
¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ is a private university located in Elon, North Carolina. Elon has built a national reputation as the premier student-centered environment for experiential learning, with an emphasis on strong personal relationships between students and their faculty and staff mentors. Elon is ranked among the top National Universities by U.S. News & World Report, with a #1 ranking for excellence in ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ and #8 for innovation.
Elon is a mid-sized private university with 6,502 ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ and 787 graduate students from 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and 52 countries.
Elon’s rigorous curriculum is grounded in the arts and sciences and complemented by nationally accredited professional and graduate programs. The 497 full-time faculty members teach in more than 70 ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ majors, along with numerous graduate programs in business, education, communications, health sciences and law.
The university includes Elon College, the College of Arts and Sciences; the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business; the School of Communications; the Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education; the School of Health Sciences; and ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ School of Law, which is located on a campus in downtown Greensboro, N.C.
Global engagement is central to Elon’s student experience and the university is consistently ranked #1 in the nation for study abroad. In addition, 81 percent of students participate in service-learning, 87 percent of students complete internships, 59 percent of students hold at least one campus leadership position and 23 percent of students work with faculty mentors on ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ research projects.
Elon’s historic 690-acre campus in central North Carolina is designated as a botanical garden and includes the 56-acre ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ Forest, a land preserve and natural area for scientific research; and Loy Farm, a center for environmental research and sustainability that includes a solar farm. The university’s national campus also includes learning centers in Los Angeles; Charlotte, North Carolina; and New York City.
