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Elon University

Elon, North Carolina

https://www.elon.edu

#258 National Colleges

78.44% Admission Rate
Least Selective

6,277 Undergraduates Enrolled

  • Private nonprofit
  • Doctoral/Professional Universities
  • Four-year, full-time, more selective, lower transfer-in
  • Four-year, medium, highly residential
Elon University is a private university in Elon, North Carolina, United States. Founded in 1889 as Elon College, Elon is organized into six schools, most of which offer bachelor's degrees and several of which offer master's degrees or professional doctorate degrees.

Located in North Carolina's Piedmont region, Elon is situated on a 656-acre (265 ha) suburban campus between the cities of Greensboro and Raleigh. Less than twenty percent of Elon's undergraduates are native to the state of North Carolina. Elon's intercollegiate athletic teams compete in NCAA Division I athletics as a member of the Colonial Athletic Association.

"Elon University." Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 15 February 2022, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_University.
Location

City
Elon, North Carolina

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Locale
Suburb: Midsize (outside principal city, in urbanized area with population of at least 100,000 but less than 250,000)

Region
Southeast (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)

Academics

Predominant Degree Awarded
Predominantly bachelor's-degree granting

Highest Degree Awarded
Graduate degree

Most Popular Fields

Field % Students
Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services 32.5%
Communication, Journalism, And Related Programs 19.2%
Public Administration And Social Service Professions 7.5%
Psychology 5.9%
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, And Fitness Studies 5.7%
Social Sciences 5.3%
Visual And Performing Arts 4.6%
Biological And Biomedical Sciences 3.5%
Education 3.2%
Computer And Information Sciences And Support Services 2.7%
Mathematics And Statistics 2.1%
Natural Resources And Conservation 1.8%
English Language And Literature/Letters 1.7%
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 1.6%
Engineering 0.6%
History 0.6%
Foreign Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics 0.5%
Physical Sciences 0.4%
Philosophy And Religious Studies 0.4%
Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities 0.4%

Cost

Tuition
$36,571.00

Percentage Students Receiving Aid
27.81%

Average Net Cost After Aid
$37,230.00

Admissions

SAT Scores

1265 Composite Average
Percentile 75% 50% 25%
Math 660 615 570
Verbal 660 625 590

ACT Scores

28 Cumulative Average
Percentile 75% 50% 25%
Math 28 26 24
English 32 28 24