Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. The university's campus spans over 8,600 acres on three contiguous campuses in Durham as well as a marine lab in Beaufort. Duke was ranked among the world's best universities by both THE and QS, while tying for 8th in the 2015 U.S. News & World Report "Best National Universities Rankings.