Wake Forest University
Common Data Set 2018-19
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Acceptance Rate
29.4%
Applications
12,937
Admitted
3,803
Enrolled
1,420
All Extracted Fields
B. Enrollment And Persistence
- Nonresidents
- 154
- Hispanic/Latino
- 121
- Black or African American, non-Hispanic
- 75
- White, non-Hispanic
- 952
- American Indian or Alaska Native, non-Hispanic
- 1
- Asian, non-Hispanic
- 55
- Two or more races, non-Hispanic
- 63
- TOTAL
- 1421
- Calculate the percentage of the Fall 2024 entering cohort who remained enrolled on the official census date. (FT)
- 95.47
- Associate degrees
- 1194
- Bachelor's degrees
- 1194
- Postbachelor's certificates
- 4
- Master's degrees
- 895
- Post-Master's certificates
- 36
- Doctoral degrees – research/scholarship
- 36
- Doctoral degrees – professional practice
- 259
- Recipients of a Federal Pell Grant
- 6
- Recipients of a Subsidized Stafford Loan who did not receive a Pell Grant
- 6
- Students who did not receive either a Pell Grant or a subsidized Stafford Loan
- 32
- Total
- 44
- Recipients of a Subsidized Stafford Loan who did not receive a Pell Grant
- 1
- Students who did not receive either a Pell Grant or a subsidized Stafford Loan
- 1
- Total
- 2
- Recipients of a Federal Pell Grant
- 121
- Recipients of a Subsidized Stafford Loan who did not receive a Pell Grant
- 211
- Students who did not receive either a Pell Grant or a subsidized Stafford Loan
- 900
- Total
- 1232
- Recipients of a Federal Pell Grant
- 97
- Recipients of a Subsidized Stafford Loan who did not receive a Pell Grant
- 180
- Students who did not receive either a Pell Grant or a subsidized Stafford Loan
- 765
- Total
- 1042
- Recipients of a Federal Pell Grant
- 5
- Recipients of a Subsidized Stafford Loan who did not receive a Pell Grant
- 9
- Students who did not receive either a Pell Grant or a subsidized Stafford Loan
- 28
- Total
- 42
- Recipients of a Federal Pell Grant
- 103
- Students who did not receive either a Pell Grant or a subsidized Stafford Loan
- 800
- Total
- 1092
- Recipients of a Federal Pell Grant
- 83.6
- Recipients of a Subsidized Stafford Loan who did not receive a Pell Grant
- 89.4
- Students who did not receive either a Pell Grant or a subsidized Stafford Loan
- 88.6
- Total
- 88.2
C. First-Time, First-Year Admission
- Percent in top tenth of high school graduating class
- 76
- Percent in top quarter of high school graduating class
- 92
- Percent in top half of high school graduating class
- 97
- Percent in bottom half of high school graduating class
- 3
- Percent in bottom quarter of high school graduating class
- 1
- Total first-time, first-year males who applied (Males)
- 5565
- Total first-time, first-year females who applied (Females)
- 7372
- Total first-time, first-year males who were admitted (Males)
- 1820
- Total first-time, first-year females who were admitted (Females)
- 1983
- Total first-time, first-year males who enrolled (Males)
- 703
- Total first-time, first-year females who enrolled (Females)
- 717
- Total part-time, first-time, first-year males who enrolled (Males, PT)
- 0
- Total full-time, first-time, first-year females who enrolled (Females, FT)
- 717
- Total part-time, first-time, first-year females who enrolled (Females, PT)
- 1
- Amount of application fee:
- 65
- Total academic units
- 16
- English
- 4
- Mathematics
- 3
- Science
- 1
- Of these, units that must be lab
- 2
- Social studies
- 2
- Total academic units
- 20
- English
- 4
- Mathematics
- 4
- Science
- 4
- Of these, units that must be lab
- 4
- Social studies
- 4
- Percent Submitting SAT Scores
- 41
- SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing: 25th Percentile
- 650
- SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing: 50th Percentile
- 710
- SAT Math: 25th Percentile
- 660
- SAT Math: 50th Percentile
- 760
- ACT Composite: 25th Percentile
- 29
- ACT Composite: 50th Percentile
- 33
F. Student Life
- Percent who are from out of state (exclude international/nonresidents from the numerator and denominator)
- 79
- Percent of males who join fraternities
- 33
- Percent of females who join sororities
- 59
- Percent who live in college-owned, -operated, or -affiliated housing
- 99
- Percent who live off campus or commute
- 1
- Percent of students age 25 and older
- 0.0
- Average age of full-time students
- 19
- Average age of all students (full- and part-time)
- 19
- Percent who are from out of state (exclude international/nonresidents from the numerator and denominator)
- 78
- Percent of males who join fraternities
- 33
- Percent of females who join sororities
- 59
- Percent who live in college-owned, -operated, or -affiliated housing
- 75
- Percent who live off campus or commute
- 25
- Percent of students age 25 and older
- 0.2
- Average age of full-time students
- 20
- Average age of all students (full- and part-time)
- 20
H. Financial Aid
- Federal
- 3750642
- Institutional: Endowed scholarships, annual gifts and tuition funded grants, awarded by the college, excluding athletic aid and tuition waivers (which are reported below).
- 58060984
- Scholarships/grants from external sources (e.g. Kiwanis, National Merit) not awarded by the college
- 1509852
- Total Scholarships/Grants
- 64811926
- Student loans from all sources (excluding parent loans)
- 12252861
- Federal Work-Study
- 1937898
- Total Self-Help
- 14190759
- Parent Loans
- 4365074
- Federal
- 1454740
- Institutional: Endowed scholarships, annual gifts and tuition funded grants, awarded by the college, excluding athletic aid and tuition waivers (which are reported below).
- 6165715
- Scholarships/grants from external sources (e.g. Kiwanis, National Merit) not awarded by the college
- 1965551
- Total Scholarships/Grants
- 9586006
- Student loans from all sources (excluding parent loans)
- 4193271
- Total Self-Help
- 4193271
- Parent Loans
- 1557973
I. Instructional Faculty And Class Size
- based on ____ students
- 2018
J. Disciplinary Areas of Degrees Conferred
- Area, ethnic, and gender studies
- 0.78
- Communication/journalism
- 7.99
- Computer and information sciences
- 3.68
- Education
- 0.57
- Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics
- 4.95
- English
- 3.04
- Liberal arts/general studies
- 0.35
- Biological/life sciences
- 8.70
- Mathematics and statistics
- 4.24
- Parks and recreation
- 4.24
- Philosophy and religious studies
- 1.70
- Physical sciences
- 3.54
- Psychology
- 7.99
- Social sciences
- 24.47
- Visual and performing arts
- 2.48
- Business/marketing
- 19.17
- History
- 2.12