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The Wake Forest law school acceptance rate is 24.6 percent: 710 offers on 2,883 completed applications for fall 2025. Medians were 166 and 3.79, with 25th percentiles of 163 and 3.60. Here is how to get in against those numbers.
24.6 percent for the fall 2025 entering class: 710 offers of admission on 2,883 completed applications, per Wake Forest's own 2025 ABA 509 report.
The least selective school in these three volumes at 24.6%, which makes it the most reliable target for a strong applicant who wants the Southeast, and the least defensible at sticker price.
Verified figureValueAcceptance rate24.6% (710 offers on 2,883 applications)LSAT 25/50/75163 / 166 / 168GPA 25/50/753.60 / 3.79 / 3.90Annual cost of attendance$89,783Median grant / share receiving$40,000 to 76% of studentsClass of 2025 graduates158Firms of 101+ attorneys39.2% (62 graduates)Federal clerkships4.4% (7 graduates)Employed at 10 months98.7%Top marketsNC 75, FL 15, NY 14CityWinston-Salem, NCCar neededYesJanuary average low / July average high30.7F / 88.0F
Sources: Wake Forest's 2025 ABA 509 report (https://backend.abarequireddisclosures.org/api/AnnualQuestionnaire/GenerateIndividualDisclosure509Report?schoolId=111&year=2025), its class of 2025 ABA Employment Summary (https://backend.abarequireddisclosures.org/api/EmploymentOutcomes/GenerateIndividualEQSummaryReport?schoolId=111&year=2025), and its admissions pages (https://law.wfu.edu/admissions/jd/process/). Climate from NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals. Verified July 26, 2026.
The enrolled class tells you what Wake Forest actually takes. LSAT percentiles were 163 at the 25th, 166 at the median and 168 at the 75th.
A 166 clears the median and makes you numbers-competitive. A 168 puts you in the top quarter, which is where merit money conversations start. Below 163 you are under the disclosed floor and the rest of the file has to carry an unusual amount.
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GPA percentiles were 3.60 at the 25th, 3.79 at the median and 3.90 at the 75th. The 25th percentile is the number that matters most if your transcript is the weaker half of your file, because it is the disclosed floor rather than the advertised middle.
The spread between the median and the 25th is 0.19, which is moderate, so a below-median GPA needs the LSAT to compensate.
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No school publishes admit rates by score band, so this grid is directional and built strictly from where each combination sits against the disclosed percentiles above.
Your positionRead on your oddsWhat to doLSAT 168+ and GPA 3.90+Above both 75th percentilesApply early and negotiate; you are who the aid budget exists forLSAT 166-168 and GPA 3.79-3.90At or above both mediansCompetitive; timing and the essay decide the marginLSAT 166+ and GPA below 3.60SplitterLSAT carries the file; addendum only if the GPA has a real storyLSAT 163-166 and GPA 3.79+Reverse splitterRetake is usually the highest-value moveLSAT 163-166 and GPA 3.60-3.79Below the class midpoint, inside the rangeEverything early and flawless; expect little aidBelow 163 or below 3.60Below the 25th percentileRetake, then rebuild the list
Percentile anchors from the 2025 ABA 509; the readings are our framework, not published admit rates.
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The disclosed evidence behind that: the GPA spread is 0.19 and the LSAT spread is 3 points. A wide GPA spread means the school routinely enrolls students well below its own transcript midpoint; a wide LSAT spread means the same on the test.
Yield protection: High. A 24.6% acceptance rate and heavy cross-admit losses mean Wake protects aggressively.
Substantial, and negotiable. Wake competes on money against higher-ranked Southeastern schools.
The disclosed figures: a median grant of $40,000 reaching 76 percent of students, against a cost of attendance of $89,783. That puts the median student at roughly $49,783 a year before interest.
Since July 1, 2026 federal borrowing for professional students is capped at $50,000 a year and $200,000 in aggregate with Grad PLUS eliminated, under the Reimagining and Improving Student Education final rule, which attributes the change to the Working Families Tax Cuts Act (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/01/2026-08556/reimagining-and-improving-student-education-federal-student-loan-program-final-regulations). That leaves about $39,783 a year at sticker to close privately, our arithmetic.
Early decision: Binding, rolling from Sep 1
Interviews: Not published on school site
Both lines come from the school's own admissions pages (https://law.wfu.edu/admissions/jd/process/), verified July 26, 2026. Terms reflect the most recently posted cycle; re-verify in September.
One caution for anyone cross-checking us against a secondary summary. Widely circulated write-ups of this school's early decision and interview policy are out of date on this point, which is why every line above carries the school's own URL rather than a citation to a compilation.
Fit and community are the frame. Wake reads for applicants who will engage with a small school rather than treat it as a fallback.
Work experience: Neutral.
Southeastern, relationship-driven, and often choosing Wake over a higher-ranked school for money or fit.
A small, traditional, teaching-first law school with a strong North Carolina network and an unusually humane culture.
The outcomes: 39.2 percent into firms of 101 or more attorneys, 4.4 percent into federal clerkships, 98.7 percent employed at ten months, concentrated in NC 75, FL 15, NY 14.
For the daily texture see what Wake Forest Law is really like, and for the verdict see our honest take.
Our verified data layer for Wake Forest is missing the matriculant count and the interview policy, which the school does not publish. Everything else on this page is sourced; that one item is not, so we have written around it rather than guessing. Confirm it with the admissions office before you rely on it.
The fall 2025 enrolled medians were 166 LSAT with a 163 twenty-fifth percentile and a 168 seventy-fifth. A 166 is numbers-competitive; 168 puts you in the top quarter.
24.6 percent for fall 2025, 710 offers on 2,883 completed applications, per its 2025 ABA 509 report.
Median 3.79, with a 3.60 twenty-fifth percentile and a 3.90 seventy-fifth. The spread of 0.19 between median and floor is what tells you how far below the middle the school will go.
Substantial, and negotiable. Wake competes on money against higher-ranked Southeastern schools. The disclosed median grant is $40,000 reaching 76 percent of students.
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Written by Ali, Georgetown Law, founder of Lovare Institut.
July 30, 2026
July 30, 2026