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Common Data Set 2024-2025

Wake Forest University

NC · Private (nonprofit) · ~5,500 undergraduates

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Acceptance rate · 2024-2025
21.7%

Wake Forest University's admit rate has fallen 7.7 percentage points across the 7 reported years on file.

SAT · 50th
1460
Range 1420–1500
6-yr grad
89.2%
Retention 92.6%
Undergrads
5,490
9:1 student-faculty
Drawn directly from Wake Forest University's officially-published 2024-2025 Common Data Set.
Wake Forest University Admission

At a glance

The headline numbers, drawn from CDS sections A–H.

Admit rate21.7% SAT (50th)1,460 ACT (50th)33 Undergraduates5,490 6-yr graduation89.2% Retention92.6% Tuition (FT)$67,642 Student–faculty ratio9:1

Recent years

Per-cycle Common Data Set values. Enrolled is first-year matriculants (CDS B1), not total undergraduate population. Blank cells mean the field was not published in that year's source CDS.

YearAdmit rateEnrolled6-yr gradRetentionSAT (50th)
2024-202521.7%1,46489.0%92.6%1,460
2023-202421.6%1,38591.0%94.7%1,450
2022-202321.4%2,74090.0%93.8%1,450
2021-202225.2%2,82490.0%93.8%—
2020-202132.0%1,45288.7%94.5%—

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Cross-admits and statistical look-alikes, surfaced from the CollegeNumbers peer model.

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Tulane University of LouisianaLA · 14.5% admit · SAT 1460 · 6,839 UG University of RichmondVA · 22.2% admit · SAT 1440 · 3,052 UG Villanova UniversityPA · 27.0% admit · SAT 1450 · 7,009 UG University of North Carolina at Chapel HillNC · 15.3% admit · SAT 1470 · 21,075 UG Vanderbilt UniversityTN · 5.4% admit · SAT 1530 · 7,366 UG Boston CollegeMA · 16.2% admit · SAT 1500 · 9,654 UG Emory UniversityGA · 10.3% admit · SAT 1510 · 7,407 UG
Statistically similar — worth a look
Lehigh UniversityPA · 29.0% admit · SAT 1430 · 5,986 UG Babson CollegeMA · 17.1% admit · SAT 1460 · 2,793 UG Wesleyan UniversityCT · 16.5% admit · SAT 1420 · 3,805 UG Georgetown UniversityDC · 13.5% admit · SAT 1480 · 7,908 UG Colgate UniversityNY · 13.9% admit · SAT 1490 · 3,193 UG

What the data says about Wake Forest University

Comparative observations derived from this school's reported CDS values and from IPEDS / College Scorecard reference data. Every claim is grounded in a number — no editorial overlay.

01

Six-year graduation rate exceeds the national median by 33 percentage points.

Wake Forest University's 89.0% six-year graduation rate exceeds the national 4-year-institution median of 56.3% (per IPEDS, n=1555) by 32.7 pp.

02

Admit rate has tightened 10.3 percentage points over 5 reporting cycles.

Wake Forest University's admit rate fell from 32.0% (2020-2021) to 21.7% (2024-2025) — a 10.3 pp drop. Year-over-year: 32.0 → 25.2 → 21.4 → 21.6 → 21.7. A snapshot of the current year alone would hide this structural shift.

Sources: each school's officially-published Common Data Set; IPEDS / College Scorecard for federal comparisons. Methodology →

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Methodology

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