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Duke University - Durham, NC 27708 - Phone: (919) 684-8111
Tracing its origins to a rural schoolhouse in 1838, Duke University has evolved into one of the world's leading institutions for education, research and medical care. Duke moved into a tie for fourth in U.S. News & World Report magazine's latest annual ratings of national universities that offer doctoral degrees. The magazine listed Princeton as Number 1, followed by Harvard and Yale in a tie for second. Duke was tied for fourth with CalTech, MIT, Stanford, and the University of Pennsylvania. Dartmouth was ranked ninth and Columbia and Northwestern were tied for tenth. Last year, Duke was ranked eighth. The magazine also ranked Duke thirteenth in a list of national universities that are "great schools at great prices" and cited Duke's program for first-year students, its writing program, and study-abroad program as "programs that really work."
North Carolina Central University – 1801 Fayetteville Street, Durham, NC 27707 - Phone: (919) 530-6100
North Carolina Central University was chartered in 1909 and opened its doors to students in 1910 as the National Religious Training School and Chautauqua. From the beginning, North Carolina Central University has declared its purpose to be the development in young men and women of the character and sound academic training requisite for real service to the nation. The General Assembly named it the North Carolina College for Negroes and dedicated it to the offering of liberal arts education and the preparation of teachers and principals of secondary schools. North Carolina College for Negroes (NCC), later named North Carolina Central University, thus became the nation's first state-supported liberal arts college for African American students.
Other area universities:
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Chapel Hill, NC
North Carolina State University - Raleigh, NC
Saint Augustine's College - Raleigh, NC
Peace College - Raleigh, NC
Shaw University – Raleigh, NC
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary - Wake Forest, NC
Technical and Vocational:
Durham Technical Community College - Durham 1637 Lawson Street, Durham, NC 27703, - Phone: (919) 686-3300
Wake Technical Community College - Raleigh, NC