Duke (Fuqua)

Fuqua is number 13 on the overall ranking of US business schools. The Durham-based school is known for, as are many MBA programs, sending the biggest share of its graduates into consulting, finance and technology. Fuqua’s graduates also have had good prospects in the healthcare industry, and the school has a reknowned healthcare management program that has been in place since the early 1990s.

Of the five indexes this ranking is based on — Compensation, Learning, Networking, Entrepreneurship and Inclusion — Duke (Fuqua) ranked 5th in Inclusion, 12th in Compensation, 27th in Networking, 55th in Learning and 56th in Entrepreneurship. Index scores are based on student and alumni survey responses as well as salary data the school reports to MBA CSEA.

Index Ranks

Index Scores

Student Population

The breakdown below is compared with other US schools. Collected gender and non-binary data is for all students in the newest class, which for most schools is the Class of 2026. Fuqua reported 49% male and 51% female/non-binary.

Bloomberg also collects data on race and ethnicity from US schools — they provide us with percentages of the first-year class of American students for the following groups: White, Black, Asian, American Indian, Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, and Hispanic (of any race). These groups are categorized as such by the schools when submitting data to the federal government.

Hires by Industry

Fuqua sent the majority of its recent MBA graduates, those with jobs, into Consulting Industry, Financial Services and Technology Industry.

Compensation by Industry

The median base salary across all industries reported by Fuqua graduates is $175,000; the median signing/starting bonus is $30,000.

Demographics

Survey respondents weigh in on their school’s population, answering broad questions about what campus life is like for female, LGBTQ, and minority students.