Enrollment Trends at Wake Forest

The student population at Wake Forest University is 8,963 (5,447 undergraduate and 3,516 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 1,531 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Wake Forest is 60.77% which is increased by 632 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 899 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.31 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

872 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 392.66% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 8,213 where 8,963 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

60.77% of total students is undergraduate students and 39.23% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 632 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 899 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.31 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Wake Forest than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Wake Forest University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	7,432	4,815	2,295	2,520	2,617	1,380	1,237
2013-14	7,602 170	4,823 8	2,307 12	2,516 -4	2,779 162	1,480 100	1,299 62
2014-15	7,788 186	4,867 44	2,310 3	2,557 41	2,921 142	1,486 6	1,435 136
2015-16	7,837 49	4,871 4	2,309 -1	2,562 5	2,966 45	1,424 -62	1,542 107
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
Average	8,213	5,119	2,394	2,725	3,094	1,420	1,674

Wake Forest University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 5,119 where 5,447 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Wake Forest University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	4,815	4,746	2,255	2,491	69	40	29
2013-14	4,823	4,756	2,265	2,491	67	42	25
2014-15	4,867	4,804	2,271	2,533	63	39	24
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
Average	5,119	5,119	2,361	2,695	5,119	33	29

Wake Forest University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 3,094 where 3,516 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Wake Forest University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,617	2,527	1,336	1,191	90	44	46
2013-14	2,779	2,619	1,424	1,195	160	56	104
2014-15	2,921	2,670	1,424	1,246	251	62	189
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
Average	3,094	3,094	1,285	1,355	3,094	135	319

Wake Forest University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 63.33%. The percentage was 72.98% 10 years ago and Wake Forest still has a high percentage of white students. 5.12% of enrolled students is Asian and 7.77% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Wake Forest University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	26	368	658	361	11	5,424	115
2013-14	17	333	636	418	29	5,515	167
2014-15	21	331	647	433	40	5,554	166
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
Average	18	366	666	539	27	5,587	225

Wake Forest University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

872 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 10% of total students. The number of online students has increased 392.66% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Wake Forest University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	7,788	177	45	7,566
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
Average	8,367	542	888	6,937

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