Union College (New Jersey)

Union College of Union County, NJ
MacDonald Hall
TypePublic community college
Established1933
Academic affiliations
Sea-grant, Space-grant
PresidentMargaret M. McMenamin[1]
Students8,298 (Fall 2020)[2]
Location
Cranford, Elizabeth, Plainfield and Scotch Plains
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New Jersey
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United States
CampusSuburban and urban
NicknameOwls
Websitewww.ucc.edu

Union College (formally known as Union College of Union County, NJ[3] and previously known as Union County College) is a public community college in Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It was founded in 1933 as the first of New Jersey's public community colleges.[4] The college has four campuses: Cranford, Elizabeth, Plainfield, and Scotch Plains.[4] It is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.[5] The college offers more than 80 programs[4] leading to Associate in Arts, Associate in Science, and Associate in Applied Science degrees and certificate programs provided by the Continuing Education program. It also offers distance education classes.

  1. ^ Presidents’ Biographies College Presidents, Union College. Accessed March 6, 2024.
  2. ^ "Enrollment". Union College. 20 April 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  3. ^ "UCNJ County College Changes Name to UCNJ", Union College. Accessed February 8, 2024. "By the 1940s, the College was UCNJ Junior College and then in 1967 it became UCNJ. In 1982, UCNJ was consolidated with UCNJ County Technical Institute (UCTI) to become UCNJ County College, the public, two-year college serving UCNJ County. Now, 40 years later, it will once again become UCNJ."
  4. ^ a b c Craig Turpin (October 16, 2008). "UCC Gala to celebrate college's 75th anniversary". Cranford Chronicle. Retrieved 2011-04-02. ...UCC offers more than 80 programs of study,...
  5. ^ Union College, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. Accessed March 6, 2024.