Wake Forest University vs Virginia Polytechnic Institute And State University

Wake Forest University is a Private, 4-years school located in Winston-Salem, NC and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) is a Public, 4-years school located in Blacksburg, VA. Following list and table compares two rivalry schools in various academic factors.

Wake Forest University (21.37% acceptance rate) is tighter than Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (56.98% acceptance rate) to get in.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (38,170 students) is larger than Wake Forest University (8,963 students).
Wake Forest University has more expensive tuition & fees of $64,758 than Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University($36,694).
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University has more full-time faculties of 2,109 faculties than Wake Forest University(1,919 facluties).

	Wake Forest University	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Location	Winston-Salem, NC	Blacksburg, VA
School Type	Private, 4-years	Public, 4-years
Highest Degree Offered	Doctor's degree	Doctor's degree
Undergraduate Tuition & Fees	$64,758	$36,694 $15,478 for Virginia residents
Graduate Tuition	$39,350	$34,085 $18,013 for Virginia residents
Test Scores	0	1,330
Acceptance Rate	21%	57%
Admission Yield	38%	28%
Student Population	8,963 5,447 undergraduate	38,170 30,434 undergraduate
Number of Faculty	1,919 Full-time 339 part-time	2,109 Full-time 232 part-time
Number of Staffs	6,572 Full-time 827 part-time	8,076 Full-time 531 part-time
Student to Faculty Ratio	10 to 1	17 to 1
Financial Aid Amount	$45,828	$8,832
Graduation Rate	89%	86%
Transfer-out Rate	0%	0%
Retention Rate	94%	91%