Elon is ranked among the top universities in the nation, with a #1 ranking for undergraduate teaching and a #13 ranking for “most innovative” university. The 2024 rankings are included in the annual U.S. News & World Report “Best Colleges” guide.
Elon is ranked #1 in the nation for excellence in teaching.
As the #1 ranked national university for undergraduate teaching, Elon leads a group of outstanding universities committed to teaching excellence, including Georgia State University, Brown University, Princeton University, Dartmouth College, Rice University, The College of William & Mary, Boston College, Duke University and Howard University.
Schools in the National Universities category offer a full range of undergraduate majors, plus master’s and doctoral programs. Elon moved to the category in 2019 after it was classified as a Doctoral/Professional University by the Carnegie Classification of Colleges. The top schools in the National Universities category this year are (in rank order) Princeton University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University, Stanford University, Yale University, University of Pennsylvania, California Institute of Technology, Duke University, Brown University, Johns Hopkins University and Northwestern University.
Elon is also ranked by U.S. News & World Report as the #13 most innovative national university. Schools in the top 12 include (in rank order) Arizona State University, Georgia State University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Carnegie Mellon University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Stanford University, Purdue University, Northeastern University, Johns Hopkins University, Duke University, University of Michigan and California Institute of Technology. North Carolina A&T University is #25 and The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is #38.
