The nation’s preeminent environment for engaged learning

The nation’s preeminent environment for engaged learning

Located in North Carolina’s Piedmont regionMain campus: Town of Elon, North CarolinaSchool of Law campus: Greensboro, North Carolina (16 miles)

• Founded in 1889• Selective, co-educational• Independent, governed by a 40-member

board of trustees• Master’s-level university (Carnegie classification)

•620-acre campus•Designated a botanical garden, including the Elon University Forest

•Consistently ranked as one of most beautiful U.S. college campuses

Accreditations/Affiliations

• Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

• Phi Beta Kappa (arts & sciences)• AACSB-International (business)• ACEJMC (communications)• ABA (law)• NCATE (education)• CAPTE (physical therapy)• ARC-PA provisional (physician assistant)• National & state associations (ACE, AAHE, CIC, NCICU and many others)

Organization

•Elon College, the College of Arts and Sciences

•Martha and Spencer Love School of Business

•School of Communications

•School of Education

•School of Law

•School of Health Sciences

Graduate programs

•Law (JD)•Business (MBA)•Physical therapy (DPT)•Education (M.Ed.)• Interactive media (MA)•Physician assistant studies (PA)

2012-13 Enrollment

Undergraduate students: 5,35748 states + D.C.48 nations59% female:41% male14% ethnic minorities

Graduate students: 672

Rankings and Recognitions

• US News & World Report• #1 Southern University focused on undergrads• #1 “up-and-coming” Southern university• Leader in seven national categories of quality

• Princeton Review’s “Best 377 Colleges”• #1 in U.S. study abroad programs• #1 “best-run college”

Rankings and Recognitions

Ranks Elon #1 U.S. master’s university in number of students studying abroad

Named to the President’s Community Service Honor Roll for six consecutive years

Academics

•More than 60 majors•385 full-time faculty members•Student/faculty ratio 13:1•Average class size: 21•Four-year graduation rate: 76%•First-year retention rate: 90%

The Elon Experiences

Student participation rates

•Volunteer service: 82%•Internships: 87%•Study abroad: 72%•Leadership: 46%•Undergraduate research: 21%

Athletics

•NCAA Division I•Southern Conference•16 men’s and women’s intercollegiate sports

•39 intramural and club sports

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