Elon University
Elon University admitted 66% of applicants. Students who submitted scores typically had 1130–1280 on the SAT. Its average net price after aid was $35,785 a year. Within six years, 81% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 66%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Considered if submitted
- SAT middle 50%
- 1130–1280
- ACT middle 50%
- 23–28
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $65,240 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $35,785 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $20,986 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $48,723 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 81%
- Students who return for a second year
- 90%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $82,524 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $19,500
Students
- Undergraduates
- 6,452
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 13%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 11 to 1
- Campus setting
- Suburb
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Business, management and marketing
- 30%
- Communication and journalism
- 18%
- Parks, recreation, leisure, fitness and kinesiology
- 8%
- Psychology
- 7%
- Social sciences
- 5%
Colleges with similar selectivity
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- St. John Fisher University NY · 66% admitted
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- Dordt University IA · 69% admitted
- Adelphi University NY · 66% admitted
- Rutgers University-Camden NJ · 66% admitted
More colleges in North Carolina
- North Carolina State University at Raleigh NC · 42% admitted
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte NC · 80% admitted
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill NC · 15% admitted
- East Carolina University NC · 89% admitted
- Appalachian State University NC · 90% admitted
- University of North Carolina Wilmington NC · 64% admitted
- University of North Carolina at Greensboro NC · 89% admitted
- North Carolina A & T State University NC · 50% admitted
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.