by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual produces its Best Quality Schools rankings on a yearly basis to recognize those graduate schools that provide an excellent educational experience and are dedicated to helping their students succeed. Our methodology places a high weight on things such as post-graduation wages, time to graduate, and student-per-faculty ratio. Post-graduation debt, faculty and staff diversity, and other factors are also taken into account.
Wake Forest University came in at #107 out of the 1149 colleges and universities that were ranked in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking. So, the school is among the best in the nation with its Top 10% ranking. Wake Forest University received this year's Best Master's Schools badge for its high ranking.
In addition, Wake Forest University took the #4 spot for Best Master's Degree Schools in North Carolina.
There were 676 college and universities analyzed in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, and Wake Forest University took the #160 spot on the list.
In addition, Wake Forest University took the #4 spot for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in North Carolina.
Athough the male-female ratio may vary depending on the degree program, 55.3% of the total graduate students at Wake Forest University are women and 44.7% are men.
Of all the graduate students at Wake Forest University, around 26.8% belong to a racial-ethnic minority group. Americans aren't the only ones who appreciate the graduate programs at Wake Forest University. Around 9.1% of graduate students are international. For more details on graduate school diversity at the school, check out the chart below. If you click on it, you'll be taken to a page with more details.
The average tuition and fees for graduate students is shown below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $38,650 | $38,650 |
| Fees | $590 | $590 |
The average early-career salary for master's degree recipients from Wake Forest University is $72,493. That's pretty good comparatively. In fact, it is 24% higher than the national average of $58,425.
The average early-career salary for doctorate degree recipients from Wake Forest University is $57,409. When comparing to other doctorate degree holders, that's on the low side. It's about 24% lower than the national average of $75,260.
Get more details about the location of Wake Forest University.
Contact details for Wake Forest University are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1834 Wake Forest Road, Winston-Salem, NC 27106 |
| Phone: | 336-758-5000 |
| Website: | www.wfu.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/wfuniversity |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/WakeForest1834 |
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 31.9% of the graduate students at Wake Forest University took at least one online course. For that same period, 21.1% of grad students took all of their classes online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
| Doctorate Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology | 2 |
| Biomedical Engineering | 7 |
| Chemistry | 5 |
| General Biology | 5 |
| Genetics | 1 |
| Law | 173 |
| Legal Research | 4 |
| Medicine | 144 |
| Neurobiology & Neurosciences | 6 |
| Nursing | 11 |
| Physics | 6 |
| Physiology & Pathology Sciences | 7 |
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
References
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