Graduate Programs at Wake Forest University

Graduate School Overview

Wake Forest University (referred to as Wake Forest) is a Private, 4 years school located in Winston-Salem, NC. It is classified as a Research University (high research activity) school by Carnegie Classification and its highest level of offering is Doctor's degree - research/scholarship and professional practice.

The school is accredited by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges (1/1/1921 - Current).

Wake Forest Directory Information
School Name	Wake Forest University (Wake Forest)
Address	1834 Wake Forest Road, Winston-Salem, NC 27106
Phone	336-758-5000
Web	https://www.wfu.edu
Online Application	https://admissions.wfu.edu
Financial Info	https://financialaid.wfu.edu

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at Wake Forest University is $39,328 in average. The school has 3,516 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 8,963 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 100 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice). Among them, 2 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Private, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$39,328
Student Population	3,516
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice)
Number of Programs	100 graduate programs (2 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	10 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at Wake Forest University is $39,328 in average for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $1,610.

Wake Forest University offers the alternative tuition plansprepaid payment plan, tuition payment plan, including prepaid payment plan, tuition payment plan.

Wake Forest University offers the distance education programs. All course works for completing a degree program can be done through online exclusively for graduate programs. In addition, the distance learning courses are offered for students who are not enrolled online exclusively.

On its campus, academic/career services, employment services for students, placement services for completers are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	2 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	ROTC (Army) Study abroad Weekend/evening college Teacher certification
On-Campus Student Services	Academic/career services Employment services for students Placement services for completers

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of Wake Forest University is $39,328. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 0.22% compared to previous academic year.

Data source: 2022-2023 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: July 22, 2022)

2022-2023 Graduate Tuition & fees
	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$38,650	$526
2019-2020	$38,650	$550
2020-2021	$38,650	$566
2021-2022	$38,650	$590
2022-2023	$38,650	$678

The graduate school tuition & fees of Wake Forest is very expensive compared to private graduate schools in North Carolina. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,518 and the North Carolina graduate tuition is $22,206 (public) / $15,785 (private).

The next table compares the average graduate school tuition by location and school types.

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
Wake Forest University	$39,328
All Graduate Schools	$16,002	$19,518
Public	$11,454	$20,592
Private	$19,594
North Carolina Graduate Schools	$12,434	$17,527
Public	$8,258	$22,206
Private	$15,785

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $19,360 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at Wake Forest University. On-campus living costs are increased by 4.00% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $19,360. Off-campus living costs are increased by 4.00% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Living Expenses
	Living On-Campus		Living Off-Campus
	Room & Board	Other Expense	Room & Board	Other Expense
2018-2019	$14,416	$2,400	$14,416	$2,400
2019-2020	$15,018	$2,400	$15,018	$2,400
2020-2021	$15,520	$2,498	$15,520	$2,498
2021-2022	$16,044	$2,572	$16,044	$2,572
2022-2023	$16,652	$2,708	$16,652	$2,708

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $1,610 at Wake Forest University. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 3.21% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Tuition
2018-2019	$1,420
2019-2020	$1,465
2020-2021	$1,510
2021-2022	$1,560
2022-2023	$1,610

The law school tuition at Wake Forest University is $52,028 for academic year 2022-2023. For medical school, the average tuition & fees is $62,424. Next table shows the tuition & fees for law school and/or medical schools at Wake Forest University.

Law School Tuition

Medical School Tuition

2022-2023 Law School/Medical School Tuition at Wake Forest University
	Tuition	Fees
Medicine	$62,425	-
Law	$51,000	$1,028

Graduate Programs at Wake Forest

Wake Forest University offers 53 graduate programs for Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The next table lists number of programs by offered degree and online availability along with number of completers by degree/certificate programs. Last year, 1,433 students have completed their study at Wake Forest University.

Offered Degrees at Wake Forest University
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	33	1	1,038
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	12	0	38
Doctor's degree - other	3	1	349
Post Bachelor's Degree	5	0	8
Total	53	2	1,433

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at Wake Forest University by award level.

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Advanced Legal Research/Studies program with 5 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Business Administration and Management program with 214 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Law program with 204 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at Wake Forest University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Advanced Legal Research/Studies	✕	5	-
Social Studies Teacher Education	✕	1	-
Mathematical Statistics and Probability	✕	1	-
Sustainability Studies	✕	1	-
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	✕	0	-

Popular Master's Programs at Wake Forest University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Business Administration and Management	✕	214	$71,800
Management Science	✕	199	-
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (other)	✕	110	-
Physician Assistant	✕	90	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	60	$37,600

Popular Doctorate Programs at Wake Forest University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Law	✕	204	-
Medicine	✕	137	-
Nursing Practice	✔	8	-
Neuroscience	✔	6	-
Oncology and Cancer Biology	✔	5	-

Wake Forest University offers 53 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 1,433 students have completed their graduate studies.

1,038 students have earned/completed Master's program.
349 students have earned/completed Doctorate (Practice) program.
8 students have earned/completed Post-Bachelor's program.

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	14 completers	-
Communication	✕	14	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Computer Science	✕	4	-
Education [+]	✕	80 completers	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	60	$37,600
Student Counseling and Personnel Services (other)	✕	3	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	✕	17	-
Engineering [+]	✕	17 completers	-
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	✕	17	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Language Interpretation and Translation	✕	3	-
Legal Studies [+]	✕	70 completers	-
Advanced Legal Research/Studies	✕	47	-
Programs for Foreign Lawyers	✕	23	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	5 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	5	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	15 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✕	15	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	68 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	2	-
Biomedical Sciences	✕	55	-
Neuroscience	✕	11	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	19 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	11	-
Mathematical Statistics and Probability	✕	8	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	13 completers	-
Sustainability Studies	✕	13	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	✕	8	-
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Religion/Religious Studies	✕	2	-
Theology and Religious Vocations [+]	✕	20 completers	-
Divinity/Ministry	✕	20	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	4	-
Physics	✕	0	-
Psychology [+]	✕	14 completers	-
Psychology	✕	14	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	13 completers	-
Documentary Production	✕	13	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	136 completers	-
Physician Assistant	✕	90	-
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling	✕	9	-
Public Health	✕	7	-
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	✕	7	-
Nurse Anesthetist	✕	23	-
Business [+]	✔	533 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	214	$71,800
Research and Development Management	✔	10	-
Management Science	✕	199	-
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (other)	✕	110	-
	Total	1,038

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Engineering [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	✕	3	-
Legal Studies [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Advanced Legal Research/Studies	✕	3	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	26 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	3	-
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	✕	2	-
Microbiology and Immunology	✕	2	-
Molecular Genetics	✕	0	-
Physiology	✕	3	-
Oncology and Cancer Biology	✕	5	-
Molecular Medicine	✕	5	-
Neuroscience	✕	6	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	3	-
Physics	✕	3	-
	Total	38

Doctorate (Practice) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Legal Studies [+]	✕	204 completers	-
Law	✕	204	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔	145 completers	-
Medicine	✕	137	-
Nursing Practice	✔	8	-
	Total	349

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Social Studies Teacher Education	✕	1	-
Legal Studies [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Advanced Legal Research/Studies	✕	5	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Mathematical Statistics and Probability	✕	1	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Sustainability Studies	✕	1	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	✕	0	-
	Total	8

Graduate Student Population at Wake Forest

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 3,475 students enrolled into Wake Forest University graduate schools where it has total 8,963 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 2,685 full-time and 790 part-time graduate students. By gender, 1,472 male and 2,003 female students are attending graduate schools. The next table summarizes the graduate student population by gender and attending status.

Graduate School Student Population By Gender
	Total	Male	Female
Total	3,475	1,472	2,003
Full-time	2,685	1,213	1,472
Part-tme	790	259	531

The next table summarizes the students population by race/ethnicity.

There are 2,098 White (60.37%), 356 Black/African American (10.24%), 222 Hispanic (6.39%), 233 Asian (6.71%), and 566 students with other races. 381 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	3,475	1,472	2,003
American Indian/Native American	9	3	6
Asian	233	93	140
Black/African American	356	133	223
Hispanic	222	91	131
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	0	1
White	2,098	895	1,203
Two More	84	39	45
Un-Known	91	45	46
Non-resident Alien	381	173	208

Wake Forest University offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 733 graduate students (21.09% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 375 graduate students (10.79% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The next table summarizes the online student population.

Distance Learning Student Population
	Number of Graduate Students
Total	3,475
Enrolled Online Exclusively	733
Enrolled Some Online Courses	375
Not in Online Courses	2,367

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at Wake Forest University. 1,089 students are aged 20 to 24 (31.34% of total students), 118 students are aged above 50 (3.40%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at Wake Forest University.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	3,475	1,472	2,003
Age 20-21	17	7	10
Age 22-24	1,072	411	661
Age 25-29	1,389	603	786
Age 30-34	440	216	224
Age 35-39	211	105	106
Age 40-49	228	86	142
Age 50-64	107	42	65
Over 64	11	2	9

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