Facts & Figures
Key Elon Facts
Founded in 1889 in Elon, North Carolina
656 ACREcampus
Motto: Numen Lumen
(intellectual and spiritual light)
Colors: maroon & gold
Mascot: The Phoenix
Enrollment & Cost 2019-20
6,277undergraduate students
811graduate students
7,088total students
Elon students come from:
48states and the District of Columbia
47nations
Top states (undergrad): NC, MA, NJ, NY, CT, MD
$36,571tuition & fees
$12,685room & board
First-year Class Profile 2019-20
10,500total applications
8,236admitted
1,659first-year enrollment
3.99GPA average
1241SAT average
27ACT average
Academics
4 - 1 - 4academic calendar
(includes January term)
(includes January term)
60+majors
446full-time faculty
12:1student/faculty ratio
20average class size
79%4-year graduation rate
91%freshman retention rate
Students by major:
(includes double and triple majors)
2,894arts & sciences
2,046business
1,374communications
257education
591other/undecided
Graduate Programs
811total enrollment
Programs:
- Accounting (MSA)
- Business (MBA)
- Education (M.Ed.)
- Higher Education (MHE)
- Interactive Media (MA)
- JDM (JD+MBA)
- Law (JD)
- MS Management
- Physical Therapy (DPT)
- Physician Assistant Studies (PA)
The Elon Experiences
Undergraduate participation:
89%volunteer service
89%internships
78%study abroad
49%leadership
23%undergraduate research
Athletics
17intercollegiate men’s and women’s sports in NCAA Division I (FCS in football)
18intramural sports
21club sports for men and women