The Union University was founded in the year 1823 and is a private university. The university has a city setting and a campus which is set on 360 acres of land. This university makes use of a semester based calendar for academic purposes. The university is affiliated with the Tennessee Baptist Convention and is considered as an academic community. Due to its affiliation through a baptist convention the university urges the students to have a more Christian approach and serve faithfully in core Christian values. These values are of great importance to the different programs especially liberal arts. The University was given the 185th position in the National universities list, the 137th position in the list of Best value schools and the 96th position in the top Performers on Social Mobility list by the US News and Reports. The university tries to maintain its standard and hence has 74.84% of its classes that have less than 20 students. The university is also known to have a student satisfaction rate and by extension the student retention rate of an impressive 86%. The most popular choices for a major at this university include, Business, Marketing, Health Professions and Related Programs, Management, Administration and Social Service Professions, Psychology, etc.