Rankings and Recognition
Winston-Salem State University is:
- a public, master’s level, coeducational constituent institution of the University of North Carolina system with a 16:1 student-to-faculty ratio
- a fast-growing university — total enrollment has more than doubled since fall 2000 to more than 6,000 diverse students
- one of U.S. News and World Report’s top public liberal arts colleges in the South for six straight years
- one of the four largest producers of professional nurses in North Carolina
- one of a select number of institutions nationally to be recognized for community service involvement by the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll
- a state-of-the-art learning environment with wireless access in all facilities and many common areas
- a career jump start, with degrees in high-demand job areas such as nursing, computer science, information management and biotechnology.
- a community of scholars with one-fourth of the 2007 graduating class receiving cum laude honors
- a campus of champions with 10 CIAA men’s basketball championships, one NCAA basketball national championship (1967), eight CIAA football titles, and numerous post-season appearances
- a research partner with many local institutions, including Piedmont Triad Research Park, Wake Forest University, Wake Forest Bowman Gray School of Medicine, and Biotechnology Alliance with Forsyth Technical Community College
- a major supplier of teachers for the state and nation.
- home to a number of research centers and facilities including the Human Performance and Biodynamics Laboratory, a collaboration between WSSU’s School of Health Sciences and Wake Forest University School of Medicine; a $13 million Computer Science Center; and the Center of Excellence for the Elimination of Health Disparities
- the winner of a number of National Science Foundation grants to study motivational factors for science and math education at Historically Black Colleges and Universities
- ranked 28th of the top 100 Historically Black Colleges and Universities conferring baccalaureate degrees to African - American students
