Duke Selected Among America’s Greatest Workplaces for 2024 by Newsweek

Honor highlights Duke’s benefits, work environment and culture

Duke's West Campus.
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Duke University was selected as one of America’s Greatest Workplaces for 2024 by Newsweek, according to a list published last week.

The university received a rating of 4.5 stars out of a possible five on the list of 1,500 U.S.-based workplaces. Of the 48 North Carolina-based employers on the list, Duke was the only educational institution. Nationwide, 15 colleges or universities were included in the list.

With roughly 45,500 staff and faculty members and around 74,000 lives touched by its benefits, Duke offers a range of benefits that meets the varying needs of its workforce. That includes providing comprehensive health coverage, evolving with the changing work environment and offering competitive educational benefits and professional development opportunities.

“In order to continue to be a world-class institution of teaching, learning, research and patient care, Duke must attract, retain and support a world-class workforce,” said Antwan Lofton, Vice President for Duke Human Resources. “To do that, we have to create a workplace that people want to be part of. We need to be a place where employees can grow in their careers and feel valued as people.”

Newsweek partnered with Plant-A Insights Group to create the list, which is based on interviews with human resources professionals, publicly available data and surveys of more than 250,000 U.S.-based employees about their workplaces and other employers. Survey participants were asked about employers’ compensation and benefits, training and career progression, working environment, work-life balance, corporate culture and more.

So far in 2024, Newsweek has also featured Duke on its lists for America’s Greatest Workplaces for Job Starters, America’s Greatest Workplaces for Diversity and America’s Greatest Workplaces for Women.

Earlier this year, Duke also appeared on Forbes’ 2024 lists of America’s Best Employers, America’s Best Employers for Diversity and America’s Best Employers for New Grads.

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