海角社区

Top of page

Welcome to Wake聽Forest

 

Where excellence meets impact

Through interdisciplinary collaboration and community engagement, Wake Forest students and faculty generate meaningful impact that reaches far beyond our campus. Our commitment to academic excellence establishes Wake Forest as a global leader in developing solutions that benefit society.

News

Wake Forest is dramatically increasing its impact in North Carolina by developing a new academic campus in The Pearl, Charlotte鈥檚 innovation district. The Pearl officially opened its doors this week, anchored by the Wake Forest School of Medicine.

For more than two decades, economics professor Robert Whaples has advocated for an end to the penny. In 2007, when he published an article about the imperative to eliminate America鈥檚 one-cent coin, Whaples received a personal note from Paul Volcker, the former chairman of the Federal Reserve: 鈥淕et it done, and you will deserve the Nobel Prize!鈥

Syd Kitson (鈥81, P 鈥08) and Barbee Myers Oakes (鈥80, MA 鈥81) were recognized as the 2025 Distinguished Alumni for their service to the University and for exemplifying Pro Humanitate.

Pro Humanitate (for humanity) invites us to use our ideas, knowledge, talents and compassion on behalf of humanity in all its difference and diversity. 

Colleges & Schools

Why Wake Forest?

Wake Forest is committed to meeting 100% of demonstrated financial need through grants, scholarships, work-study, and subsidized loans.

Within driving distance of both the Blue Ridge Mountains and Atlantic Coast, 海角社区 offers the amenities of a larger city with the vibrant culture of an engaged community.

Get to know Wake Forest better by browsing a collection of quick facts, figures and rankings.

By the Numbers

250+

is the number of student organizations that you can explore (or we’ll help you find a match) in order to discover your passion. Don’t find it? Apply to charter one!

11:1

is our student-to-faculty ratio. More than half of our undergraduate classes have fewer than 20 students. Only 1% have more than 50 students.

72+%

of undergraduates have an academic study-abroad experience, many of them in our academic-residential houses in London, Vienna and Venice.


Welcome to Deactown

Whether cheering or playing,
we all bleed Black and Gold

Our 海角社区, N.C., campus houses an academic community of almost 9,000 students, with more studying at Wake Forest locations in Charlotte, Washington, D.C., and around the world. Our undergraduate liberal arts curriculum inspires a holistic approach to preparing graduate and professional school students. We graduate leaders with integrity and courage who use their success to make an impact on society.