Forest ranked tied for 31st for "Best Undergraduate Teaching", 64th for "Best Value", and tied for 47th overall among national universities in the U.S. Forbes ranked Wake Forest as 33rd in Research Universities and 46th in Private Colleges. In 2024, U.S. News & World Report ranked Wake Forest 3rd among best national universities in North Carolina behind Duke University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
=== Research ===
Wake Forest is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High Research Spending and Doctorate Production". According to the National Science Foundation, Wake Forest spent $191 million on research and development in 2018, ranking it 117th in the nation.
==== Centers & Institutes ====
The Humanities Institute
Wake Forest University Center for Bioethics, Health & Society
Andrew Sabin Family Center for Environment and Substainability
Center for Functional Materials
Wake the Arts Center
Center for Literacy Education
Center for Molecular Signaling
Center for Nanotechnology and …
