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See which careers fit your traits — based on what 571+ Wake Forest alumni actually went on to do.

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What Wake Forest grads actually do

Based on 571 notable Wake Forest alumni with Wikipedia pages. Data: Wikidata (CC0).

politician
92
basketball player
83
American football player
79
association football player
79
lawyer
75
baseball player
44
judge
37
golfer
26
basketball coach
22
writer
21
journalist
17
actor
13

Notable Wake Forest alumni

Stanley Arnoux
Stanley Arnoux
American football player
G. M. Billings
G. M. Billings
baseball player
Dave Willis
Dave Willis
video game director · screenwriter
Gerald W. Johnson
Gerald W. Johnson
writer · journalist
H. Edward Knox
H. Edward Knox
politician
Josiah Bailey
Josiah Bailey
lawyer · politician
Mike MacDougal
Mike MacDougal
baseball player
Hoyt Patrick Taylor
Hoyt Patrick Taylor
lawyer · politician

Salary outlook for top Wake Forest career paths

National median annual wage (BLS Occupational Employment Statistics).

politician
10th–90th percentile: $21,010$129,510
$47,290
median / yr
basketball player
10th–90th percentile: $27,730$239,200
$70,280
median / yr
association football player
10th–90th percentile: $27,730$239,200
$70,280
median / yr
lawyer
10th–90th percentile: $69,760$239,200
$145,760
median / yr
baseball player
10th–90th percentile: $27,730$239,200
$70,280
median / yr
golfer
10th–90th percentile: $27,730$239,200
$70,280
median / yr

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About Wake Forest

Wake Forest University (Wake or WFU) is a private research university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Baptists in 1834, the institution received its name from its original location in Wake Forest, north of Raleigh, North Carolina. The Reynolda Campus, the university's main campus, has been located north of downtown Winston-Salem since the university moved there in 1956. Wake Forest also maintains other academic campuses or facilities in Charlotte, North Carolina; Washington, D.C.; Venice; Vienna; and London. Wake Forest's undergraduate and graduate schools include the School of Business, School of Arts and Sciences, School of Professional Studies, School of Divinity, School of Law, and School of Medicine. The university is affiliated with Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist. There are over 250 student clubs and organizations at the university, including fraternities and sororities, intramural sports, a student newspaper and a radio station. Wake Forest's undergraduate admissions is considered highly selective with an admission rate of 22%. As of 2024, eighteen Rhodes Scholars, including thirteen since 1986, five Marshall Scholars, eighteen Truman Scholars and sixty-two Fulbright recipients since 1993 have been affiliated with Wake Forest. Alumni of Wake Forest include nine college founders and presidents, seven U.S. governors, members of the United States Congress, five U.S. federal officials, five U.S. diplomats, three billionaires, a Pulitzer Prize winner, Olympic athletes and many U.S. district judges. Wake Forest athletic teams are known as the Demon Deacons and compete in eighteen NCAA Division I intercollegiate sports. Those teams have won eleven NCAA team championships and the university is a founding member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).

Source: Wikipedia · Licensed under CC-BY-SA 4.0.

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