Family Practice Nurse/Nursing at Duke University

If you are interested in studying family practice nurse/nursing, you may want to check out the program at Duke University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Duke is located in Durham, North Carolina and has a total student population of 16,172.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Family Practice Nurse/Nursing section at the bottom of this page.

Duke Family Practice Nurse/Nursing Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Family Practice Nursing
• Doctorate Degree in Family Practice Nursing

Duke Family Practice Nurse/Nursing Rankings

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In 2021, 59 students received their master’s degree in family practice nursing from Duke. This makes it the #48 most popular school for family practice nursing master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in family practice nursing, making the school the #38 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Family Practice Nursing Student Demographics at Duke

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the family practice nursing majors at Duke University.

Duke Family Practice Nurse/Nursing Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 59 students graduated with a master's degree in family practice nursing from Duke. About 8% were men and 92% were women.

Of the students who received a family practice nursing master's degree from Duke, 75% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Duke University with a master's in family practice nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	44
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Duke also has a doctoral program available in family practice nursing. In 2021, 4 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Critical Care Nursing
• Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing
• Nursing Science
• Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing
• Nurse Anesthetist

Careers That Family Practice Nursing Grads May Go Into

A degree in family practice nursing can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NC, the home state for Duke University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Registered Nurses	102,500	$64,850
Nurse Practitioners	4,760	$104,100
Nursing Instructors and Professors	2,170	$68,710

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Bjoertvedt under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.