Union College
Schenectady, NY · Private nonprofit43.9%
Acceptance rate
1,410
SAT Average
$36,000
Avg net price
2,070
Enrollment
| All fields, 2024-25Bachelor’s 503 |
| Bachelor’s 108 |
| Bachelor’s 85 |
| Bachelor’s 78 |
| Bachelor’s 41 |
| Bachelor’s 34 |
| Bachelor’s 32 |
| Bachelor’s 28 |
| Bachelor’s 18 |
| Bachelor’s 15 |
| Bachelor’s 15 |
| Bachelor’s 11 |
| Bachelor’s 11 |
| Bachelor’s 10 |
| Bachelor’s 10 |
| Bachelor’s 3 |
| Bachelor’s 2 |
| Bachelor’s 2 |
NCAA program details
NCAA program
Union College (New York)
- Primary division
- Division III
- Primary conference
- Liberty League
Projected sponsored sports25
Athletic participation
556 unique student-athletes · 22 varsity teams
Early Decision I
Early Decision (ED) is binding and, if admitted, ED candidates must attend Union.
Binding · CSS Profile, FAFSA, Parent 2025 Federal Tax Return with supporting schedules due Nov 15
Early Decision II
Binding · CSS Profile, FAFSA due Jan 15
Regular Decision
CSS Profile, FAFSA, Parent 2025 Federal Tax Return with supporting schedules due Jan 15
· Apply with Common App or Coalition
Published on-campus price, 2024–25
- Tuition
- $68,688
- Required fees
- $351
- Food and housing
- $17,010
- Books and supplies
- $1,500
- Other expenses
- $576
- Total
- $88,125
- $73,4102019–2019–20
- $75,9902020–2120–21
- $78,8852021–2221–22
- $81,7202022–2322–23
- $84,8702023–2423–24
- $88,1252024–2524–25
Net price by family income, 2022–23
Students of all incomes paid $36,000 on average. Grants and scholarships covered the rest of the cost.
Net price covers first-time, full-time students who received federal aid.
Need-based aid, 2025–26
- First-years with need-based aid
- 65%
- Average share of need met
- 100%
- Average need-based grant
- $59,792
- Required forms
- FAFSA, CSS Profile, and CSS Noncustodial Profile
Sources
- IPEDS Institutional Characteristics · National Center for Education Statistics · 2025–26
- IPEDS Admissions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03
- Application process · College websites · 2026–27
- NCAA Projected Sports Sponsorship by School · National Collegiate Athletic Association · 2025–26
- Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act · U.S. Department of Education · 2024–25
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- IPEDS Completions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- IPEDS Student Charges · National Center for Education Statistics · 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
Every figure below is read directly from Union College’s own reported data, with no scores, ratings, or estimates added. Derived from 5 Common Data Set filings (2021–22 to 2025–26).
Union College admitted of applicants, a admit rate. Of those, enrolled, a yield, across 5 years of Common Data Set filings.
Union College runs two binding Early Decision rounds and a nonbinding Early Action plan. ED applicants were admitted at versus for the regular pool, a edge, and ED admits fill of the class.
The enrolled class is roughly international, and about of its domestic students come from out of state. Union College admits in-state applicants at 59.8%, out-of-state applicants at 71.1%, and international applicants at 13.8%.
Enrolled first-years by geography
465 first-years
Admit odds by pool
Test scores are required for some applicants. Of enrolled first-years, submitted an SAT and an ACT, down from 16% in 2021–22.
Some students submit both an SAT and an ACT, so the two shares overlap. They don’t add up to a single “submitted a test” rate.
SAT composite
33% of the class submitted an SAT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
ACT composite
8% of the class submitted an ACT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
Union College’s enrolled first-years averaged a high-school GPA, among the 100% who submitted one. ranked in the top tenth of their high-school class, among the 28% who submitted class rank.
High-school GPA
shares of all enrolled first-years
Average 3.70
High-school class rank
Among the 28% of first-years who submitted class rank. Shares are cumulative — students in the top tenth also count in the top quarter and top half.
Union College rates 3 factors "very important." Each column reads strongest first.
Academic
- Rigor of secondary school record
- Very important
- Class rank
- Very important
- Academic GPA
- Very important
- Standardized test scores
- Important
- Application essay
- Important
- Recommendation(s)
- Important
Nonacademic
- Extracurricular activities
- Important
- Talent / ability
- Important
- Character / personal qualities
- Important
- Volunteer work
- Important
- Work experience
- Important
- Interview
- Considered
- First generation
- Considered
- Geographical residence
- Considered
- State residency
- Considered
- Level of applicant's interest
- Considered
- Religious affiliation/commitment
- Not considered
Union College's net price after grant aid, by family income. of first-years received need-based aid. The school meets of demonstrated need, split into .
What aid recipients pay, by income
net price
Each figure averages only families who received federal aid in that income band (College Scorecard); $36,000 across all aid recipients. Aid share: 302 of 465 first-years in the 2025–26 Common Data Set.
How need-based aid is determined
Cost of attendance − expected family contribution = demonstrated need
Forms a family files to be considered
Merit aid reached of the class, or of enrolled first-years. For international applicants, Union College offers both need-based and merit aid: nonresidents received aid, averaging .
Union College admitted students off the waitlist, about of the class.
88.7% of Union College’s first-years return for a second year and 85.3% graduate within six. Median earnings ten years out are against of median federal debt, roughly a earnings-to-debt ratio.
Sources
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03