Finance at Wake Forest University

If you plan to study finance, take a look at what Wake Forest University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Wake Forest University is located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and approximately 8,789 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 115 students received a bachelor's degree in finance from Wake Forest University.

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

Wake Forest University Finance Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance

Wake Forest University Finance Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The finance major at Wake Forest University is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Finance. 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
	4
	6
	7
	10
	91
	110
	130
	140
	211
	270

Finance Student Demographics at Wake Forest University

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

Wake Forest University Finance Bachelor’s Program

The finance program at Wake Forest University awarded 115 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 75% of these degrees went to men with the other 25% going to women.

About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in finance 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 finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	87
International Students	15
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Wake Forest University also has a doctoral program available in finance. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Finance Grads May Go Into

A degree in finance 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
General and Operations Managers	54,330	$131,600
Financial Managers	15,730	$149,710
Loan Officers	13,910	$72,210
Financial Analysts	8,930	$89,020
Personal Financial Advisors	7,010	$134,860

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.