Union College

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Everything we know

From this institution's Wikidata record. Figures that change every year show the latest value; earlier years and longer lists open with a click.

About

instance of	private university private not-for-profit educational institution
inception	25 February 1795
founder	Philip Schuyler
industry	higher education
language used	English

Location and contact

country	United States
located in the administrative territorial entity	New York
headquarters location	Schenectady
street address	807 Union St, Schenectady, NY, 12308-2311
postal code	12308-2311
coordinate location	42.8172, -73.9300
official website	https://www.union.edu/ · language of work or name: English

People and numbers

count of students	2,047 · September 2020 2,083 · full-time equivalent · 1 September 2021
employees	860 · September 2020
admission rate	41% · 2020
admission yield rate	15% · 2020

Rankings and recognition

Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education	baccalaureate colleges: arts and sciences focus exclusively undergraduate four-year four-year, small, highly residential arts & sciences focus, no graduate coexistence four-year, full-time, more selective, lower transfer-in

Finances

endowment	$498,107,571 · 30 June 2022 Earlier figures (2) $593,248,369 · 30 June 2021 $478,000,000 · 30 June 2020
total assets	$894,925,888 · 30 June 2020

Structure and memberships

member of	Association of American Colleges and Universities Coalition for Networked Information Center for Research Libraries Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition
athletics program	Union Garnet Chargers

Other facts

number of viewers/listeners	1,026,931 · YouTube video views · YouTube channel ID: UCkexsXQ2Ok043cYRnWZ8WKg · YouTube handle: unioncollegeny · 6 December 2025 Earlier figures (1) 947,167 · YouTube video views · YouTube channel ID: UCkexsXQ2Ok043cYRnWZ8WKg · YouTube handle: unioncollegeny · 25 November 2025

Images and media on Wikimedia Commons (3)

image	Grant Hall 6.JPG
logo image	Union college f1795 logo.png
seal image	UnionCollegeSeal.svg

Wikimedia and technical details (6)

Commons category	Union College
topic's main category	Category:Union College (New York)
category for alumni of educational institution	Category:Union College (New York) alumni
API endpoint URL	https://sso.union.edu/idp/shibboleth · protocol: Shibboleth
different from	Union College Union County College Union Commonwealth University
social media followers	9,949 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 59860452 · 13 February 2023 Earlier figures (2) 9,364 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 59860452 · 5 January 2021 9,174 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 59860452 · 24 April 2020

Identifiers in other databases (40)

ARCHON code	1266 · subject named as: Union College Library
ARWU university ID	union-college
CiNii Research ID	1980023484813796146 · subject named as: Union College (Schenectady, N.Y.)
Crunchbase organization ID	union-college
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID	topic/Union-College · subject named as: Union College
Facebook username	unioncollege
Freebase ID	/m/02ccqg
GeoNames ID	5141877
GND ID	5136423-2
GRID ID	grid.265438.e
HAL structure ID	307243
IdRef ID	034887210
Instagram username	unioncollege
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System ID	196866
ISNI	0000000419369254 0000000419367427
Issuu ID	union-college
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID	5136423-2
KISTI ID	K000208095
Legal Entity Identifier	549300HYPGK0RZC3T698
Library of Congress Authorities ID	n81142247
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)	177328695
MusicBrainz place ID	513ad2a9-686c-4077-9cf6-d4b151a289a3
NACSIS-CAT author ID	DA01590872
NLA Trove people ID	996371
Open Funder Registry funder ID	100007193
OpenAlex ID	I177328695
OpenStreetMap relation ID	12537098
PermID	5021790190
Quora topic ID	Union-College
Ringgold ID	7254
ROR ID	058w5nk68
SNARC ID	Q73994
Threads username	unioncollege
Times Higher Education World University ID	union-college-0 union-college
U-Multirank university ID	union-college
VIAF cluster ID	167424697
X (Twitter) username	unioncollege · has characteristic: verified account or profile · number of subscribers: 9,174 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 59860452 · 24 April 2020
YouTube channel ID	UCkexsXQ2Ok043cYRnWZ8WKg · subject named as: Union College · number of works: 549 · number of subscribers: 2,290 · number of viewers/listeners: 826,224 · 21 September 2025
YouTube handle	unioncollegeny · YouTube channel ID: UCkexsXQ2Ok043cYRnWZ8WKg · 25 November 2025
‎Scilit organization ID	3128