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Elon University

Elon, North Carolina

Elon University students are fully involved. This is a university of boundless opportunity. Students have a passion to fulfill their roles as global citizens, putting their knowledge into action on campus, in the community, and around the world. Elon’s four-year core curriculum has a strong global focus and is organized around the themes of inquiry, knowledge, and communication.

Get to know Elon University

6,291
Degree-Seeking Undergraduates
Enrolled female students
60%
 
Enrolled male students
40%
 
Gender Ratio
Full-time students
97%
 
Part-time students
3%
 
Full-time to Part-time Ratio
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Retention rate
Full-time faculty
78%
 
Adjuncts
22%
 
Faculty Ratio
13:1
Student/teacher ratio
$37,414
Full-time tuition cost
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6-year graduation rate
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Acceptance rate
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Out-of-state students

College Highlights

Engaged Students
Great Teaching
Vibrant Communities
Successful Outcomes
Admission & Aid
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Engaged Students

THE ELON EXPERIENCES
Elon students connect their education to the real world through hands-on learning. The university’s signature program, The Elon Experiences, provides a natural extension of the work done in the classroom.

The Elon Experiences can be completed individually or combined to suit students’ specific goals. Students can seek out service opportunities while they’re abroad. They can find internships that correlate with their multi-year research project. They can establish leadership development programs in local schools.

Professors become students’ mentors and guides throughout the Experiences and beyond. By the time students graduate, they have a wealth of real-world experiences that ease their transitions out of college, and they all stand out when applying for careers and graduate school.

STUDY ABROAD
Global Study at Elon includes 100+ study abroad programs and Study USA. During their time abroad, many Elon students pursue research, service, and internships. International internships can be completed for academic credit. Elon’s domestic travel programs take students not only to large cities like New York and Los Angeles, but also to rural communities in Appalachia and the Gulf Coast. Winter Term, summer, and semester-long Study USA program options are offered.

ENROLLMENT BY ETHNICITY
Non-U.S. Citizen: 2%
Hispanic/Latinx: 6%
Black or African American, non-Hispanic: 6%
White, non-Hispanic: 80%
Native/Indigenous American or Alaska Native, non-Hispanic: 0%
Asian, non-Hispanic: 2%
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic: 0%
Two or more races, non-Hispanic: 3%
Race and/or ethnicity unknown: 1%

Tuition & Cost

Tuition: $37,414
Fees: $507
Room: $6,455
Board: $6,686

Great Teaching

DRIVEN FACULTY
Distinguished faculty choose to teach at Elon because they love to mentor students. With small classes and a 12:1 student-to-faculty ratio, they are able to challenge individual students to reach their highest potential. Elon faculty are active and productive scholars with rich academic and professional experience. Through Elon’s Center for Engaged Learning, faculty members are leading an international conversation about the most effective teaching and learning strategies.

CORE CURRICULUM
Elon’s four-year core curriculum has a strong global focus and is organized around the themes of inquiry, knowledge, and communication. Students learn to see the world through many different perspectives and understand the complex relationships among the world’s people, cultures, beliefs, and environments.

Vibrant Communities

A CAMPUS OF COMFORT AND GROWTH
Elon students live and learn on a campus that has been specifically designed to encourage personal growth and academic discovery. The high-tech campus encompasses seven distinct residential neighborhoods for students at various stages of their college careers.

FIRST-YEAR EXPERIENCES
Freshmen can make the most of their first years with programs and experiences that help them navigate the transition to college. A fall semester orientation course, a common reading program, and move-in help from faculty and staff make students feel welcome to the Elon community.

First-Year Summer Experiences are optional programs that pair hands-on learning with core Elon values such as leadership and service. Incoming freshmen can hike the Appalachian Trail, work with Habitat for Humanity, learn how to become activists, and more.

Successful Outcomes

PREPARED FOR THE WORLD
The Elon Core Curriculum is a set of courses and experiences that are shared by every undergraduate. The curriculum complements everyone’s major, focusing on the liberal arts and sciences that are so important to Elon’s mission and so vital for globally engaged citizenship in a democratic society. Students explore ideas and expand their worldview. In the process, they gain the lifelong benefits of complexity of thought, personal fulfillment, economic opportunity, and global awareness.

The learning goals of the Core Curriculum reflect the same skills expected in the workplace, including critical thinking, writing, and problem-solving skills. Elon has undertaken an extensive Writing Excellence Initiative to help students in all majors develop written communication skills that they will use throughout their lives.

ALUMNI OF PRESTIGE
Graduates work with many organizations including the Smithsonian Institution, SAS Institute, Inc., the Peace Corps, the Oakland Museum of California, Credit Suisse, Teach for America, and the U.S. Census Bureau.

Alumni also pursue graduate degrees at institutions such as the University of Chicago, Harvard University, Yale University, Columbia University, Duke University, and American University.

AWARDED FOR EXCELLENCE
Elon University was one of 17 master’s-level colleges and universities listed by the Chronicle of Higher Education as a “top producing” institution of students receiving Fulbright grants.

Admission & Aid

Admission

FRESHMAN PROFILE
SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing
25th Percentile: 580 | 75th Percentile: 670
SAT Math
25th Percentile: 570 | 75th Percentile: 660
ACT Composite
25th Percentile: 25 | 75th Percentile: 30
ACT Math
25th Percentile: 24 | 75th Percentile: 28
ACT English
25th Percentile: 24 | 75th Percentile: 32

Tuition & Cost

Tuition: $36,082
Fees: $489
Room & Board: $12,685

Contact Elon University

Contact Admissions

www.elon.edu/e/admissions
(336) 278-3566
admissions@elon.edu

 

Campus Location

100 Campus Drive
Elon, NC 27244

(336) 278-2000

Visit Elon University Online

www.elon.edu

 

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