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Union College New York was awarded 53 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is liberal arts general studies.
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Union College landed the #650 spot in College Factual's 2024 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,217 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking.
Out of the 142 colleges in New York, Union College is ranked at #43.
Union College New York has an acceptance rate of 47%, which means the school is serious about who it admits. Take your time in putting together a strong application that highlights why you are a good fit for Union College.
About 37% of students accepted to Union College submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 630 and 710. Math scores were between 640 and 740.
The student to faculty ratio at Union College is an impressive 9 to 1. That's quite good when you compare it to the national average of 15 to 1. This is a good sign that students at the school will have more opportunities for one-on-one interactions with their professors.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Union College New York is 87%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Union College New York has a freshmen retention rate of 91%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Union College the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 78%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,047 undergraduates at Union College with 2,030 being full-time and 17 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $12,752 | $13,769 | $24,375 | $32,614 | $41,200 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Union College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Union College, approximately 50% of students took out student loans averaging $10,387 a year. That adds up to $41,548 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Union College is 1.4%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for Union College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 807 Union Street, Schenectady, NY 12308-2311 |
| Phone: | 518-388-6000 |
| Website: | www.union.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/unioncollege |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/unioncollegeny |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Political Science & Government | 63 | $42,375 |
| Economics | 43 | $50,348 |
| Child Development & Psychology | 38 | NA |
| Mechanical Engineering | 38 | $63,637 |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 30 | $41,903 |
| General Biology | 29 | $36,171 |
| Neurobiology & Neurosciences | 26 | $31,476 |
| Biomedical Engineering | 23 | NA |
| History | 22 | NA |
| Mathematics | 20 | NA |
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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