University · Winston-Salem, United States

Wake Forest University

University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

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About

instance of	university private not-for-profit educational institution
inception	1834
named after	Wake Forest
official name	Wake Forest University
native label	Wake Forest University
motto text	Pro humanitate (la) Для человечества (ru)
legal form	Nonprofit Corporation
industry	higher education
language used	English
academic calendar type	semester

Location and contact

country	United States
located in the administrative territorial entity	Winston-Salem
location	Winston-Salem
street address	1834 Wake Forest Road, Winston-Salem, NC, 27106
postal code	27106
coordinate location	36.1350, -80.2770
official website	https://wfu.edu · language of work or name: English

People and numbers

count of students	8,789 · September 2020 8,400 · full-time equivalent · 1 September 2021
employees	7,399 · September 2020
admission rate	32% · 2020
admission yield rate	38% · 2020

Rankings and recognition

ranking	438 · QS World University Rankings · 2023 Earlier figures (7) 429 · QS World University Rankings · 2022 380 · QS World University Rankings · 2021 398 · QS World University Rankings · 2020 387 · QS World University Rankings · 2019 338 · QS World University Rankings · 2015 329 · QS World University Rankings · 2014 317 · QS World University Rankings · 2012
Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education	doctoral university: higher research activity majority undergraduate research doctoral: STEM-dominant four-year, medium, highly residential arts & sciences plus professions, some graduate coexistence four-year, full-time, more selective, lower transfer-in
award received	Silver Anvil Award · title: We Need to Talk: Wake Forest University’s Call to Conversation · award rationale: Internal Communications · 2019

Finances

endowment	$1,819,776,000 · 30 June 2022 Earlier figures (2) $1,862,910,000 · 30 June 2021 $1,350,187,000 · 30 June 2020
total assets	$3,804,043,000 · 30 June 2020

Structure and memberships

member of	Digital Library Federation Atlantic Coast Conference · since 1953 Association of American Colleges and Universities American Council on Education Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition
owner of	Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium Gene Hooks Field at Wake Forest Baseball Park Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum Reynolds Gymnasium WFDD Groves Stadium (1940)
athletics program	Wake Forest Demon Deacons

Images and media on Wikimedia Commons (1)

image	UpperQuad ACB.jpg

Wikimedia and technical details (10)

Commons category	Wake Forest University
topic's main category	Category:Wake Forest University
category for alumni of educational institution	Category:Wake Forest University alumni
category for employees of the organization	Category:Wake Forest University faculty
described by source	Open GLAM Survey · 3 April 2021
API endpoint URL	https://webauth.wfunet.wfu.edu/saml/saml2/idp/metadata.php · protocol: SAML 2.0
Commons gallery	Wake Forest University
different from	Lake Forest College
content partnership category	Category:Media contributed by Wake Forest University
social media followers	36,550 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 34685994 · 8 February 2023 Earlier figures (2) 35,081 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 34685994 · 28 February 2022 32,969 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 34685994 · 7 January 2021

Identifiers in other databases (45)

ARWU university ID	Wake-Forest-University
BaGLAMa GID	451
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID	16254368s
domain name	wfu.edu
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID	topic/Wake-Forest-University · subject named as: Wake Forest University
Facebook username	wfuniversity
Freebase ID	/m/01jq4b
GeoNames ID	4497294
GND ID	14264-5
Google Maps Customer ID	11421231085904538096
GRID ID	grid.241167.7
Harvard Index of Botanists ID	91581
Instagram username	wfuniversity
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System ID	199847
ISNI	0000000121853318
Itaú Cultural ID	instituicao561768/wake-forest-university-winston-salem-estados-unidos
J9U entity ID	987007585550905171
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID	14264-5
Kallías ID	KS00142428
KISTI ID	K000208338
Legal Entity Identifier	549300Z4LAOI50A3D417
Library of Congress Authorities ID	n81096065
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)	47251452
MusicBrainz place ID	fa3736fb-1327-4d44-aeda-73d1f2977832
New York Post topic ID	wake-forest-university
NL CR AUT ID	kn20081203002 · subject named as: Wake Forest University ko2008486933 · subject named as: Wake Forest College ko2008486934 · subject named as: Wake Forest Institute
Open Funder Registry funder ID	100007154
OpenAlex ID	I47251452
OpenStreetMap node ID	357788427
PermID	5001206195
QS World University ID	wake-forest-university
Quora topic ID	Wake-Forest-University-1
Ringgold ID	8676
ROR ID	0207ad724
subreddit	wfu
Te Papa agent ID	33109
Threads username	wfuniversity
Times Higher Education World University ID	wake-forest-university
U-Multirank university ID	wake-forest-university
UniRank ID	6252
VIAF cluster ID	151281987
X (Twitter) topic ID	1299362515265056778
X (Twitter) username	WakeForest · has characteristic: verified account or profile · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 34685994 · 31 March 2020
‎Scilit organization ID	2251
‎Yale LUX ID	group/c66ce93f-eb8a-4410-ad33-ecb6dc2e5025