| Duke University Median Registered Time to Degree to Ph.D. for Students Entering in 2000-2005 (Years) | |||||||||||
| Duke | US median in 2009 | ||||||||||
| HUMANITIES | 6.0 | 9.5 | |||||||||
| Art History | 7.4 | n/a | |||||||||
| Classical Studies | 5.7 | n/a | |||||||||
| English | 6.0 | n/a | |||||||||
| German Studies | 5.0 | n/a | |||||||||
| Literature | 6.9 | n/a | |||||||||
| Music | 6.7 | n/a | |||||||||
| Philosophy | 5.5 | n/a | |||||||||
| Religion | 5.7 | n/a | |||||||||
| Romance Studies | 6.8 | n/a | |||||||||
| SOCIAL SCIENCES | 6.0 | 7.7 | |||||||||
| Business | 5.3 | 8.7 | |||||||||
| Cultural Anthropology | 6.7 | 9.1 | |||||||||
| Economics | 4.7 | 7.3 | |||||||||
| History | 6.6 | 9.3 | |||||||||
| Political Science | 6.0 | 8.5 | |||||||||
| Psychology | 5.7 | 6.9 | |||||||||
| Sociology | 6.0 | 8.7 | |||||||||
| PHYSICAL SCIENCES | 5.0 | 6.5 | |||||||||
| Chemistry | 5.0 | 5.8 | |||||||||
| Computer Science | 5.7 | 8.2 | |||||||||
| Earth and Ocean Sciences(includes Geology) | 4.4 | 7.3 | |||||||||
| Environment | 5.2 | n/a | |||||||||
| Mathematics | 5.0 | 6.3 | |||||||||
| Physics | 5.7 | 6.3 | |||||||||
| Statistical Science | 4.4 | n/a | |||||||||
| ENGINEERING | 4.7 | 6.7 | |||||||||
| Biomedical Engineering | 5.7 | n/a | |||||||||
| Civil and Environmental Engineering | 4.7 | 7.4 | |||||||||
| Electrical and Computer Engineering | 4.7 | 7.2 | |||||||||
| Mechanical Engineering | 4.7 | 7.0 | |||||||||
| BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES | 5.7 | 6.5 | |||||||||
| Biochemistry | 5.7 | n/a | |||||||||
| Computational Biology and Bioinformatics(includes BGT) | 5.7 | n/a | |||||||||
| Evolutionary Anthropology (Biological Anthropology and Anatomy) | 7.3 | n/a | |||||||||
| Biology(includes Botany,Zoology) | 5.7 | n/a | |||||||||
| Cell Biology | 5.0 | n/a | |||||||||
| Ecology | 5.7 | n/a | |||||||||
| Genetics | 5.4 | n/a | |||||||||
| Immunology | 5.9 | n/a | |||||||||
| Molecular Cancer Biology | 5.4 | n/a | |||||||||
| Molecular Genetics and Microbiology(Genetics Departments,Microbiology) | 5.3 | n/a | |||||||||
| Neurobiology | 5.7 | n/a | |||||||||
| Pathology | 4.7 | n/a | |||||||||
| Pharmacology | 5.5 | n/a | |||||||||
| Five-year cohort data posted: November 2011 | |||||||||||