Elon University is ranked among the nation's top 50 best value private universities in the April 2007 edition of Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine. Kiplinger's ranks Elon #1 in the total costs category and #27 overall on the best value list. Elon is the only university in the ranking with total costs lower than $30,000. Details...
Kiplinger’s compiles its rankings of private universities and liberal arts colleges that offer “world-class education at prices even families of modest means can afford.” More than 1,000 private institutions were considered for the ranking.
Schools were judged on six quality measures and seven financial measures, with quality of academic programs counting for two-thirds of the total score. Factors include student SAT scores, student-faculty ratio, graduation rates, total costs, financial aid and average student debt. Elon ranks #13 in the five-year graduation rate category.
The Kiplinger’s ranking includes the nation’s most prestigious private universities. The top 10 universities in the overall best value ranking include Cal Tech, Yale, Harvard, Rice, Duke, Princeton, MIT, Emory, Columbia and the University of Pennsylvania. Elon, Duke and Wake Forest universities are the only North Carolina schools on the list.
Kiplinger’s produces calculations that figure net student costs after financial aid packages are awarded. Elon ranks #11 in student costs after merit-based aid is considered, and #18 in student costs after need-based aid is considered.
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