Wake Forest University Student Population and Demographics

Wake Forest Student Population

There are 9,322 students including 5,490 undergraduate and 3,832 graduate students at Wake Forest University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 8,053 full-time and 1,269 part-time students with gender distribution of 4,026 male and 5,296 female students.

Wake Forest University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 1,233 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Wake Forest University has a total enrollment of 9,322 with a gender distribution of 43.19% male (4,026 students) and 56.81% female (5,296 students). There are 2,461 male and 3,029 female students in undergraduate school and 1,565 male and 2,267 female students are attending graduate school at Wake Forest University.

Student Population By Gender
Wake Forest University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	9,322	4,026	5,296
Undergraduate	5,490	2,461	3,029
Graduate	3,832	1,565	2,267
Full-time	8,053	3,585	4,468
Part-time	1,269	441	828

[Chart] Wake Forest University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Wake Forest University has 8,053 full-time and 1,269 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 5,415 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 75 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 2,638 students are full-time and 1,194 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Wake Forest University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	9,322	8,053	1,269
Undergraduate	5,490	5,415	75
Graduate	3,832	2,638	1,194
Men	4,026	3,585	441
Women	5,296	4,468	828

[Chart] Wake Forest University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Wake Forest University, 1,233 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 515 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 9,322 students.

In undergraduate schools, 145 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 1,603 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Wake Forest University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	9,322	5,490	3,832
Online Exclusively	1,233	1	1,232
In Some Online Classes	515	144	371
Not In Online Classes	7,574	5,345	2,229

[Chart] Wake Forest University Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Wake Forest University. There are 16 American Indian/Native American, 5,699 White, 823 Black/African American, 557 Asian, 872 Hispanic, 10 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 348 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Wake Forest University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	9,322	4,026	5,296
American Indian/Native American	16	6	10
Asian	557	252	305
Black/African American	823	331	492
Hispanic	872	344	528
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	10	2	8
White	5,699	2,462	3,237
Two More	364	173	191
Race Un-Known	412	175	237

[Chart] Wake Forest UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

The following table and chart show the student enrollment by age distribution at Wake Forest University.

Age Distribution
Wake Forest University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	9,322	5,490	3,832
Under 18	35	35	0
Age 18-19	2,554	2,554	0
Age 20-21	2,591	2,538	53
Age 22-24	1,654	355	1,299
Age 25-29	1,402	6	1,396
Age 30-34	416	1	415
Age 35-39	251	0	251
Age 40-49	276	1	275
Age 50-64	132	0	132
Over 64	11	0	11
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] Wake Forest University 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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