Duquesne University Rankings 2025

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit is a private Catholic research institution. Initially known as the Pittsburgh Catholic College of the Holy Ghost, Duquesne was founded by members of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit and enrolled 40 students along with six staff members in October 1878. The college was established in 1911 as Pennsylvania's first Catholic university. It bears the name Michel-Ange Duquesne de Menneville, a governor of New France in the eighteenth century.

Since then, Duquesne has grown to enroll approximately 9,300 graduate and undergraduate students on its 49-acre campus perched atop a hill in Pittsburgh's Bluff neighborhood. While the majority of students at the institution—roughly 80%—are from Pennsylvania or the nearby area, the university also welcomes international students from more than 80 nations. "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity" is the category in which Duquesne is categorized. Among the university's 93,000 live alums are two cardinals and the present bishop of Pittsburgh.

Duquesne University World Rankings

Subject-Wise Ranking

As per the Subject Ranking of US News, Duquesne University is ranked #107 in Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs. The University is ranked #52 in Nursing, #125 in Business/ Corporate Law, #147 in Clinical Training, #115 in Constitutional Law, #131 in Criminal Law, #172 in Environmental Law, #83 in Healthcare Law, #123 in International Law, #32 in Legal Writing, #80 in Trial Advocacy. 

Employability Ranking

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