Union University
Private College in Jackson, TN. Six-year graduation rate 66%. Median 10-year earnings $53,990.
Students who entered Union University land at a median of $53,990 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. Completion is a strength: 66% of students finish within six years. Median debt at graduation is $20,714, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Union University accepts 60% of applicants, which makes it accessible to most students who meet the baseline requirements. 1,970 students applied in the most recent cycle — a mid-sized pool drawn mostly from the surrounding region. Yield sits at 30% — the remainder of admitted students enroll elsewhere or not at all. 15% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score. The bands below describe the middle half of that group, not of the class.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | 600–710 | 52 (15%) |
| SAT Math | 560–680 | |
| ACT Composite | 22–30 | 280 (78%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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66% of students finish within six years, putting completion well above the national norm. First-year retention of 89% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. 23% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 53% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,637 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price averages $28,452 annually, so cost is the first thing to weigh here. Income makes less difference than usual: $25,839 at $0–30k, $30,373 at $110k+. Most students get help: 87% receive grants worth $27,838 on average. Federal borrowing reaches 49% of students.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 309 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $25,839 |
| $30–48k | $26,181 |
| $48–75k | $23,891 |
| $75–110k | $27,841 |
| $110k+ | $30,373 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 801 of these 1,637 students, totalling $5,580,567 — an average of $6,967 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Madison County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)