Elon University is a private institution that was founded in 1889. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 5,357, its setting is suburban, and the campus size is 620 acres. It utilizes a 4-1-4-based academic calendar. Elon University's ranking in the 2014 edition of Best Colleges is Regional Universities (South), 1.

Elon University is located in Elon, N.C., between Greensboro and the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill triangle.