Atlantic Union College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large suburb.

Overview

Atlantic Union College, AUC, is a private, Seventh-day Adventist professions-based institute in South Lancaster, Massachusetts. AUC was founded in 1882 as That New England School and was renamed Lancaster Junior College in 1918. The name was finally changed to Atlantic Union College in 1922. AUC, which is situated on more than 130 acres, offers Bachelor Degrees, Associate Degrees, Certificates, and Master of Education (M.Ed.) Degrees to students.

The sports teams at Atlantic Union College participate in various activities such as basketball, baseball, soccer, volleyball, and tennis. AUC houses the G. Eric Jones Library named after G. Eric Jones, who served as the president of the college between 1936-1948.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Seventh Day Adventists religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in nursing and emergency medicine, music, family and social work, medicine, and religion and philosophy.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• Racially diverse student body.
• Many mature (40+ year old) students.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Baccalaureate Colleges, General.

Features of note:

• Open admission; accepts all qualified candidates.
• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students have meal (board) plans.
• Students may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Part-time classes are available.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 691 in 2009-2010 (465 full-time equivalent).

Undergrads are 92% of enrolled students and graduate students are 8%.

Students under 25 years old represent 62% of the student body. About 12% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Room and Board

Atlantic Union provides on-campus housing for 80 of its 465 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 21 meals weekly.

Graduate School Focus

Atlantic Union offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Master.

The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Single Postbaccalaureate (Education).

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (1 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies
• Arts Management

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (9 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (2 awarded)

• Computer Science
• Computer and Information Sciences

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (0 awarded)

• Environmental Science
• Environmental Studies

COOKING AND CULINARY ARTS (5 awarded)

• Culinary Arts/Chef Training

DESIGN (0 awarded)

• Interior Design

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (6 awarded)

• Curriculum and Instruction
• Early Childhood Education and Teaching
• Educational Leadership and Administration
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching
• Music Teacher Education

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (12 awarded)

• Social Work

FINE ARTS (0 awarded)

• Fine/Studio Arts

LAW (0 awarded)

• Legal Assistant/Paralegal

LIBERAL ARTS (11 awarded)

• English Language and Literature
• Foreign Languages and Literatures
• French Language and Literature
• General Studies
• History
• Humanities/Humanistic Studies
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Social Sciences
• Spanish Language and Literature
• Women's Studies

MATHEMATICS (1 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (0 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (0 awarded)

• Medical Illustration/Medical Illustrator

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (1 awarded)

• Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

MEDICINE (7 awarded)

• Gerontology

MUSIC (2 awarded)

• Music Performance
• Music

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (47 awarded)

• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (0 awarded)

• Kinesiology and Exercise Science

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (13 awarded)

• Pastoral Counseling and Specialized Ministries
• Religion/Religious Studies
• Theology and Religious Vocations
• Theology/Theological Studies

SCIENCE (8 awarded)

• Biochemistry
• Biological and Biomedical Sciences
• Biology/Biological Sciences

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (14 awarded)

• Art Therapy/Therapist
• Behavioral Sciences
• Psychology