unitid 199847 · Winston-Salem, NC · private nonprofit 4-year · city (large)
Wake Forest University
- enrollment 2023
- 9,739
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within private nonprofit 4-years
The record
admission rate
22%
6th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
undergraduates
5,485
93rd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
Pell share
10%
undergrads on Pell grants
5th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
completion
89%
finish within 150% time
94th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$87,499
98th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
avg net price / yr
$28,719
after aid, aided students
77th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$78,158
after entry, Title IV students
90th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median grad debt
$21,500
28th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $6,525 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of private nonprofit 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
family income mix not reported
- Median family income
- $94,263
- First-generation students
- 12%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $67,642
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 3.6× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 382 | $124,637 | — |
| Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods. | 276 | — | — |
| Finance and Financial Management Services. | 156 | $140,033 | $19,500 |
| Medicine. | 141 | $151,765 | — |
| Communication and Media Studies. | 124 | $72,756 | $22,250 |
| Business/Commerce, General. | 120 | $107,296 | $18,899 |
| Psychology, General. | 119 | $72,847 | $21,500 |
| Political Science and Government. | 119 | $89,748 | $23,133 |
| Student Counseling and Personnel Services. | 112 | $64,284 | — |
| Economics. | 110 | $109,506 | $20,927 |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 102 | $71,728 | $23,250 |
| Biology, General. | 89 | $66,200 | $22,612 |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.