The Best B-Schools —— Wake Forest University

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PROGRAM BASICS
Undergraduate School of Business

Kirby Hall, Room 201
1834 Wake Forest Rd.
Winston-Salem , North Carolina 27106

Web site
http://business.wfu.edu/

Program e-mail address:
calloway@wfu.edu

Program telephone number:
(336) 758-5304

  
Private Institution

  AACSB accredited:
Yes





Year in which the undergraduate business program was founded:
1949

  Institution:
Four Year

  Business program:
Two Year

Degrees offered:

Degree/Program Name:
BS in Accountancy
BS in Business & Enterprise Management
BS in Finance
BS in Mathematical Business

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PROGRAM COSTS
Annual Tuition (Resident):
$  38,206

Annual Tuition (Non-Resident)
$  38,206

Cost per academic credit (resident)
$  1,585

Cost per academic credit (non-resident)
$  1,585

Required fees
$  416

Room and board:
$  10,410

Books:
$  900

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ENROLLMENT
Total college enrollment for 2009-10:
7,079

Full-time undergraduate business student enrollment:
426

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ADMISSIONS - Getting Into the Institution

Required standardized tests for entire college:


None




  Interviews for entire college:
Recommended

Additional application requirements for entire college:
Please visit http://admissions.wfu.edu for additional application information.

Upcoming application deadlines for entire college:

Semester: Fall 2010
Deadline: 01-01-2010
Semester: Spring 2011
Deadline: 11-15-2010

Selectivity -- applicants admitted, entire college, 2009-10:
38  %

Yield -- accepted applicants enrolled, entire college, 2009-10:
30  %

Total number of full-time applications for entire college:
10,553

International applicants, entire college, 2009-10:
4  %

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Female applicants, entire college, 2009-10:
54  %

Relative Importance of Application Elements:


  Secondary School Record:
Very Important

  Class Rank:
Very Important

  Talent/Ability:
Important

  Interview:
Important

  Extracurricular Activities:
Important

  Volunteer Work:
Considered

  Character/Personal Abilities:
Very Important

  Application Essay:
Very Important

  Work Experience:
Not Considered

  SAT/ACT Scores:
Considered

  Recommendations:
Important

  High School GPA:
Very Important

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ADMISSIONS - Getting Into the B-School

Undergrad business program admissions managed by:

The business program office

Total undergraduate business program applicants, 2009-10:
271

Applicants admitted to undergraduate business program, 2009-10:
91  %

Admitted applicants enrolled in undergrad business program, 2009-10:
88  %

Minimum requirements for business program:

Minimum SAT score: N/A
Minimum ACT score: N/A
Minimum high school GPA : N/A

  Entrance exam requirement other than SAT/ACT for business program:
No

  Interview to enter business program:
Not offered

  Freshmen admitted into business program:
No

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  Are the freshman admits to the business program required to complete pre-business courses before beginning upper-level courses in the junior year?
No

Additional application requirements for freshman admits:
N/A

  Internal transfers handled by:
Separate application

Minimum college GPA for internal business program transfers:
2.7

Additional requirements for internal transfers:
N/A

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CLASS PROFILE
Class Profile:

Female: 34  %
International : 2  %

Entering students by age:

Mean: 20
Median: 20

Percent of Students Who Were In:
      Top 10% of high school class:
69  %

      Top 25% of high school class:
93  %



SAT scores for full-time entering business students on 1600 scale:

        Mean:  1,342
        Median:  1,360

SAT middle 50% range on 1600 scale:

        From:  1,310
        To:  1,450

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ACT scores for full-time entering business students:

        Mean: N/A
        Median: N/A

ACT middle 50% range:

        From: N/A
        To: N/A

Citizenship of entering students

U.S.: 98  %
Other countries: 2  %

Percentage of US citizens in entering class who are:

African American: 3  %
Asian American: 4  %
Hispanic or Latino American: 4  %
Native American: 1  %
White (Non-Hispanic): 88  %

Entering students are from the following regions:

Northeast: 29  %
Mid-Atlantic: 17  %
South: 35  %
Southwest: 8  %
Midwest : 7  %
West: 3  %
Possessions and territories: 1  %

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FINANCIAL AID
  Financial aid handled by:
Central financial aid office at the university

Financial aid web site
http://admissions.wfu.edu/financial_aid/

Institutional scholarship money distributed to undergraduate business students in previous academic year:
$  3,632,310

Institutional scholarship money to be distributed to undergraduate business students in current academic year:
$  4,189,332

Scholarships awarded to students in the business program based on:
A combination of need and merit

Other scholarship considerations:
Specific criteria set by donors.

Undergraduate business students receiving institutional scholarships for 2009-10 academic year:
57  %

Undergraduate business students with full-tuition scholarships 2009-10:
5  %

Percentage of institutional scholarship money distributed to business students based on merit, 2009-10 year:
61  %

Percentage of institutional scholarship money distributed to business students based on need, 2009-10:
39  %

  Scholarship consideration process:
Unique scholarship application

  School offers guaranteed loans:
No