Engineering at Wake Forest University

14% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

Every engineering school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the engineering program at Wake Forest University stacks up to those at other schools.

Wake Forest University is located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and approximately 8,789 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

Wake Forest University Engineering Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
Master’s Degree in Engineering

Wake Forest University Engineering Rankings

The engineering major at Wake Forest University is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

There were 7 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #190 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at Wake Forest University

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the engineering majors at Wake Forest University.

Wake Forest University Engineering Bachelor’s Program

39% Women

14% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 61% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 39% went to women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 26% women. So female students are more repesented at Wake Forest University since its program graduates 13% more women than average.

About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering at Wake Forest University are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Wake Forest University with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	31
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Wake Forest University Engineering Master’s Program

40% Women

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 40% went to women.

Of the students who received a engineering master's degree from Wake Forest University, 100% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Wake Forest University with a master's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Engineering

If you plan to be a engineering major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Wake Forest University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Engineering	42
Biomedical Engineering	17

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NC, the home state for Wake Forest University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Software Applications Developers	30,580	$103,280
Industrial Engineers	9,160	$87,110
Civil Engineers	8,840	$86,270
Mechanical Engineers	8,000	$87,470
Systems Software Developers	7,070	$105,760

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

College Factual
National Center for Education Statistics
O*NET Online
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