Duke University
Breakdown of “Surrounding City” at Duke
By Gender
| Males | B- |
| Females | C+ |
By Major
| Accounting | C |
| Anthropology | B |
| Art & Design Department | A |
| Biology | C+ |
| Business - Management and Administration | A |
| Chemistry | C |
| Civil Engineering | C+ |
| Communications | C+ |
| Computer Engineering | C |
| Computer Science | B |
| Economics | B- |
| Electrical Engineering | C+ |
| Engineering Department | C |
| English | C |
| Genetics | C+ |
| Geography and Geosciences | D |
| History/Histories (art history/etc.) | C- |
| Math | B- |
| Mechanical Engineering | B |
| Neuroscience/Cognitive Science | B- |
| Other | B |
| Philosophy | A+ |
| Physics | C+ |
| Political Science | C |
| PreMed and Medical | C+ |
| Psychology | B- |
| Public Health | C+ |
| Public Policy | B- |
| Undecided | D+ |
Against similar schools
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Duke University
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Surrounding City
“... Sure, it's not New York City or Boston ...Read full comment
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In general, if you have to be in the city don't come to Duke ...Read full comment
“... Good academics; fair social; surrounding city is difficult ...Read full comment
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All in all, the sports are great, you can find "Hogwarts" in many areas on campus, readers will fall in love with Perkins Library, the Duke ...Read full comment
“... Also, the lack of a nice city surrounding Duke creates a dearth of activities, compared to if I went to college in New York or Boston ...Read full comment
“... Fifth, complaints about the city of Durham -- it isn't Boston (but at least it's better than New Haven ...Read full comment
“... Durham as a city is just getting better and better ...Read full comment
“... It's easy to find other people with similar interests and, while Durham is not the greatest city, there's plenty enough to find to do ...Read full comment
- #1 Top Computer Science School Ranking in the Southeast
- #1 Top Math School Ranking in the South
- #1 Top Physics School Ranking in the South
- #1 Top Computer Science School Ranking in North Carolina
- #1 Top Physics School Ranking in North Carolina
- #1 Top Physics School Ranking in the Southeast
- #1 Top Math School Ranking in the Southeast
- #1 Top Public Policy School Ranking in the Southeast
- #1 Top Computer Science School Ranking in the South
- #1 Top Public Policy
- #2 Top Anthropology School Ranking in North Carolina
- #2 Top Mechanical Engineering School Ranking in North Carolina
- #2 Top Psychology School Ranking in North Carolina
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