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#23 Best Undergraduate Teaching
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#25 Best Value Schools
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#50 Undergraduate Research/Creative Projects
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#38 Business Programs
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#21 Accounting
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#43 Finance
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#63 Most Innovative Schools
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#360 Top Performers on Social Mobility
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#35 Study Abroad
Wake Forest University is ranked #27 in National Universities. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence. Read more about how we rank schools.
U.S. News Overall Score
Score
74
Outcomes (35%)
Outcomes rank
89
Graduation and retention rank
33
Average 6-year graduation rate (17.6%)
88%
Average first-year student retention rate (4.4%)
94%
Social Mobility Rank
360
6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant (2.5%)
85%
6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant (2.5%)
89%
Predicted graduation rate (8%)
96%
Overperformance(+)/Underperformance(-)
-7
Expert Opinion (20%)
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
3.6
Faculty Resources (20%)
Faculty resources rank
21
Faculty compensation rank (7%)
33
Percent of faculty who are full-time (1%)
86.7%
Full-time faculty with Ph.D or terminal degree (3%)
94%
Class Size Index (8%)
Classes with fewer than 20 students
57.1%
Classes with 50 or more students
1%
Student-faculty ratio (1%)
10:1
Student Excellence (10%)
Student excellence rank
33
First-year students in top 10 percent of high school class (2.25%)
76%
Financial Resources (10%)
Financial resources rank
10
Alumni Giving (5%)
Alumni giving rank
23
Average alumni giving rate
24.5%
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Ranking Factors
- U.S. News Overall Score
- Outcomes (35%)
- Expert Opinion (20%)
- Faculty Resources (20%)
- Student Excellence (10%)
- Financial Resources (10%)
- Alumni Giving (5%)
