Wake Forest University
Wake Forest University is a private nonprofit college in Winston-Salem, NC. Its average net price is $28,165 a year - and the price families actually pay swings a lot by income, as the receipt below shows.
Money
Tuition and room and board for the 2025-26 academic year
Average Net Price by Family Income
| Family Income | Average Net Price |
|---|---|
| $0 to $30,000 | $6,242 |
| $30,001 to $48,000 | $6,576 |
| $48,001 to $75,000 | $14,876 |
| $75,001 to $110,000 | $13,571 |
| $110,001 and up | $65,247 |
Admissions
Outcomes
| Horizon | Median Earnings |
|---|---|
| 6 years after entry | $78,645 |
| 8 years after entry | $90,507 |
| 10 years after entry | $104,443 |
Campus Facts
Programs and What They Pay
Each figure prints the sample size behind it. A college figure appears only when at least 30 graduates sit behind it; smaller programs show the national median for the major instead. Read Why We Show Sample Sizes.
| Major | Median Earnings | Median Debt |
|---|---|---|
| Accounting | $60,798 National median for this major n=44,210 | Not published |
| Anthropology | $34,245 National median for this major n=8,063 | Not published |
| Applied Statistics | $62,525 National median for this major n=37 | Not published |
| Area Studies | $38,972 National median for this major n=3,356 | Not published |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology | $43,049 National median for this major n=8,694 | Not published |
| Biology | $33,922 Small program - rough guide n=45 | $24,222 Small program - rough guide n=37 |
| Business and Commerce | $81,480 Small program - rough guide n=44 | $19,500 Small program - rough guide n=35 |
| Chemistry | $47,486 National median for this major n=10,597 | Not published |
| Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | $33,198 National median for this major n=732 | Not published |
| Communications | $59,986 Small program - rough guide n=60 | $18,862 Small program - rough guide n=54 |
| Computer Science | $80,182 National median for this major n=35,263 | Not published |
| Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft | $29,768 National median for this major n=14,923 | Not published |
| East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | $36,286 National median for this major n=1,258 | Not published |
| Economics | $77,516 Small program - rough guide n=35 | $19,500 Small program - rough guide n=50 |
| Education | $44,614 National median for this major n=9,571 | Not published |
| Engineering | $72,868 National median for this major n=2,850 | Not published |
| English Language and Literature, General | $36,147 National median for this major n=27,468 | Not published |
| Environmental Conservation | $40,925 National median for this major n=16,925 | Not published |
| Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy | $43,384 National median for this major n=1,509 | Not published |
| Ethnic and Gender Studies | $38,739 National median for this major n=5,496 | Not published |
| Finance and Financial Management Services | $116,242 Small program - rough guide n=31 | $19,500 Small program - rough guide n=40 |
| Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | $39,364 National median for this major n=755 | Not published |
| History | $38,156 National median for this major n=20,617 | Not published |
| Liberal Arts | $42,801 National median for this major n=38,048 | Not published |
| Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods | $68,249 National median for this major n=9,765 | Not published |
| Mathematics | $52,843 National median for this major n=13,762 | Not published |
| Music | $33,156 National median for this major n=13,251 | Not published |
| Philosophy | $37,154 National median for this major n=6,052 | Not published |
| Physics | $52,079 National median for this major n=4,999 | Not published |
| Political Science and Government | $54,174 Small program - rough guide n=68 | $19,392 Small program - rough guide n=63 |
| Psychology | $38,630 Small program - rough guide n=42 | $20,000 Small program - rough guide n=70 |
| Religion/Religious Studies | $28,307 National median for this major n=4,315 | Not published |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | $40,236 National median for this major n=8,855 | Not published |
| Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | $41,787 National median for this major n=353 | Not published |
| Sociology | $40,712 National median for this major n=29,430 | Not published |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness | $37,216 National median for this major n=38,400 | $19,500 Small program - rough guide n=45 |
| Statistics | $68,688 National median for this major n=3,096 | Not published |
| Studio Art | $31,108 National median for this major n=25,748 | Not published |
| Teaching | $44,159 National median for this major n=58,872 | Not published |
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