Wake Forest is a private university where academic excellence is consistently recognized through rankings in the top tier of the country's finest liberal arts institutions. The university strives to instill in all its students a love of lifelong learning and the desire to use what they learn in service to humanity. Founded in 1834, Wake Forest offers its students a unique educational experience: The academic resources, expansive facilities and athletic programs associated of a large university, combined with the compact campus, small classes and individual attention only a smaller school can provide. With full-time faculty of nearly 400, the university provides undergraduates with a student-faculty ratio of 10:1. Classes are small, and opportunities for exploration and self-realization extend beyond the classroom. Many of the world’s finest teacher-scholars, supported by state-of-the art libraries and educational technology, challenge and guide students along their academic journey. As a result, Wake Forest consistently leads the nation in creating superior candidates. Graduates of the Calloway School of Business and Accountancy have achieved the highest or second-highest passing rate in the country on the CPA exam every year since the five-year bachelor's/master's degree program began. The school has produced five Rhodes scholars since 1986 and numerous other students have earned Fulbright, Goldwater, Luce, Mellon, Truman or National Science Foundation awards. A beautiful campus and well-maintained facilities make Wake Forest a pleasant environment in which to live and learn. Nationally recognized athletic programs and active alumni round out the undergraduate experience at a place that can best be described as a school like no other: Small in size, big in resources, and tall among national universities. Wake Forest’s distinctiveness in pursuit of its mission derives from its private, coeducational, and resident character; its size and location; and its religious heritage. It seeks to encourage habits of mind that ask “why,” that evaluate evidence, that are open to new ideas, that appreciate the perspectives of others, that grapple with complexity, that admit error, and, perhaps most importantly, that pursue truth.