Higher Education in the U.S.

Elon's undergraduate enrollment is in the 90th percentile of U.S. private colleges and universities and is the third largest among private institutions in North Carolina. The large majority of Elon's peers are now designated as universities, and the list of top 25 admissions competitors includes UNC-Chapel Hill, Duke University, Wake Forest University, Clemson University, James Madison University, University of Virginia, University of Maryland, UNC-Greensboro and UNC-Charlotte.

U.S. News & World Report ranks Elon University #2 among 119 Southern master's-level universities in its 2008 "America's Best Colleges" guide. This is Elon's highest ranking ever in the nation's most widely read survey of quality in higher education. Last year, Elon ranked #3 in the Southern universities category.

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