PhD Student Outcomes

Launch into a High-Impact Career

Whether the compass guiding sense of purpose points toward a startup, or a career in academic research or industry, from Duke CEE you’ll launch into a career that means something to you—and to the world.

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Meet Our PhD Students

Our students have the freedom to focus making impacts on the topics most important to them. Click to hear their stories.

Success in Numbers

Our PhD graduates go on to make important contributions across a range of opportunities. Click to get interactive with our data.

63%

go on to careers in industry, government and nonprofits

with leading organizations such as Boston Consulting Group, Geosyntec, HDR, Sandia National Lab, USDA, USEPA and Veoli

18%

go on to positions in academia

at places such as Bucknell, Ohio State, Portland State, Texas Tech, UCLA, Vanderbilt, Wake Forest and Washington State

15%

go on to further training

including post-doctoral fellowships

Meet Duke CEE Alumni

9/24 Pratt School of Engineering

$25 Million Gift to Establish New STEM+ Scholars Program

The Karsh STEM+ Scholars Program will match undergraduate students who have declared majors in disciplines in the natural sciences, engineering, and STEM-related fields with faculty in the Pratt School of Engineering and Trinity College of Arts & Sciences.

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2/20/23 Pratt School of Engineering

Duke Engineering: Then & Now

As part of National Engineers Week, take a look at how Duke Engineering has changed and grown over the years