Wake Forest University is a private institution that was founded in 1834. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 4,815, its setting is suburban, and the campus size is 340 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. Wake Forest University's ranking in the 2014 edition of Best Colleges is National Universities, 23.

Wake Forest University is located in Winston-Salem, N.C., just a few hours by car from skiing in the Blue Ridge Mountains or relaxing on the beaches of South Carolina. Campus Recreation offers intramural sports and outdoor trips such as kayaking on the New River, hang-gliding and sky-diving. The Demon Deacons, Wake’s athletic teams, are members of the NCAA Division I Atlantic Coast Conference.