ABOUT DUKE FUQUA BUSINESS SCHOOL

Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business targets and produces a new breed of leaders capable of drawing the best out of their groups and leading them toward a common objective. Students and professors from all over the world make up our community, and they thrive in a diverse atmosphere. We combine these to create a leadership style that motivates entire businesses to improve while doing what they do best.

DUKE MBA RANKING

The Fuqua School of Business is placed No. 12 on the Best Business Schools list. Schools are graded based on their performance on a set of widely regarded excellence factors.

MBA PROGRAMS OFFERED

Programs Offered	Tuition Fee	Total Attendance Costs Estimated (USD)*
Daytime MBA	Tuition is presently 70,000 USD for students starting their program in August 2021 (class of 2023).	$97,554
Accelerated Daytime MBA	$89,354	$116,908
Global Executive MBA	The expected tuition cost for students starting their program in July 2022 (class of 2024) is 156,560 USD.	NA
Weekend Executive MBA	The tuition fee for students starting their program in May 2022 (class of 2024) is 152,500 USD.	NA
MMS: Foundation of Business	The tuition fee for students starting their program in July 2021 (Class of 2022) is 57,500 USD.	$87,552
Duke Kunshan University (MMS)	The tuition fee for students starting their program in July 2021 (Class of 2022) is 57,500 USD.	NA
MQM: Business Analytics	The tuition cost for students starting their program in July 2021 (Class of 2022) is 73,290 USD.	$104,342
MSQM: Business Analytics-Online	The MSQM: Business Analytics online program, which begins in September 2021 (class of 2023) and ends in September 2023, costs 67,300 USD.	NA
Accelerated MSQM: Business Analytics-Online	$42,775	NA
Online MSQM: Health Analytics	$67,300	NA

SCHOLARSHIP AND FINANCIAL AID

Fuqua offers a variety of merit scholarships to eligible students with exceptional credentials. There is no separate scholarship application to fill out; we evaluate all eligible students for merit scholarship grants. The University Bursar will apply awards ranging from partial to full tuition to alleviate your tuition costs.

SELECTION FOR THE SCHOLARSHIP 

BASED ON – 

• Prior to academic excellence,
• shown leadership characteristics, 
• community impact,
• capacity to contribute to the Fuqua community, 
• and professional accomplishments are all taken into consideration.

Merit scholarships at Fuqua are offered for two years to allow applicants to budget for the complete expense of a Fuqua education. In the second year, there is no financing for new prizes. As a result, students who join without scholarship assistance for the program’s first year should not expect an award for the second year.

ADMISSION PROCESS

BEFORE YOU SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION:

1. Finish all of the application’s components.

2. Check to see whether your references have been contacted.

3. Make sure your essays are polished.

4. Send in your most satisfactory test results.

DUKE MBA DEADLINES

ROUND	DUKE MBA APPLICATION DEADLINES	INTERVIEW DECISION SENT	FINAL DECISION RELEASE	DEPOSIT DEADLINE
EARLY ACTION	SEPT 2, 2021	SEPT 20, 2021	OCT 14,2021	DEC 1,2021
ROUND 1	OCT 11,2021	NOV 8,2021	DEC 15,2021	FEB 18,2022
ROUND 2	JAN 5, 2022	FEB 2, 2022	MAR 16, 2022	APR 25, 2022
ROUND 3	MAR 24, 2022	APR 7, 2022	APR 29, 2022	MAY 13, 2022

SOURCE:- https://www.fuqua.duke.edu/programs/daytime-mba/admissions-facts-dates

* PLEASE VISIT FUQUA’S OFFICIAL WEBSITE FOR DEADLINES FOR EACH PROGRAM.

DUKE MBA ADMISSION DETAILS

• Research:- Meet us digitally, get in touch with us, and join our community.
• Lay the Foundation:- Make contact with recommenders and prepare for the GMAT/GRE.
• Get Down to Business:- Write essays and revise your resume
• Submit your strongest application:- Tell us about yourself, your research, and your aims.
• Interview:- During the Open Interview Period or upon request
• Obtain a Decision:- At Blue Devil Weekend, get to know your fellow accepted students.

WHAT DOES FUQUA LOOK FOR IN AN APPLICANT?

The Fuqua School of Business, which has established itself as one of the world’s top business schools, is exceedingly selective in accepting individuals who are a perfect fit for the ideals it upholds. The following are the main characteristics it searches for:

 Leadership: Because Fuqua believes in bringing out the best in individuals, it also expects its students to have this trait.

Diverse personality: it places a strong focus on a candidate’s character outside of work and academics, with an appropriate combination of poignancy, fun, profound, tragic, and remarkable life events.

Impact on the community: Fuqua is mainly concerned with having a good and substantial influence on the community and society and includes a different essay question in its application for it. As a result, during the application process, an aspirant must demonstrate this value.

Clear Vision: Someone who has defined professional and post-MBA aspirations will benefit from his application.

DUKE MBA ACCEPTANCE RATE

Fuqua has a 22-24 percent acceptance rate.

DUKE MBA ESSAYS AND LOR

Example of a Letter of Recommendation of Duke Fuqua

Question 1 – Please include a brief summary of your engagement with the applicant, as well as the applicant’s job in your company, if appropriate. 50 words maximum

Question 2 – How does the applicant’s performance compare to that of other well-qualified people in similar positions? (For example, what are the applicant’s main strengths?) 500 words maximum

Question 3 – Describe the most crucial piece of constructive criticism you’ve offered the candidate. Please be as specific as possible about the circumstances and the applicant’s answer. 500 words maximum

Question 4- Is there anything else you’d like us to know? (Optional)

for more information please visit the official website- https://admissions.fuqua.duke.edu/refer/?4920119505982832

ESSAYS 

After reading many candidates’ stories, we noticed a few elements and these elements were the questions that got them to their desired school.

Few Examples from DUKE FUQUA’s essay questions.

• Consider it a list rather than an essay.
• Avoid repeating what we already know about you.- Your CV and transcript, as well as the job experience and leadership and engagement parts of the application, tell us all we need to know about your academic and professional accomplishments. Reiterating that you were the class president or that you graduated first in your class wastes material that might be used to tell something else about yourself.
• Make it personal-Many of our candidates, for example, are well-traveled, so we frequently find comments like “I have visited 38 states in the United States and 17 other countries.” “I have visited 38 states and 17 other countries, but my most memorable journey was when I traveled to Italy the summer after graduating from college” is more precise and personal evidence of your wanderlust. I worked a part-time job during college to save money for that trip.” You don’t only tell us you’ve traveled a lot; you also demonstrate your hard work ethic. Plus, another candidate will rarely tell you the same tale!
• Phone a friend-Inquire about your family and friends—those who know you best—for assistance in discovering your most distinctive characteristics and fascinating experiences. Something that might not seem notable could be someone else’s favorite aspect of you.
• Take your time-This list should not be compiled at 11 p.m. on the night before the application deadline. For your initial draught, come up with as many facts as you can, and then think about it for a week or so. Get aid from friends and family, reflect on childhood memories, compile a list of favorite tales, and think about your activities during this period. Then go back over your list, and you’ll most likely find lots of new ideas to help you achieve the magic number of 25!

DUKE MBA CLASS PROFILE-2023

Source; https://www.fuqua.duke.edu/programs/daytime-mba/class-profile

AVERAGE SALARY PACKAGES FOR DUKE MBA GRADUATES

With an acceptance rate of only 19 percent, Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business is one of the most difficult full-time MBA programs; Fortune ranks it as the No. 11 program in the country. The school also generates high-earning individuals. Fuqua graduates received an all-time high average salary of $141,109 in 2021, plus a $34,958 average signing bonus.

Salary is entirely dependent on performance and the type of profile you maintain; each field of MBA has its own highest and lowest salaries, but below is an example of an average salary.

DUKE MBA RECRUITERS

A total of 47 firms came to campus to interview MBA candidates from various programs.

Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, one of the few business schools to get a #1 rating, provides one MBA degree in many forms, all taught by the same world-renowned faculty.

Intensive residencies deliver the intense rigor of a standard MBA program while decreasing your time away from your job and family in our two working professional programs. Duke’s Fuqua helps you learn how to pull forth abilities from others to achieve better, more inventive results with fuqua’s unique cohort learning style and focus on leadership.

You’ll acquire critical analytical skills and a leadership style that motivates whole businesses to accomplish better while doing what they do best in less than two years.

MBA and Beyond assist you with all of the necessary stages to get admission to your preferred institution.

• MBA Application 
• Essay Editing 
• Profile building 

So give us a call for a free profile review and a jumpstart on your career