Engineering at Wake Forest University

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. In 2021, 42 engineering majors received their bachelor's degree from Wake Forest University.

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
• Doctorate Degree in Engineering

Wake Forest University Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the engineering progam at Wake Forest University compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	183
Most Focused Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	297

In 2021, 10 students received their master’s degree in engineering from Wake Forest University. This makes it the #282 most popular school for engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

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

Of the 42 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in engineering from Wake Forest University in 2021, 60% were men and 40% were women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at Wake Forest University since its program graduates 15% more women than average.

About 74% 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	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	31
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Wake Forest University Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 10 students who graduated with a master’s in engineering from Wake Forest University in 2021, 60% were men and 40% were women.

In the engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 40% of degree recipients. That is 12% better than the national average.*

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	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Wake Forest University also has a doctoral program available in engineering. In 2021, 7 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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

Related Majors

• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Physical Sciences
• Computer & Information Sciences
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences

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
• Image Credit: By JHMM13 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.