Union College Academic Experience

Past Performance

• 56% of our freshmen returned for sophomore year.
• 48% of our most recent graduates graduated in four years.
• How long does it usually take to graduate from freshman year?
  • On average, 49% of our freshman graduate in four years.
  • On average, 5% 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

• education
• business administration
• sociology

Policies

Probation Policy

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

• Freshmen: 1.80
• Sophomore: 1.90
• Junior: 2.00
• Senior: 2.00

Academic Calendar

Academic Calendar System:

• 4-4-1 System (two semesters and one-month April/May interterm)

Summer Sessions:

• 2 summer session(s) that consist of 5 weeks.
• May term of three weeks.

New student orientation:

• Orientation for new students is held in June and July.

• 13% continue immediately.
• 22% continue within one year.
• 37% continue within 3 years.

• Law School: 4%
• Medical School: 4%
• Dental School: 1%
• Graduate Business Programs: 8%
• Graduate Arts and Sciences Programs: 7%
• Theological School/Seminary: 3%
• Other: 3%

• U of Cincinnati, University of Kentucky, University of Louisville, University of Tennessee.

• Internal Revenue Service, Tremco Manufacturing, area school systems.

• Phillip A. Sharp, Ph.D., winner, 1993 Nobel Prize for medicine; Marcetta Y. Darensbourg, Ph.D., chemistry professor, Texas A & M University; Albert Capwood, editor, Dayton Daily News; Dr. Mary Pauline Fox, Pike County, Ky., health director.