Student Population at Wake Forest

The following chart compares Wake Forest's student enrollment with similarly ranked schools, all colleges nationwide, Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in North Carolina.

Wake Forest has smaller enrollment compared to similarly ranked schools (average: 17,728 students). The enrollment is larger than the Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in North Carolina average (1,973 students).

The below chart compares the student population between Wake Forest University and similar colleges.

By gender, there are 4,026 male and 5,296 female students attending Wake Forest. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.76 to 1 and the ratio is similar to national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at Wake Forest.

By age, there are 6,834 students whose age under twenty five and 1,086 students whose age is over thirty years old at Wake Forest University.

Especially, 35 students are younger than eighteen and 11 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at Wake Forest University.

At Wake Forest University, 1,748 students (18.75% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 1,233 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 617 students live in North Carolina where Wake Forest University is located in and 610 students have enrolled from other states.