Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 59.21
Liaison Elaine Durr
Submission Date Feb. 11, 2022

STARS v2.2

Elon University
PA-8: Affordability and Access

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.92 / 4.00 Randy Williams
Vice President for Inclusive Excellence
Associate Professor of Education
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Provide at least one of the following figures:

Percentage of need met, on average, for students who were awarded any need-based aid :
60.80

Percentage of students graduating without student loan debt:
61.80

Percentage of entering students that are low-income:
9

Graduation/success rate for low-income students:
87.80

Optional Fields

A brief description of notable policies or programs to make the institution accessible and affordable to low-income students:
The Odyssey Program, which is part of the Center for Access and Success, is a highly selective merit-based program consisting of talented individuals who are academically strong, civically engaged, action-oriented leaders in their communities, who will benefit from an Elon education and demonstrate financial need.
https://www.elon.edu/u/academics/access-and-success/odyssey-scholars/

A brief description of notable policies or programs to support non-traditional students:
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Estimated percentage of students that participate in or directly benefit from the institution’s policies and programs to support low-income and non-traditional students:
3.20

Website URL where information about the institution’s accessibility and affordability initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
The graduation/success rate for low-income students reported above is the average 4-year graduation rate.
The figure provided for ‘the percentage of need met, on average, for students who were awarded any need-based aid’ comes from the Common Data Set (CDS-H – H2, item i) and includes aid other than grants such as federal work study and subsidized Stafford loans. This is the figure for full-time undergraduates, including first-year students.

Additional website URL: https://www.elon.edu/u/admissions/undergraduate/financial-aid/

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