Wake Forest University Graduate Programs

Graduate Programs Overview

Wake Forest University is a Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more years school located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs. For academic year 2020-2021 the graduate school tuition & fees are $39,216 in average for all students.

It offers sixty-one graduate programs: 35 Master's, 20 Doctorate, 6 Post-Bachelor's programs. Some of those programs are offered by distance learning. 897 students have been conferred Master's degree and 295 students have received Doctorate degree last year.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	Wake Forest University
Type	Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more years
Address	1834 Wake Forest Road, Winston-Salem, NC
Graduate School Students	3,176 students 415 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2020-2021)	$39,216
Student to Faculty	10:1 (10.00%)
Number of Offered Graduate Programs	Total 61 Graduate Programs 35 Master's, 6 Post graduate certificates

2021 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees

The following table and chart describe 2020-2021 graduate tuition & fees at Wake Forest University with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. The tuition & fees is $39,216 for all students.The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $1,465.

2021 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
	Amounts
Tuition	$38,650
Fees	$566
Cost per Credit	$1,465
Books & Supplies	$1,500
Room & Board	$15,520 (On-Campus) / $15,520 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$2,498 (On-Campus) / $2,498 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$58,734
Off-Campus Total	$58,734

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2017-2021)
	2016-2017	2017-2018	2018-2019	2019-2020	2020-2021
Tuition & Fees	$38,010	$39,140	$39,176	$39,200	$39,216

Graduate Programs By Area of Study

Wake Forest University offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 61 major areas - 34 Master's (4 online programs), 18 Doctorate , 5 Post-Bachelor'. The following table summarizes the total number of completers by degree and gender.

Total Number of Conferred Graduate Degree
	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Bachelor's	Post-Master's
Total	897	295	4	-
Men	392	163	-	-
Women	505	132	4	-

Below, you can check major programs and concentration for each area of study with offered degrees and completers. ^ONLINE denotes the program offered by distance learning (online degree). You may want to see all graduate schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of the program.

Biological And Biomedical Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Visual And Performing Arts

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Documentary Production	9	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Physician Assistant	89	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Public Health	3	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Comparative and Laboratory Animal Medicine		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	10	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Nurse Anesthetist	24	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Business

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business Administration and Management	270	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$71,800	-	-
Accounting	126	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$60,000	-	-
Management Science	65^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Engineering

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Legal Studies

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Advanced Legal Research/Studies	^ONLINE			NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Biological And Biomedical Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Biology/Biological Sciences				NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Biochemistry	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Molecular Biology			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Psychology

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Psychology	12	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Biological And Biomedical Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Microbiological Sciences and Immunology (other)	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Molecular Genetics	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Physiology	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Oncology and Cancer Biology	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Pharmacology	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Neuroscience			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Neurobiology and Anatomy	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Physical Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Chemistry			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Physics			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Legal Studies

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Law	^ONLINE			NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Medicine	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

English Language And Literature

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
English Language and Literature	10	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Biological And Biomedical Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Epidemiology		NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Sustainability Studies		NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Public Health		NOT OFFERED	2	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Bioethics/Medical Ethics		NOT OFFERED	1	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Communication and Journalism

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Communication	12	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Computer And Information Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Computer Science	7	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Education

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	70^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$37,600	-	-
Student Counseling and Personnel Services (other)	1^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	12	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Engineering

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	3		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Foreign Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Language Interpretation and Translation	16	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Legal Studies

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Advanced Legal Research/Studies	7^ONLINE		1	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Programs for Foreign Lawyers	19	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Liberal Arts And Sciences, Humanities

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	11	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Biological And Biomedical Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Biology/Biological Sciences	5			NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Biomedical Sciences	43	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Molecular Biology	2		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Epidemiology		NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Neuroscience	5		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Mathematics And Statistics

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Mathematics	13	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Mathematical Statistics and Probability	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Sustainability Studies	7	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, And Fitness Studies

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	9	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Philosophy And Religious Studies

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Religion/Religious Studies	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Theology And Religious Vocations

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Divinity/Ministry	30	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Physical Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Chemistry			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Physics			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Graduate Student Population

Total 8,401 students enrolled in Wake Forest University including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status. In graduate schools, 3,176 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees. By gender, it has 1,374 male and 1,802 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 2,709 full-time and 467 part-time students in graduate schools. It offers online degree programs and 415 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively and 20 students are taking some online graduate courses.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
Total	3,176
Men Students	1,374
Women Students	1,802

Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
Total	3,176
Full-time Students	2,709
Part-time Students	467

By race/ethnicity 1,968 White, 333 Black, and 186 Asian students are attending at Wake Forest University. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution
Total	3,176
American Indian / Native American	11
Asian	186
Black	333
Hispanic	191
Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islander	4
White	1,968
Two or more races	38
Un-Known	126

20 students are younger than 22 and 274 students are older than 65. The school has 2,295 students aged between 22 and 30 and 587 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total	3,176
21 & Under	20
22-24	1,071
25-29	1,224
30-34	398
35-39	189
40 & Over	274

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At Wake Forest University, 415 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 20 students are enrolled in some online courses.