Editing Union Commonwealth University (section)

{{Short description|Private university in Barbourville, Kentucky, U.S.}}
{{about|Union Commonwealth University, formerly the Union College in Kentucky|other institutions of this or a similar name|Union College (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox university
| name = Union Commonwealth University
| former_name = Union College
| image = Old Classroom Building, Union College.jpg
| image_size = 
| caption = Old Classroom Building 
| motto = Pro Deo Et Homine
| motto_lang = Latin
| mottoeng = For God and Mankind
| established = {{start date and age|1879}}
| type = [[Private university]]
| religious_affiliation = [[United Methodist Church]]
| students = 1,203<ref name=enrollment>As of fall 2016. {{cite web |url=http://cpe.ky.gov/data/reports/HeadcountbyLevelIndependent200616.pdf |title=Student headcount by level: All independent institutions (2006-16) |publisher=Commonwealth of Kentucky |website=Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education | access-date=4 March 2018 }}</ref>
| undergrad = 976<ref name=enrollment/>
| postgrad = 227<ref name=enrollment/>
| president = DJ Washington
| academic_affiliations = [[National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities|NAICU]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.naicu.edu/member_center/members.asp|title=Member Center|first=member|last=center|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151109231238/http://www.naicu.edu/member_center/members.asp|archive-date=2015-11-09}}</ref><br />[[Council of Independent Colleges|CIC]]
| city = [[Barbourville, Kentucky|Barbourville]]
| state = [[Kentucky]]
| country = United States
| colors = {{color box|#dd5900}} {{color box|black}}<br>Orange & Black
| nickname = Bulldogs
| athletics_affiliations = [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics|NAIA]] – [[Appalachian Athletic Conference|Appalachian]]
| website = {{url|https://www.unionky.edu/|unionky.edu}}
| logo = Union comm univ orangelogo.png
| logo_size  = 200
}}

'''Union Commonwealth University''' (formerly '''Union College''') is a [[private university]] in [[Barbourville, Kentucky]]. The university was founded in 1879 and is affiliated with the [[United Methodist Church]]. Union's approximately 825 undergraduate students represent 27 states and nine countries.<ref name=princeton>{{cite web|url=http://www.princetonreview.com/schools/college/CollegeStudents.aspx?iid=1022811|title=Union College (KY)|publisher=princetonreview.com|access-date=26 November 2013}}</ref>

Union's {{convert|100|acre|km2|adj=on}} campus is in southeastern Kentucky. Approximately 44 percent of the students live in three residence halls and apartments on campus.