Wake Forest University offers 4% of incoming freshmen merit aid. The average merit aid award is $28,107. Wake Forest University is a private college located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Its student population is 8,401. It is a four-year, medium, highly residential campus. It has an acceptance rate of 29%. Wake Forest University 4 year graduation rate is 84% .
FRESHMAN W/O NEED, RECEIVING MERIT AID
$28,107
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Colleges with Similar Merit Aid Award Percentages and Award Amounts
Name | Cost ![]() | Received Merit Aid ![]() | Avg Merit Aid ![]() | Acceptance Rate ![]() | Merit Match ![]() |
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Wake Forest University | $75,070 | 4% | $28,107 | 29% | |
Lafayette College | $72,266 | 5% | $29,253 | 29% | |
Spelman College | $54,310 | 4% | $27,973 | 39% |
Colleges in Southeast Region with similar merit aid awards levels
Name | Cost ![]() | Received Merit Aid ![]() | Avg Merit Aid ![]() | Acceptance Rate ![]() | |
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Wake Forest University | $75,070 | 4% | $28,107 | 29% | |
Daytona State College | $41,540 | n/a * | n/a * | 0% | |
University Of New Orleans | $30,205 | n/a * | n/a * | 57% | |
University Of North Carolina At Charlotte | $36,059 | 4% | $8,072 | 67% | |
Belmont Abbey College | $32,955 | n/a * | n/a * | 80% | |
Bethune Cookman University | $30,116 | n/a * | n/a * | 0% | |
Florida Atlantic University | $40,999 | 8% | $3,648 | 59% | |
University Of Central Arkansas | $30,713 | n/a * | n/a * | 91% | |
Florida Memorial University | $28,352 | n/a * | n/a * | 33% | |
Bethel University | $32,028 | n/a * | n/a * | 66% | |
Tusculum College | $41,630 | n/a * | n/a * | 66% | |
Florida Southwestern State College | $26,214 | n/a * | n/a * | 0% | |
Louisiana State University Shreveport | $21,589 | n/a * | n/a * | 87% | |
Dillard University | $23,078 | n/a * | n/a * | 61% | |
Warren Wilson College | $52,504 | n/a * | n/a * | 86% | |
Broward College | $12,692 | n/a * | n/a * | 0% | |
James Madison University | $44,568 | 3% | $7,114 | 71% | |
Millsaps College | $58,474 | n/a * | n/a * | 59% | |
University Of The Ozarks | $32,630 | n/a * | n/a * | 52% | |
Point University | $29,185 | n/a * | n/a * | 53% | |
Union University | $55,140 | n/a * | n/a * | 57% |
Colleges with similar acceptance rate and median earnings of alumni after 10 years
Name | Acceptance Rate ![]() | 10 Year Salary ![]() |
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Wake Forest University | 29 | $114,800 |
University Of California San Diego | 30 | $123,700 |
Washington And Lee University | 21 | $123,200 |
Bucknell University | 33 | $122,900 |
Lafayette College | 29 | $122,500 |
New Mexico Institute Of Mining And Technology | 23 | $120,400 |
California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo | 30 | $119,500 |
Villanova University | 29 | $119,500 |
Colleges with similar acceptance rate and cost of attendance
College | Acceptance Rate ![]() | Attendance Cost ![]() |
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Wake Forest University | 29 | $75,070 |
Case Western Reserve University | 29 | $69,638 |
University Of Richmond | 30 | $69,750 |
Grinnell College | 24 | $70,346 |
Davis & Elkins College | 37 | $70,627 |
University Of Miami | 32 | $70,906 |
California Institute Of The Arts | 23 | $71,240 |
Lehigh University | 22 | $71,465 |
Emerson College | 36 | $71,682 |
College Of The Holy Cross | 38 | $71,710 |
Lafayette College | 29 | $72,266 |
Rhode Island School Of Design | 24 | $72,780 |
Hamilton College | 21 | $72,890 |
Villanova University | 29 | $73,124 |
Babson College | 24 | $73,178 |
Washington And Lee University | 21 | $73,900 |
Bryn Mawr College | 34 | $73,990 |
Skidmore College | 27 | $74,140 |
Carleton College | 20 | $74,276 |
Kenyon College | 36 | $74,540 |
Connecticut College | 38 | $74,590 |
Colleges with similar acceptance rate and similar 4 year graduation rates
Name | Acceptance Rate ![]() | 4 year graduation ![]() |
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Wake Forest University | 29 | 84% |
University Of Virginia Main Campus | 26 | 88% |
Colgate University | 25 | 88% |
Boston College | 28 | 88% |
Villanova University | 29 | 87% |
Bucknell University | 33 | 86% |
Lafayette College | 29 | 86% |
Kenyon College | 36 | 86% |
College Of William And Mary | 37 | 85% |
Vassar College | 25 | 85% |
Skidmore College | 27 | 84% |
Grinnell College | 24 | 84% |
University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill | 23 | 84% |
Brandeis University | 31 | 83% |
Scripps College | 24 | 83% |
Denison University | 34 | 83% |
University Of Richmond | 30 | 83% |
Smith College | 31 | 82% |
New York University | 20 | 82% |
Wellesley College | 20 | 81% |
Comparing merit aid in colleges with similar acceptance rates.
Name | Received Merit Aid ![]() | Avg Merit Aid ![]() |
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Wake Forest University | 4% | $28,107 |
Lafayette College | 5% | $29,253 |
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