Which Wake Forest University major has the lowest debt?

Business graduates leave with a median of $18,899 in federal loans, the lowest among 11 Wake Forest University bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Wake Forest University cost?

Tuition and fees are $67,642 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $28,719 a year.

How many Wake Forest University programs report graduate pay?

11 bachelor's programs at Wake Forest University report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

Wake Forest University Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit university
Winston-Salem, NC
5,485 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

11 Wake Forest University bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Finance pays the most in the first year ($85,944), and Kinesiology and Exercise Science the least ($21,192). The median program pays $46,257.

Tuition and fees$67,642Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$28,719Per year

Graduation rate89%Within 6 years

Admission rate22%Of applicants

All 11 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in North Carolina" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across North Carolina. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in North Carolina
1	FinanceAbout 156 graduates a year	$85,944	$140,033	$19,500	1st of 9
2	BusinessAbout 120 graduates a year	$76,722	$107,296	$18,899	1st of 1
3	Computer ScienceAbout 67 graduates a year	$75,625	$140,759	$20,674	5th of 15
4	EconomicsAbout 110 graduates a year	$56,416	$109,506	$20,927	4th of 9
5	Political ScienceAbout 119 graduates a year	$47,161	$89,748	$23,133	2nd of 15
6	SociologyAbout 31 graduates a year	$46,257	$62,340	$23,000	1st of 14
7	CommunicationsAbout 124 graduates a year	$42,055	$72,756	$22,250	3rd of 20
8	PsychologyAbout 119 graduates a year	$34,823	$72,847	$21,500	2nd of 24
9	EnglishAbout 37 graduates a year	$31,449	$66,625	$19,500	5th of 15
10	BiologyAbout 89 graduates a year	$30,666	$66,200	$22,612	15th of 28
11	Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 102 graduates a year	$21,192	$71,728	$23,250	29th of 30

Program names link to the program's own page, and North Carolina ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five North Carolina programs in the field do too.

2 more bachelor's programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Finance$85,944
Business$76,722
Computer Science$75,625
Economics$56,416
Political Science$47,161

Lowest median debt

Business$18,899
Finance$19,500
English$19,500
Computer Science$20,674
Economics$20,927

Largest programs

FinanceAbout 156 graduates a year
CommunicationsAbout 124 graduates a year
BusinessAbout 120 graduates a year
Political ScienceAbout 119 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 119 graduates a year

Common questions

Finance graduates earn a median of $85,944 in their first year, the most of 11 Wake Forest University bachelor's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of North Carolina rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels