Ivy+ and Atlantic Coast Conference. This year was no exception.
Ivy+ schools
Ivy+ schools comprise 15 universities widely recognized for their academic excellence and cost. The designation includes the eight members of the Ivy League and seven other schools with similar levels of prestige, including Duke, Northwestern University and Stanford University…