Elon University

201 N. Greene Street
Greensboro, NC 27401
(336) 279-9200

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National Comparison: Overview of Facts

#23 in Presence of Female Faculty

Elon Law is tied for #23 in terms of the highest percentage of faculty who are female (48.6%).

#54 in Acceptance Rate

Elon Law ranks #54 in terms of student selectivity with an acceptance rate of 35.9% among those who applied for admission.

#94 in Highest Tuition

Elon Law ranks #94 in terms of highest tuition among full-time law students ($46,140). We rank from a total of 283 tuition rates from 194 law schools, ranking twice those law schools that have different in-state and out-of-state tuition rates.

#116 in Presence of Minority Students

Elon Law ranks #116 in terms of the highest percentage of students who are racial or ethnic minority (29.2%).

#120 in Presence of Minority Faculty

Elon Law ranks #120 in terms of the highest percentage of faculty who are racial or ethnic minority (11.1%).

#132 in Student to Faculty Ratio

Elon Law is tied for #132 in terms of lowest student to faculty ratio (8.0:1).

#141 in Public Sector Salary

Elon Law is tied for #141 in terms of median starting salary among graduates working in government jobs or judicial clerkships at the federal or state level ($49,778).

#149 in Median Undergraduate GPA

Elon Law ranks #149 in terms of highest median undergraduate GPA (3.26) among those applicants granted admission who enrolled as full-time students.

#157 in Median LSAT

Elon Law is tied for #157 in terms of the median LSAT score (150) among those applicants granted admission who enrolled as full-time students. The LSAT measures reading comprehension, analytical reasoning, and logical reasoning.

#165 in Private Sector Salary

Elon Law is tied for #165 in terms of the median starting salary among graduates working in private practice as law firm associates ($55,000).

#166 in Employment Rate at Graduation

#189 in Employment Rate at 10 Months
Elon Law ranks #166 in terms of graduates employed at the time of graduation (16.5%) and #189 in terms of graduates employed ten months after graduation (47.3%).

#178 in Library Size

Elon Law ranks #178 in terms of library size with 121,089 volumes or equivalents.

#186 in Bar Passage Rate

Elon Law ranks #186 in terms of bar passage rate among first-time test takers (46.9%), and it underperforms by -18.4% the state of North Carolina’s overall bar passage rate of 65.3%. (A national comparison on this metric should be taken in a qualified sense and with caution, because every state has a different bar passage rate.)

Fall 2020 Application Information

Application Deadline: July 15
Application Fee: $0

Admissions Statistics

2020 2017
Acceptance Rate 35.9% 47.0%
LSAT Score (Median) 150 148
LSAT Score (25th-75th percentile) 147-153 145-150
GPA (Median) 3.26 3.11
GPA Range (25th-75th percentile) 3.02-3.54 2.80-3.42

Bar Exam Statistics

2020 2017
State in which most graduates took bar exam: NC NC
School's bar passage rate: 46.9% 66.7%
State overall bar passage rate: 65.3% 69.1%
School bar pass rate vs. state bar pass rate: -18.4% -2.4%

Employment Statistics

2020 2017
Graduates employed at graduation: 16.5% 20.2%
Graduates employed 10 months after graduation: 47.3% 52.9%

Tuition and Expenses

2020 2017
Tuition: $46,140 $33,334
Room and Board: $14,220 $14,280
Proportion of full-time students receiving grants: 93.2% 68.6%
Median grant amount among full-time students: $22,286 $13,500
Average indebtedness of those who incurred debt: $123,267 $128,407
Proportion of graduates who incurred debt: 91.9% 85.7%
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Students & Faculty

2020 2017
Total Students: 359 315
Men: 41.2% 42.2%
Women: 58.8% 57.8%
Student Racial Demographics:

White: 70.8% N/A
Black: 15.0% N/A
Hispanic: 5.0% N/A
Asian: 2.2% N/A
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 8.0 : 1 N/A
Total Faculty: 72 N/A
Male: 51.4% N/A
Female: 48.6% N/A
Minority: 11.1% N/A

Full-Time Starting Salaries

2020 2017
Private Sector (Median): $55,000 $50,000
Public Sector (Median): $49,778 $54,000
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Library Resources

2020 2017
Volumes and equivalents: 121,089 194,316