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Union College New York was awarded 3 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is liberal arts.
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College Factual ranked Union College as #467 out of 2,152 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Union College held the #650 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Union College is also ranked #46 out of 136 schools in New York.
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 38% 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 650 and 730. Math scores were between 660 and 760.
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 91%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Union College New York has a freshmen retention rate of 89%. 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.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at Union College for first-time, full-time students is 80%, which is better than 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 + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $12,983 | $15,785 | $24,998 | $26,382 | $44,187 |
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 49% of students took out student loans averaging $8,270 a year. That adds up to $33,080 over four years for those students.
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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/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Economics | 98 | $62,846 |
| Political Science & Government | 47 | $49,759 |
| General Biology | 46 | NA |
| Child Development & Psychology | 44 | $30,061 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 40 | $68,407 |
| Neurobiology & Neurosciences | 31 | $44,927 |
| Mathematics | 25 | NA |
| Sociology | 21 | NA |
| Computer Information Systems | 20 | NA |
| Biomedical Engineering | 20 | $62,624 |
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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