Enrollment Trends at Wake Forest

The student population at Wake Forest University is 9,322 (5,490 undergraduate and 3,832 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 1,485 (18.95%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Wake Forest is 58.89% which is increased by 619 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 866 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 76 male students for every 100 female students, down from 91 in 2015.
1,233 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 448.00% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 8,596 where 9,322 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment increased every year from 2016 to 2025, growing from 7,837 to 9,322 students, a gain of 1,485 (18.9%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Wake Forest University since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	7,837	4,871	2,309	2,562	2,966	1,424	1,542
2016-17	7,968 131	4,955 84	2,340 31	2,615 53	3,013 47	1,377 -47	1,636 94
2017-18	8,116 148	5,102 147	2,366 26	2,736 121	3,014 1	1,304 -73	1,710 74
2018-19	8,401 285	5,225 123	2,464 98	2,761 25	3,176 162	1,374 70	1,802 92
2019-20	8,495 94	5,287 62	2,476 12	2,811 50	3,208 32	1,395 21	1,813 11
2020-21	8,789 294	5,441 154	2,519 43	2,922 111	3,348 140	1,495 100	1,853 40
2021-22	8,947 158	5,472 31	2,502 -17	2,970 48	3,475 127	1,472 -23	2,003 150
2022-23	8,963 16	5,447 -25	2,445 -57	3,002 32	3,516 41	1,431 -41	2,085 82
2023-24	9,121 158	5,471 24	2,441 -4	3,030 28	3,650 134	1,480 49	2,170 85
2024-25	9,322 201	5,490 19	2,461 20	3,029 -1	3,832 182	1,565 85	2,267 97
Average	8,596	5,276	2,432	2,844	3,320	1,432	1,888

Wake Forest University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 5,276 where 5,490 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Wake Forest University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,871	4,807	2,280	2,527	64	29	35
2016-17	4,955	4,900	2,306	2,594	55	34	21
2017-18	5,102	5,046	2,346	2,700	56	20	36
2018-19	5,225	5,171	2,439	2,732	54	25	29
2019-20	5,287	5,240	2,448	2,792	47	28	19
2020-21	5,441	5,367	2,478	2,889	74	41	33
2021-22	5,472	5,391	2,469	2,922	81	33	48
2022-23	5,447	5,389	2,411	2,978	58	34	24
2023-24	5,471	5,413	2,409	3,004	58	32	26
2024-25	5,490	5,415	2,428	2,987	75	33	42
Average	5,276	5,276	2,401	2,813	5,276	31	31

Wake Forest University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 3,320 where 3,832 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Wake Forest University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,966	2,656	1,339	1,317	310	85	225
2016-17	3,013	2,628	1,275	1,353	385	102	283
2017-18	3,014	2,602	1,212	1,390	412	92	320
2018-19	3,176	2,709	1,265	1,444	467	109	358
2019-20	3,208	2,696	1,250	1,446	512	145	367
2020-21	3,348	2,683	1,272	1,411	665	223	442
2021-22	3,475	2,685	1,213	1,472	790	259	531
2022-23	3,516	2,563	1,126	1,437	953	305	648
2023-24	3,650	2,600	1,142	1,458	1,050	338	712
2024-25	3,832	2,638	1,157	1,481	1,194	408	786
Average	3,320	3,320	1,225	1,421	3,320	207	467

Wake Forest University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 61.13%. The percentage was 70.15% 10 years ago and Wake Forest still has a high percentage of white students. 5.98% of enrolled students is Asian and 8.83% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 9.35% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 70.15% to 61.13%. Asian enrollment grew from 3.96% to 5.98%. Black student enrollment increased from 8.14% to 8.83%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 5.75% to 9.35%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6046 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.4958 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Wake Forest University over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	27	310	638	451	59	5,498	162
2016-17	20	275	660	472	80	5,468	176
2017-18	16	307	684	521	66	5,477	188
2018-19	17	381	670	563	5	5,580	218
2019-20	18	387	663	587	4	5,663	254
2020-21	15	428	692	665	4	5,803	294
2021-22	12	442	679	682	1	5,797	345
2022-23	11	459	696	777	0	5,676	390
2023-24	15	537	751	861	3	5,652	411
2024-25	16	557	823	872	10	5,699	364
Average	17	408	696	645	23	5,631	280

Wake Forest University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,233 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 13% of total students. The number of online students has increased 448.00% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Wake Forest University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	7,837	225	96	7,516
2016-17	7,968	293	76	7,599
2017-18	8,116	332	101	7,683
2018-19	8,401	415	96	7,890
2019-20	8,495	455	124	7,916
2020-21	8,789	1,370	6,221	1,198
2021-22	8,947	737	697	7,513
2022-23	8,963	872	537	7,554
2023-24	9,121	1,013	451	7,657
2024-25	9,322	1,233	515	7,574
Average	8,596	695	891	7,010

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Enrollment Trends at Wake Forest

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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