#1 Full-Time MBA · Stanford, California
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Wake Forest University · Winston-Salem, North Carolina · Private
“The school that killed its full-time MBA and kept its reputation.”
Reviewed by David Krug · July 2026
Data anchored to the 2026 U.S. News table, Poets&Quants reporting, and school-published class profiles
66.1
GoodBP Score
$95,000Tuition, total
Avg. GMAT
Acceptance rate
85%Placed at 3 months
$105,000Median base salary
Our review
Wake Forest read the market early, closing its full-time MBA in 2018 while rivals denied the same math. What remains is strong: evening and Saturday programs in Winston-Salem and a purpose-built Charlotte campus serving the Southeast’s banking capital, with the university’s teaching reputation intact. For employed North Carolinians, it competes with anything in the state.
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