84%
Graduation Rate
90%
Retention Rate
[updated for 2024-2025 graduation data]
At Elon University, the graduation rate is 84 % within 150% normal time, the retention rate is 90 %, as of August 31, 2025.
Its graduation rate is much higher than the average rate when comparing similar colleges' rate of 59.42% (private (not-for-profit) Doctoral / Research University).
Graduation Rates in Reasonable Completion Time
For the academic year 2024-2025, 1,427 students out of 1,698 candidates have completed their courses within 150% normal time (i.e. in 6 years for 4-year BS degree) at Elon University.
By gender, 545 male and 882 female students graduated the school last year completing their jobs in the period.
| Candidates | Completers | Graduation Rates |
|---|
| Total | 1,698 | 1,427 | 84.04% |
|---|
| Men | 679 | 545 | 80.27% |
|---|
| Women | 1,019 | 882 | 86.56% |
|---|
Graduation Rate By Race/Ethnicity
The following table shows graduation rate by race and at Elon University.
- American Indian or Alaska Native: 66.67%
- Asian: 83.33%
- Black (Non-Hispanic): 86.59%
- Hispanic: 81.82%
- White: 84.29%
- Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander: 0.00%
- Two or More Race: 86.21%
- Unknown: 100.00%
Graduation Rate by Gender
| Total | Male | Female |
|---|
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 66.67%(2/3) |
100.00%(1/1) |
50.00%(1/2) |
|---|
| Asian | 83.33%(35/42) |
81.82%(9/11) |
83.87%(26/31) |
|---|
| Black (Non-Hispanic) | 86.59%(71/82) |
94.29%(33/35) |
80.85%(38/47) |
|---|
| Hispanic | 81.82%(81/99) |
81.82%(36/44) |
81.82%(45/55) |
|---|
| White | 84.29%(1,164/1,381) |
79.89%(445/557) |
87.26%(719/824) |
|---|
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0.00%(-/1) |
- |
- |
|---|
| Two or More Race | 86.21%(50/58) |
82.35%(14/17) |
87.80%(36/41) |
|---|
| Unknown | 100.00%(1/1) |
- |
100.00%(1/1) |
|---|
Non-Resident Alien Graduation Rate
A non-resident alien student is not a US citizen/green card holder and studies with a student visa, such as an F visa, in the United States. At Elon University, 23 of 31 non-resident alien students completed their studies and the graduation rate was 74.19%.