Winston Salem, NC
Wake Forest University
https://www.wfu.eduRepayment outcome
97.2%
of borrowers were paying down their loan principal five years after entering repayment. Higher means more graduates can afford what they borrowed.
Money
$42,200–$93,600
middle 50% · median $61,000
Federal aid recipients · 10 yrs after entry · US Dept of Ed
College Scorecard reports earnings 10 years after a student first enrolled, not after graduation. The sample includes only federal aid recipients and counts non-completers alongside graduates, which can pull the number down at selective schools where many students never borrow. Treat it as a conservative floor, not a forecast.
Net price
after grants & scholarships
$34,139
Median debt
of borrowers at graduation
$21,000
Sticker price
before any aid
$58,260
Default rate
1.3%
Earnings by major
Median 1–2 yrs after completion · Scorecard field-of-study data
A different measurement than the 10-year headline above. These are early-career numbers for students who finished the degree, 1–2 years out — they tend to read higher because they exclude non-completers and are measured right out of school.
- Health Professions$96,587
- Computer Science$71,015
- Math & Statistics$70,456
- Business$66,653
- Legal Studies$60,811
- Visual & Performing Arts$44,170
- History$41,789
- Physical Sciences$41,025
- English & Literature$40,896
- Foreign Languages$39,369
- Education$38,769
- Communication and Media Studies.$37,748
- Social Sciences$36,668
- Theology$34,526
- Biology$31,851
- Psychology$29,685
- Parks & Fitness$26,353
Academics
Acceptance
35.2%
Avg SAT
1,046.5
Enrollment
4,812
What students study
13 fields offered
Business
21% of degrees awarded — the most popular field
- 02Social Sciences20.9%
- 03Psychology8.8%
- 04Communications8.8%
- 05Parks & Fitness7.8%
- 06Biology7.1%
- 07English & Literature6.0%
- 08History4.6%
- 09Physical Sciences3.3%
- 10Visual & Performing Arts3.1%
- 11Foreign Languages2.5%
- 12Philosophy2.4%
- 13Math & Statistics1.4%