Elon University retained the second-place ranking in its category in U.S. News & World Report's annual "America's Best Colleges" issue.
For the second straight year, Elon was almost at the top of the magazine's rankings of 118 master's-level universities in the South.
The rankings are based on factors such as graduation rate, selectivity of the admissions process, class size, student-faculty ratio, the percentage of freshman who return for a second year and how the school is assessed by leaders at other colleges.
This is Elon's eighth year in the top 10 in its category. When Elon first appeared in the college guide in 1995, it was ranked 39th.
Rollins College in Florida was ranked first in the category.
Elon also ranked first among Southern master's-level universities the magazine calls "up-and-coming" schools that have made "striking improvements or innovations."
The magazine said Elon, along with Belmont University in Tennessee, was the most frequently mentioned when it asked college leaders for schools that fit this category. Belmont finished second to Elon in the two schools' category on the "up-and-coming" list. Appalachian State University in Boone ranked third in that category amount Southern master's-level schools.
Elon is listed in seven of the eight categories in the "Programs to Look For" feature that is part of the college guide. No other school in the country is listed in that many categories, which include study abroad, service learning and internship opportunities.
Among other North Carolina schools on the list of 118 Southern master's-level universities, Appalachian State University ranks 9th. The University of North Carolina at Wilmington is 14th and Queens University of Charlotte is 20th. Campbell University and Western Carolina University tie for 36th and Gardner Webb University ranks 51st.
North Carolina Central University, Pfeiffer University and the University of North Carolina at Pembroke were among schools in the range of 60th to 89th place on the list of Southern master's-level universities. The magazine doesn't list a more specific ranking for those schools.
Fayetteville State University was in the range of 84th through 118th place.
Appalachian State University ranked fourth, UNC-Wilmington ranked sixth and Western Carolina University ranked 14th on a list of top public master's level universities in the South.
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