The college campus is spread over 20 acres in the prime locality of Kalyan in Mumbai. The college offers several UG Programmes in Arts, Science and Commerce and PG Programmes in Botany, Biotechnology, Bioanalytical Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Chemistry, Herbal Science, Computer Science, Information Technology, Physics, Microbiology, Zoology, Hindi, Marathi, Commerce and E-Commerce and Ph.D. in Botany, Biotechnology, Physics, Microbiology, Chemistry - Nanotechnology and Hindi.
The College conducts three year Bachelor of Management Studies (B.M.S.) and Bachelor of Mass Media (B.M.M.) programmes. The college has taken initiative to introduce relevant interdisciplinary need-based Career Oriented 'Add on' courses. The College also conducts a PGDMLT programme.
Elphinstone College has adequate infrastructure to meet the requirement of teaching, research and co-curricular activities/extracurricular activities including Sports, National Cadet Corps (India), National Service Scheme, etc. The College has to its credit many outstanding achievements during the last decade. The College was accredited by National Assessment and Accreditation Council with a 5 Star status in 2002 and has now been Re-accredited and awarded 'A' Grade with CGPA - 3.37.
The College has been awarded with "College with Potential for Excellence" status for the 2010 by the University Grants Commission, the apex body for Higher Education under Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. The College has also been recently awarded with Best College Award by the University of Mumbai for the year 2008-09.