Elon University Notable Alumni

Elon University is a private university in Elon, North Carolina, United States. Founded in 1889 as Elon College, Elon is organized into six schools, most of which offer bachelor’s degrees and several of which offer master’s degrees or professional doctorate degrees.

Located in North Carolina’s Piedmont region, Elon is situated on a 656-acre suburban campus between the cities of Greensboro and Raleigh. Fewer than twenty percent of Elon’s undergraduates are native to the state of North Carolina. Elon’s intercollegiate athletic teams compete in NCAA Division I athletics as a member of the Colonial Athletic Association.

Academics
The university includes Elon College, the College of Arts and Sciences; the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business; the School of Communications; the School of Education; the School of Law; and the School of Health Sciences. Master’s programs are offered in business administration, interactive media, education and physician assistant studies, and doctoral programs include physical therapy and law. Elon operates on a 4-1-4 academic calendar, including a four-week term in January known as Winter Term.

In 2009, the Phi Beta Kappa Society voted to establish a chapter at Elon.[12]

Elon is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

Elon College, the College of Arts and Sciences
Elon College, the College of Arts and Sciences, offers 51 undergraduate majors within three divisions: the Arts and Humanities, the Social and Behavioral Sciences, and the Natural, Mathematical and Computational Sciences. Elon College is the largest of the university’s colleges.

Martha and Spencer Love School of Business
Main article: Martha and Spencer Love School of Business
The Martha and Spencer Love School of Business offers undergraduate degrees in Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Finance, International Business, Management, and Marketing.[13]

School of Communications
The Elon School of Communications is one of 18 accredited communications programs for private universities in the US by the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC). The program encompasses 20% of students and is divided into six main concentrations: Journalism, Strategic Communications, Cinema & Television Arts, Communication Design, Media Analytics and Sport & Event Management.[14]

School of Law
Main article: Elon University School of Law
The Elon University School of Law opened on August 10, 2006. The School is located in downtown Greensboro, North Carolina in the former city library. Former United States Supreme Court Associate Justice Sandra Day O’Connor delivered the Dedication Address on September 19, 2006. The School of Law houses a working court—the North Carolina Business Court.

School of Health Sciences
Established in April 2011, Elon’s School of Health Sciences offers a doctor of physical therapy (DPT) program and a physician assistant (PA) studies master’s program.

School of Education
The School of Education offers both licensure and non-licensure undergraduate majors, as well as Master of Education (M.Ed.) and Master of Arts in Higher Education (MHE) degrees.

Admissions
For the class of 2020, the university received approximately 10,058 applications from early decision, early action, regular decision, and transfer applicants. From the application pool, around 1,500 students enrolled with an acceptance rate of 56%.[16] The average student coming to Elon in the class of 2020 had a grade point average of 4.303, an SAT range of 1890-1930, and an ACT range of 27–31.

Notable alumni

Academia
John Decatur Messick – Former President of East Carolina University (1947–1959)
H. Shelton Smith – scholar of religion at Duke University
Arts, literature, and entertainment
Rich Blomquist – Emmy Award-winning writer on The Daily Show
Reno Collier – standup comic, host of NBC’s The Great American Road Trip
Lisa Goldstein – actress, plays Millicent Huxtable on the CW series One Tree Hill
Grant Gustin – actor Glee, The Flash
Tal Henry – orchestra director
Maity Interiano – journalist and television producer
Christopher Knight – filmmaker, blogger, and Internet personality
Tyler Marenyi – American DJ and producer
H. Reid – American writer, photographer, and historian
Martin Ritt – director, actor, and playwright (Hud, Norma Rae, Stanley & Iris)
Brent Sexton – actor (Bosch, Deadwood)
Mike Trainor – standup comic, panelist on TruTV’s The Smoking Gun Presents: World’s Dumbest…
Taylor Trensch – Broadway actor (Dear Evan Hansen, Hello Dolly, Curious Incident of the Dog in Night-Time)
Kenneth Utt – actor and producer (The Silence of the Lambs, Midnight Cowboy, Philadelphia)
Barrett Wilbert Weed – Broadway actress (Heathers: The Musical, Mean Girls (musical))
Chris Wood – actor (The Vampire Diaries, Containment, Supergirl)
Business
Robert Model – director on the boards of CapMAC, Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership and Piggly Wiggly
Politics and military
Cary D. Allred – North Carolina politician
Harris Blake – North Carolina politician
Cameron DeJong – New Hampshire politician
Anthony Foriest – North Carolina politician
Admiral William E. Gortney – Commander, NORAD and US Northern Command
Hugh Holliman – North Carolina House of Representatives Majority Leader
Phillip Kellam – Virginia politician
Nat Robertson – Fayetteville, North Carolina mayor
Sports
Tal Abernathy – Major League Baseball pitcher
Jesse Branson – National Basketball Association and American Basketball Association player
John Brebbia – Major League Baseball pitcher for the San Francisco Giants
Elijah Bryant (born 1995) – basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
Ward Burton – NASCAR auto racer
Cap Clark – Major League Baseball catcher
Billy Devaney – general manager of the St. Louis Rams
Bill Dougherty – running back for the New Orleans Saints
Wes Durham – radio play-by-play announcer for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and the Atlanta Falcons
Joey Hackett – tight end for the Denver Broncos and Green Bay Packers
Frank Haith – head basketball coach at the University of Tulsa
Greg W. Harris – Major League Baseball pitcher
Bunn Hearn – Major League Baseball pitcher
Clint Irwin – Colorado Rapids goalkeeper
Don Kernodle – professional wrestler
Steven Kinney – defender for the Chicago Fire
Daniel Lovitz – defender for the Nashville SC
Rich McGeorge – tight end for the Green Bay Packers
Jack McKeon – Major League Baseball Manager
Aaron Mellette – Baltimore Ravens wide receiver
Jim Morris – head baseball coach at the University of Miami
Chad Nkang – former linebacker for the Jacksonville Jaguars
Blake Russell – Olympic runner
Tony Settles – linebacker for the Washington Redskins
Ed Sauer – Major League Baseball outfielder
Jim Schlossnagle – head baseball coach at Texas Christian University
Jimmy Smith (running back) – former American football running back in the National Football League
Dick Such – Major League Baseball pitcher and coach
Oli Udoh – offensive lineman for the Minnesota Vikings
Joe West – Major League Baseball umpire
Joe Winkelsas – Major League Baseball pitcher
Deborah A. Yow – North Carolina State University Athletics Director, formerly University of Maryland’s Director of Athletics

elon university tuition

Undergraduate Tuition

Tuition for Elon University is $36,082 for the 2019/2020 academic year. This is 24% more expensive than the national average private non-profit four year college tuition of $29,191. The cost is 91% more expensive than the average North Carolina tuition of $18,911 for 4 year colleges. Tuition ranks 60th in North Carolina amongst 4 year colleges for affordability and is the 8th most expensive 4 year college in the state. Price does not vary by residence.

The school charges an additional fees of $489 in addition to tuition bringing the total effective in-state tuition to $36,571.

Housing Costs

On campus room and board is provided by the school at a cost of $12,685 per academic year. Students electing to live off campus elsewhere in Elon should budget at least this amount.

Books and Supplies

The estimated annual cost for books and supplies is $900.

Other Living Expenses

If living on-campus, students should budget for $2,600 in additional living expenses. Off-campus students should budget for $2,600 in other miscellaneous living expenses.

Total Costs

The annual tuition and living expense budget to go to Elon was $52,756 for the 2019/2020 academic year. The cost is the same for all students regardless of North Carolina residence status as there is no in-state discount.

Citation: Price data from the U.S. Department of Education’s 2020 IPEDS survey response for Elon University and represent reported costs for the 2019-2020 academic year.