U.S. News & World Report ranks Elon University #3 among 127 Southern master’s-level universities in its 2007 “America’s Best Colleges” guide. This is Elon’s highest ranking ever in the nation’s most widely read survey of quality in higher education.
In addition, Elon’s academic programs were mentioned more often than any other school in the nation in the U.S. News survey of the nation’s top college administrators. College presidents, chief academic officers and chief admissions officers cited Elon for excellence in the following programs: first-year experiences, study abroad, internships, undergraduate research, learning communities, service learning, and senior capstone experiences.
As the top North Carolina school in the regional rankings, Elon earns outstanding scores for academic reputation, student retention and graduation rates.
Top 10 master’s-level Southern universities
1. Rollins College (Fla.)
2. James Madison University (Va.)
3. Elon University
4. Samford University (Ala.)
5. Stetson University (Fla.)
6. University of Mary Washington (Va.)
7. (tie) The Citadel (S.C.)
Loyola University of New Orleans (La.)
9. Mercer University (Ga.)
10. Belmont University (Tenn.)
Elon is tied for the second-highest academic reputation score and freshman retention rate among Southern master’s-level universities and has the third-highest graduation rate.
U.S. News & World Report’s survey of top college administrators is called “Programs to Look For.” Respondents are asked to nominate stellar examples in eight categories. The schools mentioned most frequently are cited by the magazine for excellence, and Elon received recognition in seven of the eight categories. No other school made as many lists. Below is the full U.S. News & World Report “Programs to Look For” lists that include Elon:
INTERNSHIPS
Alverno College (WI)
Antioch College (OH)
Berea College (KY)
Drexel University (PA)
Elon University (NC)
Georgia Institute of Technology
North Carolina State University–Raleigh
Northeastern University (MA)
Portland State University (OR)
Purdue Univ.–West Lafayette (IN)
Rochester Inst. of Technology (NY)
University of Cincinnati
Virginia Tech
FIRST-YEAR EXPERIENCES
Alverno College (WI)
Amherst College (MA)
Appalachian State University (NC)
Arizona State University
Augsburg College (MN)
Azusa Pacific University (CA)
Beloit College (WI)
Boston College
Brevard College (NC)
Dartmouth College (NH)
Drury University (MO)
Duke University (NC)
Eckerd College (FL)
Elon University (NC)
Evergreen State College (WA)
Grinnell College (IA)
Indiana University–Bloomington
Indiana University-Purdue University–Indianapolis
Kalamazoo College (MI)
Kennesaw State University (GA)
Lawrence University (WI)
North Carolina State University–Raleigh
Portland State University (OR)
Princeton University (NJ)
Stanford University (CA)
Texas A&M University–College Station
University of California–Los Angeles
University of Maryland–College Park
University of Minnesota–Twin Cities
University of North Carolina–Asheville
University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill
University of Notre Dame (IN)
University of South Carolina–Columbia
University of Washington
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Wagner College (NY)
Williams College (MA)
Wright State University (OH)
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH/CREATIVE PROJECTS
Allegheny College (PA)
California Institute of Technology
Cal Poly–San Luis Obispo
Carleton College (MN)
Carnegie Mellon University (PA)
College of Wooster (OH)
Cornell University (NY)
Davidson College (NC)
DePauw University (IN)
Duke University (NC)
Elon University (NC)
Furman University (SC)
Georgia Institute of Technology
Grinnell College (IA)
Harvard University (MA)
Harvey Mudd College (CA)
Hope College (MI)
James Madison University (VA)
Johns Hopkins University (MD)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Oberlin College (OH)
Princeton University (NJ)
Reed College (OR)
Stanford University (CA)
SUNY–Stony Brook
Swarthmore College (PA)
Truman State University (MO)
University of California–Berkeley
University of California–Los Angeles
University of Delaware
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
University of North Carolina–Asheville
University of Richmond (VA)
University of Texas–Austin
University of Wisconsin–Madison
LEARNING COMMUNITIES
Alverno College (WI)
Appalachian State University (NC)
Bowling Green State University (OH)
Colorado College
Elon University (NC)
Evergreen State College (WA)
Georgia State University
Indiana University–Bloomington
Indiana University-Purdue University–Indianapolis
Iowa State University
Miami University–Oxford (OH)
Michigan State University
Portland State University (OR)
St. John’s College (NM)
St. John’s College (MD)
Syracuse University (NY)
Temple University (PA)
Univ. of Maryland–College Park
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
University of Missouri–Columbia
University of Washington
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Wagner College (NY)
Yale University (CT)
STUDY ABROAD
Arcadia University (PA)
Boston University
Butler University (IN)
Carleton College (MN)
Central College (IA)
Dartmouth College (NH)
Dickinson College (PA)
Earlham College (IN)
Elon University (NC)
Georgetown University (DC)
Kalamazoo College (MI)
Macalester College (MN)
Michigan State University
Middlebury College (VT)
New York University
St. Olaf College (MN)
Syracuse University (NY)
University of California–Berkeley
University of Minnesota–Twin Cities
University of Wisconsin–Madison
SERVICE LEARNING
Alverno College (WI)
Augsburg College (MN)
Bentley College (MA)
Berea College (KY)
Brown University (RI)
California State University–Monterey Bay
Defiance College (OH)
DePaul University (IL)
Earlham College (IN)
Elon University (NC)
Indiana University-Purdue University–Indianapolis
Marquette University (WI)
Portland State University (OR)
Providence College (RI)
Stanford University (CA)
Trinity College (CT)
University of California–Berkeley
University of Maryland–College Park
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
University of Notre Dame (IN)
University of Pennsylvania
University of Utah
Vanderbilt University (TN)
Wagner College (NY)
Warren Wilson College (NC)
SENIOR CAPSTONE
Allegheny College (PA)
Alverno College (WI)
Ball State University (IN)
Bethany College (WV)
Brown University (RI)
Calvin College (MI)
Carleton College (MN)
College of Wooster (OH)
Columbia University (NY)
Davidson College (NC)
Duke University (NC)
Earlham College (IN)
Elon University (NC)
Grinnell College (IA)
Hampshire College (MA)
Harvard University (MA)
Kalamazoo College (MI)
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology
Portland State University (OR)
Princeton University (NJ)
Reed College (OR)
Southern Illinois U.–Edwardsville
Stanford University (CA)
Swarthmore College (PA)
Truman State University (MO)
Univ. of California–Los Angeles
University of Virginia
Wabash College (IN)
Yale University (CT)