University

Union College

Schenectady, New York, United States

Verified · last verified 2026-09-02

University details

Institution type: Private, nonprofit
Campus setting: Urban
Application platforms: Not available
Testing policy: Not available
In-state tuition: $69,039
Out-of-state tuition: $69,039
Cost of attendance: Not available (2024–2025)
Undergraduate enrollment: 2,046

Website

Common Data Set

Institution-reported facts by reporting cycle. Missing and withheld values are shown explicitly.

2024–2025 · most recent available

First-year admission rate

43.9%

Calculated from applications and admissions reported in CDS C1. This is a factual calculation, not a CollegePath rating.

First-year admission

High-school GPA distribution · GPA 4.0 (C11): Not reported by institution
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 3.75-3.99 (C11): Not reported by institution
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 3.50-3.74 (C11): Not reported by institution
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 3.25-3.49 (C11): Not reported by institution

Majors

Anthropology
Social Sciences
Area Studies
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Physical Sciences
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Biological and Physical Sciences
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
Biology, General
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Biomedical/Medical Engineering
Engineering
Business/Managerial Economics
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services

Deadlines

Early decision · 2026–2027
2026-11-15 — First-year deadline listed in the Common App 2026–2027 Requirements Grid, updated 2026-08-14.
https://content.commonapp.org/Files/ReqGrid.pdf
Early decision II · 2026–2027
2027-01-15 — First-year deadline listed in the Common App 2026–2027 Requirements Grid, updated 2026-08-14.
https://content.commonapp.org/Files/ReqGrid.pdf
Regular decision · 2026–2027
2027-01-15 — First-year deadline listed in the Common App 2026–2027 Requirements Grid, updated 2026-08-14.
https://content.commonapp.org/Files/ReqGrid.pdf

Supplemental essays

No supplemental essays are required for this university.

Application requirements

2026–2027

Application fee · Required
Value: $0
First-year U.S. application fee listed in the Common App 2026–2027 Requirements Grid, updated 2026-08-28.
https://content.commonapp.org/Files/ReqGrid.pdf
Personal essay · Required
The Common App personal essay is marked required in the Common App 2026–2027 Requirements Grid, updated 2026-08-28.
https://content.commonapp.org/Files/ReqGrid.pdf
Supplemental essays · Not required
No supplemental essays are required for this university.
https://www.union.edu/admissions/apply/first-year

Sources

Direct sources supporting this university’s facts, with retrieval dates.

Secondary source · supports requirements:2026–2027
https://content.commonapp.org/Files/ReqGrid.pdf
Retrieved 2026-09-02 — Common App member-reported first-year fee, waiver, and personal-essay fields; grid updated 2026-08-28.
Common App 2026–2027 Requirements Grid · supports deadlines:2026–2027
https://content.commonapp.org/Files/ReqGrid.pdf
Retrieved 2026-08-20 — Common App member-reported first-year deadlines; grid updated 2026-08-14.
Official source
https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?196866
Retrieved 2026-06-10

High-school GPA distribution · GPA 3.00-3.24 (C11)

Not reported by institution

High-school GPA distribution · GPA 2.50-2.99 (C11)

Not reported by institution

High-school GPA distribution · GPA 2.00-2.49 (C11)

Not reported by institution

High-school GPA distribution · GPA 1.00-1.99 (C11)

Not reported by institution

High-school GPA distribution · GPA below 1.0 (C11)

Not reported by institution

Average high-school GPA (C12)

Not reported by institution

First-year applications (C1)

8,210 applicants

IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS

First-year students admitted (C1)

3,606 students

IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS

First-year students enrolled (C1)

500 students

IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS

Academics and class size

Student-to-faculty ratio (I2): Not reported by institution

Enrollment

Undergraduate enrollment (B1): 2,065 students; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
Full-time undergraduate enrollment (B1): 2,041 students; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
Part-time undergraduate enrollment (B1): 24 students; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS

Testing

Enrolled students submitting scores · SAT (C9): 32%; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
Enrolled students submitting scores · ACT (C9): 11%; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing · 25th percentile (C9): 660 score; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing · 75th percentile (C9): 720 score; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
SAT Math · 25th percentile (C9): 650 score; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
SAT Math · 75th percentile (C9): 760 score; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
ACT Composite · 25th percentile (C9): 29 score; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
ACT Composite · 75th percentile (C9): 33 score; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS

Source: Union College Common Data Set 2024-2025 (institutional data not reported) · Retrieved 2026-09-02

Open the official institutional source

Document ID: url:https://www.union.edu/ · Import: cds-2026-09-v85

2024–2025 · earlier reporting cycle

First-year admission rate

43.9%

Calculated from applications and admissions reported in CDS C1. This is a factual calculation, not a CollegePath rating.

Enrollment

Part-time undergraduate enrollment (B1): 24 students; Official CDS B1 reports 24 part-time undergraduate students.
Undergraduate enrollment (B1): 2,065 students; Official CDS B1 reports 2,065 total undergraduate students as of October 15, 2024.
Full-time undergraduate enrollment (B1): 2,041 students; Official CDS B1 reports 2,041 full-time undergraduate students.

First-year admission

First-year applications (C1): 8,210 applicants; Official CDS C1 reports 8,210 first-time, first-year applications for Fall 2024.
First-year students admitted (C1): 3,606 students; Official CDS C1 reports 3,606 first-time, first-year admits for Fall 2024.
First-year students enrolled (C1): 500 students; Official CDS C1 reports 500 first-time, first-year enrollees for Fall 2024.
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 4.0 (C11): 14%; Official CDS C11 reports 14 percent of all enrolled first-year students with a GPA of 4.0.
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 3.75-3.99 (C11): 23%; Official CDS C11 reports 23 percent of all enrolled first-year students with a GPA between 3.75 and 3.99.
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 3.50-3.74 (C11): 21%; Official CDS C11 reports 21 percent of all enrolled first-year students with a GPA between 3.50 and 3.74.
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 3.25-3.49 (C11): 23%; Official CDS C11 reports 23 percent of all enrolled first-year students with a GPA between 3.25 and 3.49.
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 3.00-3.24 (C11): 12%; Official CDS C11 reports 12 percent of all enrolled first-year students with a GPA between 3.00 and 3.24.
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 2.50-2.99 (C11): 5%; Official CDS C11 reports 5 percent of all enrolled first-year students with a GPA between 2.50 and 2.99.
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 2.00-2.49 (C11): 1%; Official CDS C11 reports 1 percent of all enrolled first-year students with a GPA between 2.0 and 2.49.
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 1.00-1.99 (C11): Not reported by institution; The official CDS leaves the 1.0-1.99 GPA band blank.
High-school GPA distribution · GPA below 1.0 (C11): Not reported by institution; The official CDS leaves the below-1.0 GPA band blank.
Average high-school GPA (C12): 3.91 GPA; Official CDS C12 reports an average high-school GPA of 3.91 for degree-seeking first-year students who submitted GPA.

Testing

Enrolled students submitting scores · SAT (C9): 32%; Official CDS C9 reports 32 percent of enrolled first-year students submitted SAT scores.
Enrolled students submitting scores · ACT (C9): 11%; Official CDS C9 reports 11 percent of enrolled first-year students submitted ACT scores.
SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing · 25th percentile (C9): 660 score; Official CDS C9 SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing 25th percentile.
SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing · 75th percentile (C9): 720 score; Official CDS C9 SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing 75th percentile.
SAT Math · 25th percentile (C9): 650 score; Official CDS C9 SAT Math 25th percentile.
SAT Math · 75th percentile (C9): 760 score; Official CDS C9 SAT Math 75th percentile.
ACT Composite · 25th percentile (C9): 29 score; Official CDS C9 ACT Composite 25th percentile.
ACT Composite · 75th percentile (C9): 33 score; Official CDS C9 ACT Composite 75th percentile.

Academics and class size

Student-to-faculty ratio (I2): 9:1; Official CDS I2 reports a Fall 2024 student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, based on 2,031 students and 228 faculty.

Source: Union College Common Data Set 2024-2025 · Retrieved 2026-09-02

Open the official institutional source

Document ID: url:https://www.union.edu/sites/default/files/institutional-research/202505/common-data-set-2024-2025-final-website-march-2025.pdf · Import: cds-2026-09-v125-union

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