UNC Chapel Hill and Duke

[Anonymous]

Median earnings based on College scorecard:

UNC - 68K
Duke - 97K

Schools with grads having higher median incomes than UNC - Clemson, Florida, MD, VA Tech

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Median earnings based on College scorecard:

UNC - 68K
Duke - 97K

Schools with grads having higher median incomes than UNC - Clemson, Florida, MD, VA Tech

This makes sense in a way. UNC engineering is not stellar nor is computer science, two fields where you can enter the workforce after graduation with a decent salary. It is a good school but in other areas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Median earnings based on College scorecard:

UNC - 68K
Duke - 97K

Schools with grads having higher median incomes than UNC - Clemson, Florida, MD, VA Tech

This makes sense in a way. UNC engineering is not stellar nor is computer science, two fields where you can enter the workforce after graduation with a decent salary. It is a good school but in other areas.

So UNC is severely overated.
Comparing it to Duke is a joke.

[Anonymous]

They are vastly different cultures but they’re close enough (8 miles) that you can tour both in one day. I would take your child down to Chapel Hill and Durham and tour both. The only way to know which one is to go.

I went to one of those schools and I knew immediately upon touring which one was the better fit. I had thought I was interested in both and my parents and others had warned me that they were very different and I had to see for myself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They are vastly different cultures but they’re close enough (8 miles) that you can tour both in one day. I would take your child down to Chapel Hill and Durham and tour both. The only way to know which one is to go.

I went to one of those schools and I knew immediately upon touring which one was the better fit. I had thought I was interested in both and my parents and others had warned me that they were very different and I had to see for myself.

Agree. Good advice from your parents.

[Anonymous]

Surprisingly my DC visited them both in one weekend and really liked both schools! We thought they were both friendly and pretty campuses.

[Anonymous]

I worked in the NBA league office for a few years and it’s crazy how many more duke alums are all across various functions of the NBA vs unc alums (I’m talking about non-players though I’m sure there are more duke players currently than unc players in the league)

It was interesting to note because UNC’s biggest export is basketball and it has a lot larger alum base but duke is way more represented throughout the nba

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I worked in the NBA league office for a few years and it’s crazy how many more duke alums are all across various functions of the NBA vs unc alums (I’m talking about non-players though I’m sure there are more duke players currently than unc players in the league)

It was interesting to note because UNC’s biggest export is basketball and it has a lot larger alum base but duke is way more represented throughout the nba

MJ’s view on this (this was a fantastic documentary BTW and it’s a shame you can’t stream it anymore. Was very fun and balanced, didn’t seem to pick a side, but really got into the culture of both schools).

https://youtu.be/7WeJkn1CaUs?si=P81-4qmsVoCcjD8Q