Duke UniversityEmployers That Filed Green-Card Applications for Its Graduates
Which employers filed the most green-card applications for Duke University graduates?
Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Meta, and LinkedIn. U.S. Department of Labor PERM records list 1,363 green-card applications filed by employers between FY2020 and FY2024 for workers who hold a degree from Duke University, at a median wage of $129k on those filings. Each is an application, not a person and not a hire; 4.8% were denied or withdrawn.
Employers filed these applications for people who studied here; the school is not a party to them. H-1B filings do not record the worker's school, so this is green-card (PERM) data. Why
Green-card (PERM) filings
1,363
Filed by employers, FY2020 to FY2024
Median wage on the filing
$129k
Employer's offered wage, as stated on Form ETA-9089. Annualized.
Held a Master's
79.5%
The worker's degree level, as recorded on the filing. Bachelor's 10.4%, Doctorate 9.5%.
Employers that filed for these graduates
Ranked by PERM filings. Subsidiaries are rolled up to the parent company.
| Employer (parent company) | Top field of study | PERM filings | Median wage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon | Electrical & Computer Engineering | 199 | $108k |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | 124 | $119k | |
| Microsoft | Business Administration | 92 | $127k |
| Meta | Electrical & Computer Engineering | 72 | $141k |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | 22 | $155k | |
| Apple | Business Administration | 21 | $145k |
| Deloitte | Business Administration | 18 | $131k |
| BCG | Business Administration | 16 | $195k |
| Uber | Electrical & Computer Engineering | 16 | $126k |
| Wayfair LLC | Engineering Management | 16 | $94k |
| Ernst & Young | Business Administration | 15 | $138k |
| Capital One | Engineering Management Related to Engineering | 15 | $114k |
| PwC | Business Administration | 14 | $155k |
| Walmart | Engineering Management | 12 | $139k |
| Dell | Business Administration | 12 | $133k |
| McKinsey | Business Administration | 10 | $148k |
| Cisco | Business Administration | 9 | $135k |
| Oracle | Electrical & Computer Engineering | 9 | $128k |
| Bloomberg | Electrical & Computer Engineering | 8 | $140k |
| Adobe | Business Administration | 7 | $170k |
| Intel | Electrical & Computer Engineering | 7 | $93k |
| Lyft | Economics | 7 | $149k |
| Nvidia | Electrical & Computer Engineering | 7 | $150k |
| PayPal | Business Administration | 7 | $150k |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | 7 | $185k |
Which visa they held at the time
The class of admission recorded on each application
| Visa held | Filings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| H-1B | 1,132 | 83.1% |
| F-1 | 172 | 12.6% |
| L-1 | 20 | 1.5% |
| NOT IN USA | 5 | 0.4% |
| H-4 | 4 | 0.3% |
| E-2 | 3 | 0.2% |
| O-1 | 3 | 0.2% |
| TN | 3 | 0.2% |
| E-3 | 2 | 0.1% |
| H-1B1 | 2 | 0.1% |
What they studied
Every field these filings list, by volume
Business Administration 248Electrical & Computer Engineering 227Engineering Management 216Computer Science 102Quantitative Management 68Economics 67Statistical Science 40Management Studies 29Computer Engineering 23Biomedical Engineering 22
Filings and pay by year
Duke University graduates, by fiscal year
Show the numbers behind this chart
| Fiscal year | PERM filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 201 | $143k |
| FY2023 | 347 | $131k |
| FY2022 | 294 | $121k |
| FY2021 | 272 | $121k |
| FY2020 | 249 | $129k |
Other schools
University of Southern California 7,076Carnegie Mellon University 5,747The University of Texas at Dallas 4,893Northeastern University 4,229Arizona State University 3,956San Jose State University 3,737New York University 3,587Columbia University 3,291University of Central Missouri 3,117North Carolina State University 3,090Georgia Institute of Technology 3,076The University of Texas at Arlington 2,817