The Duke Endowment Award: Supporting Students From the Carolinas

Carolinas Advising Corp Meghana Giri, Isabella Peralta and PAGE program for girls education in Madison County

From its very beginnings, Duke University has emphasized close ties with its home state of North Carolina. James B. Duke's Indenture of Trust, which established The Duke Endowment and created Duke University in 1924, provided support for key areas of need in the Carolinas.

Today, Duke attracts more undergraduate students from North Carolina than from any other state. And while university outreach programs in the state address a variety of social needs from health, to economic development, to environmental policy, supporting students of all ages is one clear emphasis.

The Duke Endowment Award

$100 million gift is largest in university history

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The Duke Endowment’s $100 million award will build upon these longstanding efforts and further Duke’s partnerships across the state. The gift includes support for:

  • Full tuition grants for undergraduates from North and South Carolina with total family incomes of less than $150,000, plus a range of other types of support for North and South Carolina students with total family incomes below $65,000;
  • Graduate and professional students at Duke who earned undergraduate degrees from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and other designated minority serving institutions, with a preference for students who graduated from institutions in the Carolinas; and
  • Expand and support community-based work study and experiential learning opportunities for more undergraduate students each year;

“We are very grateful for the Endowment’s enduring support of Duke University and proud of what this vision and our partnership are making possible in the Carolinas and beyond,” said Duke President Vincent E. Price at the ceremony announcing the award.

The university’s support for Carolina students goes far beyond the financial assistance provided for in The Duke Endowment gift. It starts much earlier, with programs across the state providing educational opportunities for K-12 students and encouraging them to think early about college. These include the Duke University College Advising Corps in regional high schools, School Days in Durham public schools, and PAGE, a program focused on girls’ education in Madison County in western North Carolina.

Read six stories about the people and the programs behind support for students from the Carolinas.