<p>im sorry but duke only became more selective in the last couple of years. when i applied, both had a 24% admissions rate and i got into both. the clincher for me was jhu science> duke science. either way, both schools are in the same tier of selectivity, and that has nothing to do with which school is stronger academically. all it means is duke has a higher yield, likely due to its popularity from acc basketball and NOT its academic prowess.</p>
<p>so professional is not graduate? last time i checked you got an advanced degree when you graduate from law, business and divinity school. in that case, no edge for duke. cross off divinity because hopkins has no religious affiliation so thats not a fair fight.duke business is > hopkins. hopkins doesnt have a law school… but if duke law is renown, so is hopkins education…medicine…public health…sais…nursing… duke is not in the top 5 in any of these fields you say duke is “renowned” in yet hopkins is top 5 (#2, #1, #1, #4) in all but 1 field in the ones i just listed.</p>
<p>the BOTTOM LINE is both are VERY strong schools. whether you want to fess up to it or not, you say duke is stronger academically because of the undergrad’s ranking and admissions% :). unfortunately, both are terrible ways to judge a university’s academic strength. for example 10% of those usnews rankings is based on endowment. duke’s endowment is more than 2x greater than hopkins’. what does that have to do with academics? research dollars the university gets should tell you which school actually has more funds for academic pursuits.</p>
<p>jhu gets WAY more research funding than duke. in fact, jhu gets the most out of ANY research university … BY FAR. we’re talking 1.5 billion in the 06 fiscal year. the next highest was Uwisconsin at 830 million. duke was in 10th place at 660 million… almost 1 billion **fewer **research dollars…yikes. (<a href=“http://mup.asu.edu/research2008.pdf[/url]”>http://mup.asu.edu/research2008.pdf</a>)</p>
<p>academically speaking hopkins is the stronger institution. it is america’s TOP research university in terms of research funding…but yes both schools are great!</p>