Headcounts and Directory Information
Wake Forest University (Wake Forest) is a private (not-for-profit), four-years institute located in Winston-Salem, NC. It has a total enrollment of 9,322 including undergraduate and graduate schools and students to faculty ratio is 10 to 1. It is a Research University (high research activity) by Carnegie Classification and its highest degree is Doctor's degree - research/scholarship and professional practice.
A total of 3,075 faculty (instructional staffs), including both full-time and part-time faculty, are working at Wake Forest. The average faculty salary is $114,071 for the academic year 2023-2024. You can check salary information in detail at faculty salary by academic rank.
For non-instructional staffs, a total of 8,812 employees work at Wake Forest. The average non-instructional staff salary is $88,067. The detailed staff salary information is available at salary by occupation page.
| Directory Information | |
|---|---|
| Address | 1834 Wake Forest Road, Winston-Salem, NC |
| Phone Number | 336-758-5000 |
| Web | www.wfu.edu/ |
| Faculty & Staffs Overview | |
| Student to Faculty Ratio | 10 to 1 |
| Number of Faculty | 2,745 Full-time / 330 Part-time |
| Number of Staffs | 8,084 Full-time / 728 Part-time |
| Faculty Average Salary | $114,071 |
| Staff Average Salary | $88,067 |
| Student Population | 9,322 |
Faculty and Staffs by Occupation
At Wake Forest University, there are 8,812 employees including both full-time and part-time, instructional and non-instructional staffs. By employment types, 8,084 full-time and 728 part-time staffs work at Wake Forest. By gender there are 3,354 male and 5,458 female employees.
Among them, 3,075 staffs are teaching (instructional) faculty - 2,969 full-time and 342 part-time faculty. By gender there are 1,819 male and 1,492 female faculty teaching at Wake Forest.
The following table summarizes the number of faculty and staffs. You can check detailed staff statistics by gender, race, occupation, and faculty status.
| Staff Category | Total | Full-time | Part-time | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | |
| Grand Total | 8,812 | 3,354 | 5,458 | 8,084 | 3,063 | 5,021 | 728 | 291 | 437 |
| Postsecondary Teachers | 3,311 | 1,819 | 1,492 | 2,969 | 1,648 | 1,321 | 342 | 171 | 171 |
| Librarians, Curators, and Archivists and other teaching and Instructional support | 190 | 40 | 150 | 167 | 37 | 130 | 23 | 3 | 20 |
| Management | 561 | 212 | 349 | 554 | 209 | 345 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| Business and Financial Operations | 1,168 | 240 | 928 | 1,147 | 234 | 913 | 21 | 6 | 15 |
| Computer, Engineering, and Science | 450 | 230 | 220 | 433 | 224 | 209 | 17 | 6 | 11 |
| Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media | 289 | 157 | 132 | 256 | 140 | 116 | 33 | 17 | 16 |
| Healthcare Practioners and Technical | 473 | 100 | 373 | 433 | 90 | 343 | 40 | 10 | 30 |
| Service | 398 | 232 | 166 | 315 | 192 | 123 | 83 | 40 | 43 |
| Sales and related | 18 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 10 | 8 | - | - | - |
| Office and Administrative Support | 1,843 | 210 | 1,633 | 1,691 | 183 | 1,508 | 152 | 27 | 125 |
| Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance | 71 | 71 | 0 | 70 | 70 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 40 | 33 | 7 | 31 | 26 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 2 |