Duquesne University Business Programs

Duquesne University is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The location of Duquesne is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

Duquesne University Rankings

We have ranked Duquesne as #209 out of 1,477 colleges and universities in the country in our 2023 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 15% of all schools in the nation. Duquesne also holds the #17 spot on the Best Colleges in Pennsylvania ranking.

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Duquesne has also been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#170	Best Business Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Duquesne.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#29	Best Managerial Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#49	Best International Business Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#52	Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#95	Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#97	Best Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Duquesne has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#4	Best Business/Corporate Communications Schools	College Factual
#4	Best Other Marketing Schools	College Factual
#61	Best Marketing Schools	College Factual
#96	Best Accounting Schools	College Factual
#120	Best Business Administration & Management Schools	College Factual
#144	Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools	College Factual

Where Is Duquesne University?

Contact details for Duquesne are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	Administration Bldg 600 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15282
Phone:	412-396-6000
Website:	www.duq.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/duquesneuniversityoftheholyspirit
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/duqedu

How Do I Get Into Duquesne?

You can apply to Duquesne online at: www.duq.edu/admissions-and-aid/undergraduate/apply-for-admission

Admission Requirements for Duquesne

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	required
Recommendations	neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	considered but not required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Duquesne?

With an acceptance rate of 77%, Duquesne may not be as selective as some schools, but you should not take admittance for granted. Be sure to submit the best application you can.

Approximately 33% of accepted students are men and 67% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 77%, and the acceptance rate for women is 77%.

Average Test Scores

About 67% of students accepted to Duquesne submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 570 and 640. Math scores were between 550 and 630.

Duquesne received ACT scores from 29% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 22 and 28. Math scores were between 22 and 27. Composite scores were between 23 and 28.

Can I Afford Duquesne University?

The overall average net price of Duquesne is $38,124. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Duquesne, approximately 64% of students took out student loans averaging $12,049 a year. That adds up to $48,196 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Duquesne is 2.3%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Duquesne University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 5,383 undergraduate students at Duquesne, with 5,292 being full-time and 91 being part-time.

There are also 3,447 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 5,292 full-time undergraduates at Duquesne, 35% are male and 65% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Duquesne University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	190
Black or African American	276
Hispanic or Latino	243
White	4,279
International Students	96
Other Races/Ethnicities	208

Geographic Diversity

Pennsylvania students aren't the only ones who study at Duquesne University. At this time, 32 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 78 countries are represented at Duquesne. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Saudi Arabia, and India.

Online Learning at Duquesne University

In 2019-2020, 7,248 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Duquesne has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 24th most popular in Pennsylvania for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of Duquesne

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Duquesne University was $41,892 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how Duquesne is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Business/Corporate Communications	#13	#13
Business/Corporate Communications	#13	#13
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	#30	#30
Management Science	#51	#51
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	#63	#63

Online Growth Rankings of Duquesne

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Duquesne University was 18.9%. This is the #968 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Duquesne regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Duquesne ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Duquesne.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Management Science	#51
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	#80
Organizational Leadership	#149

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Duquesne University Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
Accounting	67	21	88
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	85	0	85
General Business Administration and Management	0	82	82
Finance	61	0	61
Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	54	0	54
Management Science	28	20	48
Supply Chain Management	46	0	46
Organizational Leadership	8	19	27
Business Economics	14	0	14
Other Marketing	14	0	14
International Business/Trade/Commerce	13	0	13
Business/Corporate Communications	9	3	12
Entrepreneurship	7	0	7
Sports Communication	7	0	7
General Business/Commerce	5	0	5
General Economics	4	0	4
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	0	0	0
Business Management & Marketing	0	0	0
TOTAL	422	145	567

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
• Image Credit: By Alekjds under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.