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HOW WE’VE CHANGED IN FOUR YEARS In the four years since they sat Under the Oaks for New Student Convocation in 2017, the class of 2021 have watched the Elon University community evolve. Between expansions on campus, fluctuating demographics and challenges brought on by a global pandemic, each semester of graduating seniors’ Elon experience has brought its own changes, challenges and triumphs. This visual column studies the numbers from the annual Elon University Fact Book. Nyah Phengsitthy | Managing Editor | @nyahphengsitthy
TOTAL FIRST-YEAR ENROLLMENT
UNDERGRADUATE TUITION & FEES 2017
$34,273 $37,921
2021 10.6% INCREASE
UNDERGRADUATE ADMISSIONS 2017
2021
1,500
1,000
500
0
9,623
8,000
6,000
6,402
4,000
2,000
15,000
1,587
1,573
2017
20,000
APPLICATION NUMBERS
APPLICATION NUMBERS
10,000
NUMBER OF STUDENTS ENROLLED
2,000
2021
UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT
15,306 10,975
10,000
2017
2021
5,000
$230,380,583 0
APPLIED
0
ADMITTED
APPLIED
ADMITTED
$259,166,993
FULL-TIME FACULTY NUMBERS PROFESSOR
ASSOCIATE PROF. ASSISTANT PROF.
INSTRUCTOR
2017
77
149
143
64
2021
87
150
150
60
2017 Asian American: 151 African American: 329 Hispanic American: 386 American Indian: 8 Native Hawaiian: 1
TENURED FACULTY NUMBERS 2017 201
TENURE TRACK
TENURED
108
124
NON-TENURED
0
50
100
200
250
2 or more races: 181 Nonresident: 119 Unknown: 50 White: 5,020
112
0
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NON-TENURED
150
Asian American: 148 African American: 358 Hispanic American: 407 American Indian: 8 Native Hawaiian: 0
213
TENURE TRACK
2 or more races: 195 Nonresident: 137 Unknown: 21 White: 4,817
2021
2021
TENURED
RACE/ETHNICITY NUMBERS
50
100
150
200
250