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#2 Best Undergraduate Teaching
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#109 Best Value Schools
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#4 Undergraduate Research/Creative Projects
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#128 Business Programs
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#49 Finance
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#11 Most Innovative Schools
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#370 Top Performers on Social Mobility
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#2 First-Year Experiences
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#1 Learning Communities
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#5 Senior Capstone
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#2 Service Learning
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#4 Co-ops/Internships
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#10 Writing in the Disciplines
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#1 Study Abroad
Elon University is ranked #84 in National Universities. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence. Read more about how we rank schools.
U.S. News Overall Score
Score
54
Outcomes (35%)
Outcomes rank
114
Graduation and retention rank
69
Average 6-year graduation rate (17.6%)
83%
Average first-year student retention rate (4.4%)
90%
Social Mobility Rank
370
6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant (2.5%)
79%
6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant (2.5%)
83%
Predicted graduation rate (8%)
80%
Overperformance(+)/Underperformance(-)
3
Expert Opinion (20%)
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
3
Faculty Resources (20%)
Faculty resources rank
64
Faculty compensation rank (7%)
207
Percent of faculty who are full-time (1%)
89.7%
Full-time faculty with Ph.D or terminal degree (3%)
87%
Class Size Index (8%)
Classes with fewer than 20 students
51.7%
Classes with 50 or more students
0%
Student-faculty ratio (1%)
12:1
Student Excellence (10%)
Student excellence rank
122
SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile (7.75%)
1150-1330
First-year students in top 10 percent of high school class (2.25%)
25%
Financial Resources (10%)
Financial resources rank
164
Alumni Giving (5%)
Alumni giving rank
26
Average alumni giving rate
23.9%
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Ranking Factors
- U.S. News Overall Score
- Outcomes (35%)
- Expert Opinion (20%)
- Faculty Resources (20%)
- Student Excellence (10%)
- Financial Resources (10%)
- Alumni Giving (5%)
