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Union University was awarded 47 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is liberal arts general studies.
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Union landed the #538 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Union held the #579 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 41 colleges in Tennessee, Union is ranked at #5.
If you're applying to Union University you'll face some tough competition, since the school's acceptance rate is only 53%. Definitely don't wait until the last minute to submit your application, since applying early may be in your favor.
About 14% of students accepted to Union submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 570 and 700. Math scores were between 530 and 670.
The student to faculty ratio at Union is an impressive 8 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 University is 99%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 84% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Union University enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Union the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 57%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,096 undergraduates at Union with 1,711 being full-time and 385 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $25,522 | $24,220 | $27,369 | $30,102 | $32,205 |
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, 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, approximately 44% of students took out student loans averaging $6,702 a year. That adds up to $26,808 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Union are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1050 Union University Dr, Jackson, TN 38305-3697 |
| Phone: | 731-668-1818 |
| Website: | www.uu.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 233 | $68,399 |
| Business Administration & Management | 137 | $58,201 |
| Social Work | 102 | $38,056 |
| Educational Administration | 91 | NA |
| Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences | 49 | NA |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 46 | $41,320 |
| Accounting | 23 | NA |
| General Education | 23 | NA |
| Health & Physical Education | 16 | NA |
| General Biology | 15 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 1,232 students took at least one online class at Union University. This is a decrease from the 1,279 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 1,232 | 583 |
| 2021-2022 | 1,279 | 589 |
| 2020-2021 | 1,401 | 619 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,371 | 338 |
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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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