Student Population at Wake Forest University

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
8,963	5,447	3,516

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 8,963 students have enrolled in Wake Forest University with 5,447 undergraduate and 3,516 graduate students.

By gender, 3,876 male and 5,087 female students are attending the school.

It has relatively fewer students compared to similar colleges (10,434 students in average - private (not-for-profit) Research University (high research activity)).

872 students are enrolled exclusively, and 537 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, and online enrollment.

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Student Population by Gender

Wake Forest University has a total of 8,963 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 5,447 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 3,516 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 3,876 male and 5,087 female students (the male-female ratio is 43:57) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	8,963	5,447	3,516
Men	3,876	2,445	1,431
Women	5,087	3,002	2,085

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 5,676 White, 696 Black, and 459 Asian students out of a total of 8,963 are attending at Wake Forest University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).

All Students

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	11	3	8
Asian	459	199	260
Black	696	296	400
Hispanic	777	311	466
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	-	-	-
White	5,676	2,425	3,251
Two or more races	390	178	212
Race Unknown	111	54	57

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	3	1	2
Asian	227	116	111
Black	339	159	180
Hispanic	481	197	284
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	-	-	-
White	3,591	1,584	2,007
Two or more races	297	136	161
Race Unknown	43	21	22

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	8	2	6
Asian	232	83	149
Black	357	137	220
Hispanic	296	114	182
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	-	-	-
White	2,085	841	1,244
Two or more races	93	42	51
Race Unknown	68	33	35

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Wake Forest University, 872 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 537 students are enrolled in some online courses.

410 students lived in North Carolina or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 462 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
	All Students	Enrolled Exclusively Online Courses	Enrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students	8,963	872	537
Undergraduate	5,447	10	211
Graduate	3,516	862	326

Online Student Population by Locality
	North Carolina Residents	Other States in U.S.
All Students	410	462
Undergraduate	2	8
Graduate	408	454

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 5,447 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 30 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 0.55%.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	5,359
Transfer-in Full-time	30
Regular Part-time	58
Transfer-in Part-time	0