Graduation and Retention Rates
The following information is provided to students and prospective students in compliance with requirements established by the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 and the Student Right-to-Know Act of 1990.
The graduation rates below reflect first-time, full-time students entering in the fall of 2018.
Graduation Rates by Race
Federal Reporting Categories for Race / Ethnicity	Number of Entering Students	4-year	5-year	6-year
American Indian / Alaska Native	1	0%	0%	0%
Asian	57	75%	81%	81%
Black or African American	75	75%	79%	79%
Hispanic / Latino	120	83%	86%	88%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander	0	0%	0%	0%
Nonresident	152	76%	88%	88%
Two or More Races	63	78%	89%	89%
White	952	88%	90%	91%
Grand Total	1420	84%	88%	89%
Graduation Rates by Gender
	Number of Entering Students	4-year	5-year	6-year
Men	703	80%	86%	87%
Women	717	89%	91%	91%
Grand Total	1420	84%	88%	89%
Note: "Gender" here reflects the binary male/female category used by the IPEDS Graduation Rate Survey.
Graduation Rates by Financial Aid Status
	Number of Entering Freshmen	4-year	5-year	6-year
Pell Grant Recipients	127	80%	86%	87%
Received Subsidized Stafford Loans, Did not Receive Pell Grant	129	90%	93%	93%
Did not Subsidized Stafford Loan, Did not Receive Pell Grant	1164	84%	88%	89%
Grand Total	1420	84%	88%	89%
First Year Retention Rates
(Percent of incoming first-time, full-time undergraduates who returned for their Sophomore year)
Entering Cohort	Number of Entering Students	Retention Rate
Fall 2019	1360	95%
Fall 2020	1452	94%
Fall 2021	1411	94%
Fall 2022	1370	95%
Fall 2023	1421	94%
	Wake Forest University | Office of Institutional Research