Elon earned 83 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 0 in the top 1%, 26 in the top 5%, 43 in the top 10% and 14 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #14 of 820 in Baseball, a top 5% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 83 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 0 / 26
Highest placement: #14 of 820, a top 5% award
Fields of study with a badge: 15
Placements this edition: 235
Badge cutoff: a top 15% placement in a ranking
Source: IPEDS 2025; College Scorecard July 2026; College Factual rankings 2027. Data as of: July 2026.
How Many Ranking Badges Has Elon University Earned?
Elon University holds 83 ranking badges across 15 fields of study, 26 of them in the top 5% or better; each badge is an award for placing in the top 15% of a ranking. It has no placements this edition in College Factual’s online-program rankings. Our rankings are refreshed through the year as new data arrives. The awards below are from the 2027 edition. For every ranking, the check mark shows the top tier achieved. See our data sources and methodologies. If you are an administrator interested in using our badge program to showcase your college’s strengths, please contact us.
Count by Award Level
Award Level
Badges
Top 1%
0
Top 5%
26
Top 10%
43
Top 15%
14
Total
83
What Is Elon University Known For?
Elon University is best known for Business, Management & Marketing: 14 of its 62 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Public Relations & Advertising, Accounting and Finance & Financial Management. Its highest traditional-student placement is #22 of 1,288 in Overall Best (Southeast).
In College Factual’s 2027 athletics rankings, Elon University earned 21 badges across 18 sports, 5 of them in the top 5% or better; its highest placement is #14 of 820 in Baseball.
Elon University earned no veterans badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #1,130 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans (top 23%).
The rankings above are drawn from U.S. Department of Education data, 2027 edition. Elon University appears in 235 of the College Factual rankings covered on this page.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE), serves as the core of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
by our College Data Analytics Team