On Monday, 847 applicants to Duke’s Class of 2030 received the “congratulations” they had been anxiously awaiting since the binding Early Decision application closed over a month ago.
Duke received 6,159 Early Decision applications for the class of 2030, bringing the total acceptance rate to 13.8%. This is slightly higher than the previous two year’s record-low rates of 12.9 and 12.8% respectively, but is still low compared to rates before 2023.
The total number of early applications represents a 7% drop from last year.