Does Duke University sponsor visas?

New H-1Bs are first-time petitions with this employer, often after the lottery. Transfers are people already on an H-1B who joined from another employer. Counts are workers USCIS approved on its first decision, and the approval rate compares them with workers it denied that year. Later appeals aren't counted.

Filed as Duke University-Univ-Med CTR-Affil, Duke University, Duke University Health System Inc and 2 more

PERM is the Labor Department step most employment green cards start with. A certification means the company sponsored someone for a green card that year. The certified rate leaves out applications the company withdrew. Later green card steps aren't published by employer.

Sources: USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub and DOL PERM disclosure data

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Quick answers

Does Duke University sponsor H-1B visas?

Duke University has sponsored H-1B visas recently. USCIS approved 201 of its petitions in FY2025, including 93 for new H-1B workers and 7 transfers from other employers. From Oct 2025 to Jun 2026, it had 137 more approved.

Does Duke University sponsor green cards?

Duke University has sponsored green cards recently. The Labor Department certified 6 of its PERM applications, the first step of most employment green cards, in FY2025. That's about 3 for every 100 H-1B approvals. From Oct 2025 to Jun 2026, it had 5 more certified.

What is Duke University's H-1B approval rate?

In FY2025, USCIS approved 98% of the workers Duke University petitioned for on its first decision, out of 205 decided. Later appeals aren't counted.

Where do these numbers come from?

H-1B counts come from the USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub and green card counts from Labor Department PERM disclosure data, matched to Duke University through filing names like Duke University-Univ-Med Ctr-Affil. Fiscal years run from October to September. Statuses are our reading of the filings, news reports and what employees share, not statements from Duke University.

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  Stanford University675 H-1Bs9 green cards
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  University of Michigan470 H-1Bs38 green cards
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  Washington University in St. Louis395 H-1Bs11 green cards
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  University of Pennsylvania308 H-1Bs7 green cards
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  UC San Francisco310 H-1Bs0 green cards
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  Johns Hopkins University296 H-1Bs10 green cards