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Where does a Union College degree take U? Anywhere you want to go!

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Career Readiness - Nearly 80 percent of alumni surveyed stated that their Union degree helped get them started in their career

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Career Satisfaction - Union alumni boast more than an 85 percent career satisfaction rate, higher than other institutions.

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Career mobility - Union alumni achieve leadership roles early in their careers, many within the first 10 years of employment.

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Top Industries - Education, medicine, technology, engineering, finance and law are among the top industries of our alumni.

First Destination Dashboard

Historical first-destination reports are available on the Institutional Research website.

Alumni Career Dashboard - 2025



Top Graduate Schools for Union Alumni

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Business
Babson College
Boston University
Columbia University
New York University
Northeastern University
University of Pennsylvania

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Law
Albany Law School
Boston University
Fordham University
George Washington University
New York University
Suffolk University

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Medicine
Albany Medical College
New York Medical College
New York University
SUNY Upstate Medical University
Tufts University
University of Rochester

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Education
Boston College
Boston University
Fordham University
Lesley University
Harvard University
Springfield College

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Engineering
Cornell University
Duke University
Johns Hopkins University
Northeastern University
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Syracuse University

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Music, Dance, Theater, Visual Arts
American University
New York University
Columbia University
George Washington University
University at Albany
Tufts University

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Sciences
Boston University
Columbia University
New York University
Northeastern University
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
University at Albany


Alumni in the Media

  • Young alum authors short story, "Pigs"

    Aja Belle Schiller '25 recently released her debut short story. “Pigs” revolves around a young girl who finds herself and her identity through friendship and shared culture, based on her Chinese-American transracial adoptee experience in the small town of Snowmass.

  • Alum, doctor featured in USA Today

    Dr. Aaron Feingold '72 was featured in USA Today in the article, "Tales of a Cardiologist: When Medicine Meets the Human Heart."

  • Alum, police chief honored

    Retiring Schenectady Police Chief Eric Clifford '94 was recently featured in a Daily Gazette story about a formal walkout ceremony in his honor.

  • Alum joins Albany Med Health System

    Albany Med Health System recently announced that Dr. Gregg Meyer '84 has been named senior clinical and strategic advisor. Meyer is a practicing primary care physician and experienced health care executive with expertise in delivery system and payer strategy, clinical medicine, operations, quality improvement, health care information technology, health policy, medical education, and population health.

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Data sources for this page:

  • 2021 National Alumni Career Mobility survey of the classes of 2011 and 2016

  • Union College alumni records from Advancement Information Services. Records are updated throughout the year. Unless otherwise noted, records include graduation years starting with 1998.