Graduation, Transfer-out, and Retention Rate Trends at Wake Forest

Graduation Rate Changes

The average graduation rate of the last 11 years is 88.70% where the current academic year rate is 89%.

The following table and chart show the changes of graduation rate at Wake Forest University over the past 10 years (2015-2025).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	88%	88%	88%
2016-17	88%	87%	89%
2017-18	88%	88%	89%
2018-19	89%	87%	90%
2019-20	88%	87%	89%
2020-21	88%	85%	91%
2021-22	90%	85%	94%
2022-23	89%	87%	91%
2023-24	90%	87%	93%
2024-25	89%	86%	91%
Average	88.70%	86.70%	90.50%

Retention Rate Changes

The average retention rate of the last 11 years is 94.30% for full-time students and 35.00% for part-time students.

The following table shows the changes of retention rate at Wake Forest from 2015 to 2025.

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Student to Faculty Ratio Changes

The average student to faculty ratio over the last 11 years is 10.10 to 1 where the current academic year ratio is 10 to 1. The following table and chart illustrate the change of student to faculty ratio at Wake Forest University since 2025.

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