Union College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a self-contained town.

Overview

Union College Barbourville, established in 1879, is a co-educational, four-year private college located in Barbourville, Kentucky, United States. The main campus is spread across an area of 100 acres in Southern Kentucky. The college offers bachelor’s degrees in diverse areas of study including accounting, business administration, biology, chemistry, and education. The student body at Union College has an impressive number of international students.

Union College Barbourville has an active student life. The campus hosts a wide variety of clubs, organizations, and honor societies. Some of the popular clubs include Alpha Psi Omega, Baptist Student Union (BSU)/Cross Seekers, Pentecostal Holiness Student Fellowship Union, and United Methodist Student Fellowship.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• United Methodist religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in education and teaching.
• Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Selective admissions.
• Large number of students.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Teachers colleges.

Features of note:

• 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.
• ROTC.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 1,421 in 2009-2010 (1,404 full-time equivalent).

About 57% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 43% of the class.

Undergrads are 48% of enrolled students and graduate students are 52%.

Students under 25 years old represent 54% of the student body. About 10% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 99% are full-time and 1% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Union College provides on-campus housing for 354 of its 1,404 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 19 meals weekly.

Athletics

School sports include football (Mid-South Conference), basketball (Appalachian Athletic Conference), baseball (Appalachian Athletic Conference), and track (Appalachian Athletic Conference).

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 248 male students received the aid (men were 74% of those receiving aid) and 85 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 26% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

Union College 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)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (38 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (3 awarded)

• Computer Programming/Programmer

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (0 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (241 awarded)

• Business Teacher Education
• Education
• Educational Leadership and Administration
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Health Teacher Education
• Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
• Reading Teacher Education
• Secondary Education and Teaching
• Social Studies Teacher Education
• Special Education and Teaching

LIBERAL ARTS (10 awarded)

• English Language and Literature
• History
• Sociology

MATHEMATICS (1 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (3 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric
• Mass Communication/Media Studies

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (10 awarded)

• Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management
• Sport and Fitness Administration/Management

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (0 awarded)

• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (3 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (6 awarded)

• Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (16 awarded)

• Psychology