Duke Univ is $96,000 next year. How does that compare to other Ivies?

Ok, I fired up a little chart below. What your missing here is any sense of proportion. Sure college isn't cheap but neither is transportation. Between my final two choices: The McLaren W1 or the Koenigsegg Jesko we're talking $2.1 and $3. Million stupid. Don't tell me you don't know which is which. For god's sake the Jesko is the green one.

Grow the f-ck up.

Duke undergraduate cost of attendance to exceed $96,000 in 2026-27

By Ananya Pinnamaneni, The Chronicle

March 10, 2026, 9:18 a.m.

The total cost of attendance at Duke for undergraduate students is expected to rise to $96,597 for the 2026-27 academic year, a 4.95% increase from the current year.

According to the release from the Board of Trustees, which approved the increase at its February meeting, tuition for those not receiving aid will make up $73,740 and room, board and fees will add another $22,857.

The increase continues a recent upward trend. For the current 2025-26 academic year, undergraduates saw a 5.93% rise to bring the cost of attendance to $92,042, the steepest in over two decades. The coming 4.95% increase marks the second consecutive year of outsized hikes — well above the 3.9 to 4.0% annual increases that held steady from roughly 2010 to 2023.

The main driver of next year's $4,555 overall increase in cost of attendance is a $3,475 tuition hike.

For rising seniors in the Class of 2027, the new cost of attendance will be a 16.0% increase from the total cost during their first-year of $83,263. The cost of a Duke education over four years for those paying full price would be over $358,000.

According to the Karsh Office of Undergraduate Financial Support, tuition increases do not affect students on financial aid as their support is adjusted for increases. Around half of undergraduates receive financial aid in the form of need-based aid, athletic scholarships or endowed competitive scholarships, and more than 20% of each entering class attends tuition free.

Duke practices need-blind admissions for U.S. citizens and eligible noncitizens, meaning that applicants who qualify for financial aid are not disadvantaged in the admissions process.

However, in 2024, the University agreed to pay $24 million to settle a financial aid antitrust lawsuit claiming that Duke illegally practiced need-aware admissions. The University has denied the allegations and said it settled “to avoid the wasteful cost and inconvenience of prolonged litigation.” It was also one of several colleges named as defendants in an August 2025 class action lawsuit, alleging that universities engage in price-fixing and violate federal antitrust laws through their Early Decision admissions programs.