Facts and Figures about the College

Wake Forest College began as a manual labor institute in 1834 with an initial class of just 16 young men.  Today, 175 years later, 4500 undergraduates and a faculty of over 400 comprise the cornerstone of our collegiate university, Wake Forest College.  Wake Forest remains dedicated to maintaining the highest standards of education and to preparing out students for life in a challenging, global environment.

Here are some facts and figures about the recent academic experience and graduation outcomes of the students of the College:

• Over 10,300 undergraduate admissions applications for 09-10 academic year
• Undergraduates representing 49 states and 21 foreign countries (2007)
• Undergraduates may select among 37 major fields of study and nearly 70 interdisciplinary and other minors
• Three-year average student:faculty ratio 9.6 (2005-07)
• Average class size is 20.6 (fall 2008)
• 89.8% of full time faculty hold Ph.D, first professional, or terminal degree (2007)
• 55% of seniors (2007) received degree credits abroad
• Over the past ten years, more than 750 students have collaborated with faculty in research projects funded through the University.  Numerous others participate in research funded through faculty grants.
• Since 2000, students received Fulbright (34), Rhodes (4), Truman (5), British Marshall (2), Rotary Ambassadorial (9), Goldwater (5), Jacob Javitz (2), and National Science Foundation (2) scholarships
•  96.5% of the graduating class (2007) was attending graduate or professional school or were employed within six months of graduation
•  74.5%, (seven-year average, 360 of 483 applicants to medical schools) from 2001-07 graduating classes were accepted to 78 of the 126 U.S. and one Caribbean allopathic medical schools
• 79 seniors (91%) were accepted to ABA Law Schools in the class of 2007, out of 87 seniors who applied to law schools