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Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC · Private (nonprofit) · 5,485 students · mostly bachelor degrees
137th-cheapest of 146 North Carolina colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$28,719
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$87,499
Graduation rate
89%
Admission rate
22%
Median graduate earnings
$78,158
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$21,500
Average SAT
1475
Pell grant recipients
10%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
98 programsClinical Nurse Leader · Master's Degree24 grads/yr$221,028Management Science · Bachelor's Degree27 grads/yr$146,608Finance, General · Bachelor's Degree156 grads/yr$145,996Business Administration and Management, General · Master's Degree382 grads/yr$135,677Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapist · Master's Degree84 grads/yr$127,297Management Science · Master's Degree276 grads/yr$127,072Medicine · First Professional Degree141 grads/yr$119,030Business/Commerce, General · Bachelor's Degree120 grads/yr$118,167Accounting · Master's Degree0 grads/yr$116,679Computer Science · Bachelor's Degree67 grads/yr$115,493Law · First Professional Degree88 grads/yr$112,646Law · Master's Degree$102,929Econometrics and Quantitative Economics · Bachelor's Degree110 grads/yr$98,209Political Economy · Bachelor's Degree119 grads/yr$85,668Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness, General · Bachelor's Degree102 grads/yr$79,599Communication, General · Bachelor's Degree124 grads/yr$77,984English Language and Literature, General · Bachelor's Degree37 grads/yr$77,847Biology/Biological Sciences, General · Master's Degree38 grads/yr$73,476Psychology, General · Bachelor's Degree119 grads/yr$64,814Biology/Biological Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree89 grads/yr$63,292Theological and Ministerial Studies, Other · Master's Degree23 grads/yr$62,158French Language and Literature · Bachelor's Degree25 grads/yr$60,875Sociology, General · Bachelor's Degree31 grads/yr$60,635College Student Counseling and Personnel Services · Master's Degree112 grads/yr$57,982
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (most recent cohorts). Net price is for students receiving federal aid; earnings are a past cohort measured years after entry, not a guarantee.