Elon University

Elon, North Carolina · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's · Suburb: Midsize

Official websiteNet price calculatorAccreditor: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges

The average annual net price for first-time, full-time undergraduates receiving federal aid is $35,785. 81% of first-time, full-time students completed within 150% of normal time. Students who received federal aid had median earnings of $82,524 ten years after entering. The median federal loan debt of graduates is $19,500.

Average net price
$35,785
per year Verified data
Completion rate
81%
within 150% of normal time Verified data
Median earnings
$82,524
10 years after entry Verified data
Median debt
$19,500
graduates, federal loans Verified data

Cost and net price

In-state tuition and fees$48,723
Out-of-state tuition and fees$48,723
Average cost of attendance$65,240
Books and supplies$900
Room and board, on campus$15,583
Average net price, all aided students$35,785
Average net price, family income $0 to $30,000$20,986
Average net price, family income over $110,000$46,478

Net price is the average cost after grants and scholarships for first-time, full-time undergraduates who receive federal aid. Your price depends on your family finances; use the school's net price calculator for an estimate. Tuition: AcadYr 2025-26, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26. Net price and cost of attendance: AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26.

Admissions and enrollment

Admission rate
66%
SAT range, middle 50% (reading plus math)
1130 to 1280
ACT composite range, middle 50%
23 to 28
Undergraduate enrollment
6,452
Graduate enrollment
787
Students receiving Pell grants
13%
Student to faculty ratio
11 to 1

Admission rate and enrollment: Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25. SAT and ACT ranges come from IPEDS and may not reflect test-optional policies.

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Graduation, earnings, and debt

Completion within 150% of normal time81%
Completion within normal time78%
First-year retention (full-time)90%
Median federal debt, graduates$19,500
Typical monthly payment on that debt (10 years)$222
Median Parent PLUS debt, completers$65,844
Share earning more than a typical high school graduate, 6 years after entry84%
1 year after completion$51,985
4 years after completion$77,800
6 years after entry$65,558
8 years after entry$80,330
10 years after entry$82,524
Median earnings of former students who received federal aid and are working and not enrolled. Ten years after entry the median is $82,524; the middle half earned $55,654 to $122,372. Cohorts differ by measure; see definitions below.
Measure definitions and cohorts
  • Median earnings of students working and not enrolled 10 years after entry (MD_EARN_WNE_P10): Treasury AY2011-12, AY2012-13 pooled cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
  • Median earnings of graduates working and not enrolled 1 year after completing (MD_EARN_WNE_1YR): Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
  • Median earnings of graduates working and not enrolled 4 years after completing (MD_EARN_WNE_4YR): Treasury AY2017-18, AY2018-19 pooled cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
  • The median debt for students who have completed (GRAD_DEBT_MDN): NSLDS FY2024, FY2025 pooled cohorts
  • Completion rate for first-time, full-time students at four-year institutions (150% of expected time to completion) (C150_4): Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
  • Average net price for Title IV institutions (public institutions) (NPT4_PUB): AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26

Institution-level earnings cover students who received federal financial aid, including students who did not complete. Debt figures include federal loans only and exclude private loans.

Programs and program-level outcomes

Highest early earnings among programs at Elon University

Median earnings of graduates working and not enrolled one year after completing, by program. Programs with too few graduates are suppressed for privacy and not shown.

79 programs reported. Program earnings are for graduates of this school's program, which is different from the wages of everyone working in a related occupation.

Bachelor's degree (68)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Accounting and Related Services
CIP 52.03 · No credentials fully online
42$76,951$22,250
Anthropology
CIP 45.02 · No credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Applied Mathematics
CIP 27.03 · No credentials fully online
7Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management
CIP 50.10 · No credentials fully online
21$45,706Suppressed for privacy
Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians
CIP 10.02 · No credentials fully online
26Suppressed for privacy$22,250
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
CIP 26.02 · No credentials fully online
17Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Biology, General
CIP 26.01 · No credentials fully online
62$47,632$25,000
Biomedical/Medical Engineering
CIP 14.05 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Business Administration, Management and Operations
CIP 52.02 · No credentials fully online
42Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
CIP 52.99
$72,128$18,090
Chemical Engineering
CIP 14.07 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Chemistry
CIP 40.05 · No credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
CIP 16.12 · No credentials fully online
6Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions
CIP 51.10
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Communication and Media Studies
CIP 09.01 · No credentials fully online
32$54,242$19,500
Community Organization and Advocacy
CIP 44.02
Suppressed for privacy$13,000
Computer Engineering
CIP 14.09 · No credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Computer Programming
CIP 11.02
$84,029$21,375
Computer Science
CIP 11.07 · No credentials fully online
47Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Dance
CIP 50.03 · No credentials fully online
17Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Data Analytics
CIP 30.71 · No credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
CIP 50.05 · No credentials fully online
32Suppressed for privacy$26,000
Economics
CIP 45.06 · No credentials fully online
30$64,049$19,250
Engineering Chemistry
CIP 14.44 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Engineering Physics
CIP 14.12 · No credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Engineering, General
CIP 14.01 · No credentials fully online
21Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
English Language and Literature, General
CIP 23.01 · No credentials fully online
25$39,786Suppressed for privacy
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations
CIP 52.07 · No credentials fully online
31$60,654Suppressed for privacy
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
CIP 14.14 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Finance and Financial Management Services
CIP 52.08 · No credentials fully online
149$75,885$19,000
Fine and Studio Arts
CIP 50.07 · No credentials fully online
11Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
History
CIP 54.01 · No credentials fully online
13Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Human Resources Management and Services
CIP 52.10 · No credentials fully online
6Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Human Services, General
CIP 44.00 · No credentials fully online
22Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Information Science/Studies
CIP 11.04 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
International Business
CIP 52.11 · No credentials fully online
34$63,129Suppressed for privacy
International Relations and National Security Studies
CIP 45.09 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
International/Globalization Studies
CIP 30.20 · No credentials fully online
17$49,370Suppressed for privacy
Journalism
CIP 09.04 · No credentials fully online
45$46,855$23,250
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
CIP 24.01 · No credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
CIP 52.13 · No credentials fully online
60Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Marketing
CIP 52.14 · No credentials fully online
124$63,181$19,500
Mathematics
CIP 27.01 · No credentials fully online
8Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
CIP 30.00 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Music
CIP 50.09 · No credentials fully online
6Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Natural Resources Conservation and Research
CIP 03.01 · No credentials fully online
20$47,069Suppressed for privacy
Outdoor Education
CIP 31.06 · No credentials fully online
11Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Facilities Management
CIP 31.03 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Philosophy
CIP 38.01 · No credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Physics
CIP 40.08 · No credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Political Science and Government
CIP 45.10 · No credentials fully online
70$44,446$19,500
Psychology, General
CIP 42.01 · No credentials fully online
100$43,395$19,500
Public Administration
CIP 44.04 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Public Health
CIP 51.22 · No credentials fully online
39$40,495$22,250
Public Policy Analysis
CIP 44.05 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication
CIP 09.09 · No credentials fully online
136Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Radio, Television, and Digital Communication
CIP 09.07 · No credentials fully online
119$43,619$20,767
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
CIP 51.38 · No credentials fully online
14Suppressed for privacy$29,000
Religion/Religious Studies
CIP 38.02 · No credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
CIP 23.13 · No credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
CIP 16.09 · No credentials fully online
11Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Sociology
CIP 45.11 · No credentials fully online
7Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Special Education and Teaching
CIP 13.10 · No credentials fully online
12Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
CIP 31.05 · No credentials fully online
102$44,501$19,500
Statistics
CIP 27.05 · No credentials fully online
10Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
CIP 13.12 · No credentials fully online
45$49,957$26,000
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
CIP 13.13 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Visual and Performing Arts, Other
CIP 50.99
$31,621Suppressed for privacy
Master's degree (8)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Accounting and Related Services
CIP 52.03 · No credentials fully online
14Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
CIP 51.09 · No credentials fully online
36$107,617Suppressed for privacy
Business Administration, Management and Operations
CIP 52.02 · No credentials fully online
21$95,409Suppressed for privacy
Educational Administration and Supervision
CIP 13.04 · No credentials fully online
11Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
CIP 52.13 · No credentials fully online
23Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Radio, Television, and Digital Communication
CIP 09.07 · No credentials fully online
12$56,275Suppressed for privacy
Special Education and Teaching
CIP 13.10 · No credentials fully online
10Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
CIP 13.12 · No credentials fully online
0$50,125Suppressed for privacy
Doctoral degree (1)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Law
CIP 22.01
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Professional degree (JD, MD, and similar) (2)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Law
CIP 22.01 · No credentials fully online
140$65,187Suppressed for privacy
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
CIP 51.23 · No credentials fully online
43$75,119Suppressed for privacy
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, Most Recent Field of Study Data. Varies by measure; see measure definitions. Published October 15, 2026. Retrieved October 18, 2026. Methodology.
UNITID 198516, OPEID 002927. Data unavailable means the Department of Education did not publish the figure or suppressed it for privacy. Report a data issue.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, Most Recent Institution-Level Data. Varies by measure; see measure definitions. Published October 15, 2026. Retrieved October 18, 2026. Methodology.