Number of graduates: 2,004 total (May graduates only)

1,184Undergraduates
59Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
240School of Law
300Schools of Business (graduate programs)
221School of Medicine (including Physician Assistant Studies)
0Divinity School

Commencement: Past and Present

4Number of graduates in first graduating class, 1839
13,000Number of chairs set up on Hearn Plaza
3 hoursApproximate length of commencement
1964The year the first black student (Edward Reynolds) graduated
5Number of honorary degrees awarded this year
1966First year commencement was held on the Quad, now known as Hearn Plaza; (from 1957 to 1965 commencement was held in Wait Chapel)
5Number of times commencement has been held inside — 2010, 1991, 1983, and 1973 for rain and 2021 for COVID-19.
1957First class to graduate on the “new” campus
2 hoursLength of commencement speech delivered in 1858 by Solomon Satchwell
1981Last class to receive sheepskin diplomas

Post Graduation Statistics:

In 2018, 98% of Wake Forest students who responded to the first-destination survey reported being employed or in graduate school within six months of graduation.