Wake Forest University

1834 Wake Forest Road, P.O. Box 7206
Winston-Salem, NC 27109
(336) 758-5437

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National Comparison: Overview of Facts

#17 in Employment Rate at 10 Months

#49 in Employment Rate at Graduation
Wake Forest Law ranks #17 in terms of graduates employed ten months after graduation (89.8%) and #49 in terms of graduates employed at the time of graduation (58.8%) .

#28 in Student to Faculty Ratio

Wake Forest Law is tied for #28 in terms of lowest student to faculty ratio (5.5:1).

#36 in Median LSAT

Wake Forest Law is tied for #36 in terms of the median LSAT score (162) among those applicants granted admission who enrolled as full-time students. The LSAT measures reading comprehension, analytical reasoning, and logical reasoning.

#41 in Bar Passage Rate

Wake Forest Law ranks #41 in terms of bar passage rate among first-time test takers (88.7%), and it outperforms by +23.4% the state of North Carolina’s overall bar passage rate of 65.3%. (A national comparison on this metric should be taken in a qualified sense and with caution, because every state has a different bar passage rate.)

#44 in Acceptance Rate

Wake Forest Law ranks #44 in terms of student selectivity with an acceptance rate of 33.9% among those who applied for admission.

#51 in Median Undergraduate GPA

Wake Forest Law ranks #51 in terms of highest median undergraduate GPA (3.60) among those applicants granted admission who enrolled as full-time students.

#81 in Private Sector Salary

Wake Forest Law is tied for #81 in terms of the median starting salary among graduates working in private practice as law firm associates ($75,000).

#91 in Highest Tuition

Wake Forest Law ranks #91 in terms of highest tuition among full-time law students ($46,409). We rank from a total of 283 tuition rates from 194 law schools, ranking twice those law schools that have different in-state and out-of-state tuition rates.

#96 in Library Size

Wake Forest Law ranks #96 in terms of library size with 419,198 volumes or equivalents.

#143 in Presence of Female Faculty

Wake Forest Law is tied for #143 in terms of the highest percentage of faculty who are female (34.8%).

#150 in Public Sector Salary

Wake Forest Law is tied for #150 in terms of median starting salary among graduates working in government jobs or judicial clerkships at the federal or state level ($48,561).

#163 in Presence of Minority Students

Wake Forest Law ranks #163 in terms of the highest percentage of students who are racial or ethnic minority (22.0%).

#169 in Presence of Minority Faculty

Wake Forest Law ranks #169 in terms of the highest percentage of faculty who are racial or ethnic minority (8.1%).

Fall 2020 Application Information

Application Deadline: May 1
Application Fee: $75

Admissions Statistics

2020 2017
Acceptance Rate 33.9% 56.1%
LSAT Score (Median) 162 160
LSAT Score (25th-75th percentile) 162-163 157-162
GPA (Median) 3.60 3.55
GPA Range (25th-75th percentile) 3.40-3.70 3.37-3.73

Bar Exam Statistics

2020 2017
State in which most graduates took bar exam: NC NC
School's bar passage rate: 88.7% 78.0%
State overall bar passage rate: 65.3% 69.1%
School bar pass rate vs. state bar pass rate: +23.4% +8.9%

Employment Statistics

2020 2017
Graduates employed at graduation: 58.8% 37.4%
Graduates employed 10 months after graduation: 89.8% 83.4%

Tuition and Expenses

2020 2017
Tuition: $46,409 $42,738
Room and Board: $12,236 $9,900
Proportion of full-time students receiving grants: 86.3% 87.0%
Median grant amount among full-time students: $30,000 $22,000
Average indebtedness of those who incurred debt: $96,244 $97,550
Proportion of graduates who incurred debt: 66.7% 88.4%
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Students & Faculty

2020 2017
Total Students: 496 492
Men: 48.2% 49.4%
Women: 51.6% 50.6%
Student Racial Demographics:

White: 78.0% N/A
Black: 8.5% N/A
Hispanic: 8.1% N/A
Asian: 0.8% N/A
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 5.5 : 1 N/A
Total Faculty: 135 N/A
Male: 65.2% N/A
Female: 34.8% N/A
Minority: 8.1% N/A

Full-Time Starting Salaries

2020 2017
Private Sector (Median): $75,000 $75,000
Public Sector (Median): $48,561 $52,500
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Library Resources

2020 2017
Volumes and equivalents: 419,198 409,137