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Engineering (all) at Wake Forest

Wake Forest graduates about 36 engineering majors a year, 3% of its graduating class. That puts it 72nd of 434 schools we score for engineering, a standout program at 80 out of 100. Research spending in the field runs about $1 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

80/100Standout#72 of 434 for engineering →
Graduates a year363% of the class
Research in the field$1Ma year, NSF
Admit rate22%whole school
SAT middle 50%1410–1500whole school

Where engineering happens

Named buildings on the campus map: Dorm 26 · Academic 17 · Athletics 4 · Dining 3 · Arts 2 · Chapel 1.

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Nearby in the engineering ranking

  1. California Polytechnic State University–San Luis Obispo 80
  2. University of Minnesota–Twin Cities 80
  3. Drexel University 80
  4. Rochester Institute of Technology 80
  5. University of Massachusetts–Amherst 79
  6. University of Dayton 78
  7. University of California, Santa Barbara 78
  8. Marquette University 78

Other strong majors at Wake Forest

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Wake Forest with every school we score in engineering. It weighs the school's overall strength; how many students graduate in the major and what share of the class they are; research spending in the field (NSF); early pay against the same major nationally; how many courses the catalog lists; and test scores. 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.

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