Union College Academic Experience

Past Performance

• 92% of our freshmen returned for sophomore year.
• 78% of our most recent graduates graduated in four years.
• How long does it usually take to graduate from freshman year?
  • On average, 78% of our freshman graduate in four years.
  • On average, 7% of our freshman graduate in five years.
• The average GPA of freshmen after completion of the first year is 2.8 on a 4.0 scale.

What Do We Like To Study?

Most Popular Majors

• psychology
• political science
• economics

Policies

Probation Policy

The minimum GPA required for all students to remain off probation during their entire college tenure is:

• Freshmen: 2.00
• Sophomore: 2.00
• Junior: 2.00
• Senior: 2.00

Graduation Policy:

• The minimun GPA that a student needs to maintain in order to graduate is 1.80.

Academic Calendar for 2002-03.

Academic Calendar System:

• Trimester System (three terms comprise academic year)

Summer Sessions:

• 2 summer session(s) that consist of 6 weeks.

New student orientation:

• Orientation for new students is held in September.

• 35% continue within one year.

• Law School: 9%
• Medical School: 10%
• Dental School: 1%
• Graduate Business Programs: 1%
• Graduate Arts and Sciences Programs: 14%

• Albany Medical College, Boston University, University of Chicago, Columbia University, Cornell University, Harvard
• U, New York U.

• AT&T, Bankers Trust, Coopers & Lybrand, General Electric.

• Baruch Blumberg, Nobel Prize-winning physiologist; R. Gordon Gould, inventor of the laser; Michael Fuchs, chairperson and CEO, Home Box Office; Phil Alden Robinson, author and film director; Victor Fazio, U.S. congressman; Robert Chartoff, film producer.