Elon University is an American private, non-sectarian, coeducational liberal arts university with a historic 636-acre campus in Elon, North Carolina. As of 2016-2017, the university had 6,008 undergraduate students and 731 graduate students.

Elon operates five schools across its main campus, as well as a satellite campus in nearby Greensboro, North Carolina; the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business, the College of Arts and Sciences, the School of Communications, the School of Education, the School of Health Sciences, and the School of Law, which occupies the 100,000 sq ft former public library building in Greensboro, North Carolina. The university offers a wide variety of degrees including Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Bachelor of Science, Master of Arts, Master of Science, Master of Business Administration, Master of Education, and Doctor of Philosophy.