Elon earns highest ranking ever by U.S. News & World Report

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. Details...

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)