2022: By the Numbers
Number of graduates: 2,128 total (May graduates only)
Number | School |
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1,150 | Undergraduates |
18 | School of Divinity |
180 | Graduate School of Arts and Sciences |
241 | School of Law |
314 | School of Business (graduate programs) |
225 | School of Medicine |
Commencement: Past and Present
Number | Note |
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4 | Number of graduates in the first graduating class, 1839 |
13,000 | Approximate number of chairs on Hearn Plaza |
3 hours | Approximate length of Commencement |
1964 | Year that the first black student (Ed Reynolds) graduated |
1966 | First year that Commencement was held on the Quad (now known as Hearn Plaza); from 1957-1965, Commencement was held in Wait Chapel |
4 | Number of times rain has forced Commencement inside (2010, 1991, 1983 and 1973) |
1957 | First class to graduate on the "new" campus |
2 hours | Length of Commencement speech delivered in 1858 by Solomon Satchwell |
1981 | Last class to receive sheepskin diplomas |
2020 | Only class to have two Commencement events: a virtual conferring of degrees in May of 2020 and an in-person ceremony on Sept. 18, 2021 |
4 | The class of 2021 was awarded diplomas in four separate ceremonies in Joel Coliseum, then gathered for a celebration at Truist Field |
Post Graduation Statistics:
In 2021, 98% of Wake Forest students who responded to the first-destination survey reported being employed or in graduate school within six months of graduation.