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Elon University Data & Information Overview

280 awards Ranking Badges
Great Price Value for Your Money
78% Acceptance Rate
Find out more about how Elon University ranks, how diverse it is, what majors it offers, and other essential facts below.
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How Well Is Elon University Ranked?

#235 Best Colleges in Nation
#5 Best Colleges in NC
Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Highest Ranked Major
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2024 Rankings

College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.

Elon University was awarded 280 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is public relations, advertising, & applied communication.

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Overall Quality

Elon landed the #235 spot in College Factual's 2024 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,217 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This puts it in the top 15% of all schools in the nation.

Elon is also ranked #5 out of 93 schools in North Carolina.

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Is It Hard to Get Into Elon?

78% Acceptance Rate
65% Of Accepted Are Women

Acceptance Rate

The acceptance rate at Elon University is 78%. That's higher than the rate at many schools, but still low enough to be considered somewhat selective. If you want to get in, you'll need good grades and to be able to show that Elon is a good fit for you.

Learn more about Elon University admissions.

Elon University Faculty

12 to 1 Student to Faculty
78% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at Elon it is much better at 12 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.

The full-time faculty percentage at Elon University is 78%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  78 out of 100
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Retention and Graduation Rates at Elon University

88% Freshmen Retention
82% On-Time Graduation Rate

Freshmen Retention Rate

Elon University has a freshmen retention rate of 88%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.

Freshmen Retention Rate  88 out of 100
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Graduation Rate

Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Elon the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 82%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%

On-Time Graduation Rate  82 out of 100
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Elon University Undergraduate Student Diversity

6,073 Full-Time Undergraduates
17.4% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
60.2% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 6,291 undergraduates at Elon with 6,073 being full-time and 218 being part-time.

How Much Does Elon University Cost?

$38,122 Net Price
32% Take Out Loans
$40,904 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of Elon is $38,122. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for Elon

$0-30 K $30K-48K $48-75 $75-110K $110K +
$27,491 $20,762 $29,909 $33,928 $44,112

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Elon, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Elon, approximately 32% of students took out student loans averaging $10,226 a year. That adds up to $40,904 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Elon is 1.2%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

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How Much Money Do Elon Graduates Make?

$64,238 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
The pay for some majors is higher than others, but on average, students who graduate with a bachelor's degree from Elon make about $64,238 a year during their first few years of employment after graduation. This is good news for future Elon graduates since it is 51% more than the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year.

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Location of Elon University

North Carolina State
6,073 Full-Time Undergraduates
Suburb Campus Setting
Located in Elon, North Carolina, Elon University is a private not-for-profit institution. The suburban atmosphere of Elon makes it a great place for students who want the amenities of city life without actually living in the middle of a constant hustle and bustle.

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Contact details for Elon are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 100 Campus Drive, Elon, NC 27244-2010
Phone: 336-278-2000
Website: www.elon.edu/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ElonUniversity
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/elonuniversity

Elon University Majors

63 Majors With Completions
1,624 Undergraduate Degrees
320 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 63 majors graduated from Elon University. Of these students, 1,624 received undergraduate degrees and 320 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular Majors Bachelor’s Degrees Average Salary of Graduates
Public Relations & Advertising 159 NA
Finance & Financial Management 159 $58,564
Marketing 136 $50,091
General Psychology 93 $44,439
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 86 NA
Political Science & Government 84 $39,293
Health & Physical Education 75 NA
Accounting 59 $58,320
Public Health 57 $27,212
Teacher Education Grade Specific 51 NA

Learn more about the majors offered at Elon University along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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