by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
Union County College was awarded 20 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is registered nursing.
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Union County College landed the #797 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 County College held the #1,132 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Union County College also holds the #25 spot on the Best Colleges in New Jersey ranking.
If you are worried about getting into Union County College, don't be. The school has a liberal open admissions policy, which means you only need to meet basic requirements in order to be admitted. Still, be sure to submit a complete application and provide any other requested materials.
The student to faculty ratio at Union County College is 22 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1. This may indicate that some of your classes will be larger in size than they would be at other schools. However, upper level classes will probably be smaller.
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 County College is 17%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Union County College is 67%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 8,298 undergraduates at Union County College with 3,705 being full-time and 4,593 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $6,632 | $6,509 | $8,272 | $9,993 | $11,370 |
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 County 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 County College, approximately 4% of students took out student loans averaging $4,956 a year. That adds up to $19,824 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Union County College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1033 Springfield Avenue, Cranford, NJ 07016-1528 |
| Phone: | 908-709-7000 |
| Website: | https://www.ucc.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 460 | NA |
| Nursing | 288 | NA |
| General Business/Commerce | 154 | NA |
| Health Sciences & Services | 110 | NA |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 89 | NA |
| General Engineering | 54 | NA |
| Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 51 | NA |
| Communication & Media Studies | 45 | NA |
| Computer Science | 42 | NA |
| Allied Health Professions | 40 | 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, 3,881 students took at least one online class at Union County College. This is a decrease from the 5,781 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 3,881 | 1,310 |
| 2021-2022 | 5,781 | 2,644 |
| 2020-2021 | 8,197 | 6,133 |
| 2018-2019 | 2,141 | 486 |
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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