1972 Clark Ave.
Alliance, Ohio 44601

Mount Union College is located 70 miles from Cleveland and 80 miles from Pittsburgh in Alliance, Ohio. Its campus spans 115 acres with an additional 142-acre nature center. For 14 consecutive years, Mount Union College has been ranked top regional liberal arts college in the Midwest as well as a Best Buy for liberal arts colleges in the Midwest.

Mount Union College has more than 47 majors and 56 minors, all keeping with the liberal arts tradition. A graduate program is available in physician assistant studies and there are pre-professional programs in engineering, health, law, and ministry. Students can also pursue the discipline of Army-ROTC.

Quick Facts

Mount Union College enrolls more than 2,000 undergraduates. Fifty percent are women and 50 percent are men. The student body represents more than 22 states and 13 countries.

Eighty- one percent of the faculty holds doctorate or terminal degrees with graduate trainings from well-known universities in the United States and Europe.

Mount Union College's student-faculty ratio is 13 to 1, average class size is 13, and classes are offered fall, spring, and in three summer sessions.

Mount Union has more than 13,000 active alumni throughout the world.

Mount Union College has an endowment of $130 million. The college is in the top 10 percent nationally for its endowment size.

The college's strongly supported annual fund brings in more than $1 million.

Mount Union sponsors 11 men's varsity teams: baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, indoor track, outdoor track, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, and wrestling. The college also sponsors women's varsity teams: basketball, cross country, golf, indoor track, outdoor, track, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, and volleyball.

Mount Union's nickname is Purple Raiders with MUCaw, a purple parrot, as mascot. Mount Union competes in the Ohio Athletic Conference and in NCAA Division III athletics.

Students can participate in more than a dozen music performance groups including Marching Band, Concert Choir, Symphony Orchestra, Mount Union Alliance Chorale, Brass Choir, Jazz Band, and several ensembles.

Sixty-five percent of students live on campus and can enjoy the many social events scheduled each academic year, including dances, plays and films, art exhibits, lectures and other cultural and entertainment activities as well as get involved in the many campus organizations.

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