Wake Forest Law School is a law school located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The school was ranked 37 in 2022 by USNWR. Annual enrollment for Wake Forest Law School is approximately 167.
Admissions website: https://law.wfu.edu/admissions/
Admissions email: lawadmissions@wfu.edu
Admissions phone: 336.758.5437
Previous year ABA 509 data | |||
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Percentiles | 25 | 50 | 75 |
LSAT | 160 | 163 | 164 |
GPA | 3.44 | 3.68 | 3.81 |
Miscellaneous | Count | Percentile |
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# Applications | 1909 | 60 |
# Admissions offers | 597 | - |
Class size | 167 | 42 |
% Accepted | 31.3% | 69 |
% Yield | 27.3% | 32 |
During the 2022 application cycle, 1,909 people applied and 597 were offered admission.
Wake Forest University has a 1L class size of 167, and yield of 27.30%. 163 out of 597 applicants who were offered admission accepted, meaning that 27.30% of the people who were offered admission ended up attending the school.
The 1L class at Wake Forest University has a median LSAT of 163. The 25th percentile LSAT is 160 and the 75th percentile LSAT is 164.
The median GPA is 3.68. The 25th percentile GPA is 3.44 and the 75th percentile GPA is 3.8.
LSD has stats for 354 applicants for the 2021-2022 application cycle.
The graphs show applicant results plotted against GPA and LSAT. The dotted lines on the graphs represent the 25/50/75th percentiles reported by the school in their ABA 509 report from the previous year.
Each data point represents an LSD user that shared their application results for the benefit of future applicants.
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In 2022, tuition was $50,166 and the annual cost of attending was $73,542 (tuition plus living expenses).
Cost of Attendance (CoA) is the estimated total amount you will have to spend every year to go to school. Unlike tuition, CoA includes expenses like rent, food, and insurance.
JD graduates from Wake Forest University make $103,000 (median) upon graduation if they work in the private sector. If they go into the public sector, a grad can expect to make $58,065.
65.5% of law graduates from Wake Forest University go directly to work for law firms, while 9.7% clerk for a judge. 2.1% of graduates go into public interest.
94.6% of Wake Forest University graduates pass the bar on their first try.
Wake Forest University School of Law, established in 1894, is located in Winston-Salem, a culturally rich mid-sized city in the Piedmont Triad area of North Carolina. The law school is conveniently located on the beautiful 135-acre campus of Wake Forest University. Over 70% of students are from out-of-state. Wake Forest Law has been recognized for its legal research and writing program which is ranked consistently among the top in the nation.
First-year class sizes are smaller than many other top-tier law schools in the nation, with approximately 40 students in each section and 20 students in first-year Legal Analysis, Writing, and Research sections. Our faculty will call you by name, invite you to their homes, join you for lunch, and encourage your involvement in research and community service. Because giving back to the community is paramount to your growth as a person and a lawyer, the heart of our approach is to help you become fine citizen lawyers.