Verified College DataA Doctoral University (which undergraduates attend) with very high research activityNCAA Division I

Duke University

Durham, NC, United States

6% admit rate96% graduationprivate nonprofit

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There are a number of great universities in the state of North Carolina, but Duke University, the University of North Carolina, and North Carolina State University are famous for making a “triangle” that used to be called “Tobacco Road”, and is now more commonly called the “Resea...

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