At A Glance

Unity is a national leader in sustainability science.  In fact, Unity College offers more majors in the environmental and natural resource areas than any other college in the United States. And we graduate more students each year than any other U.S. college in the environmental and natural resource disciplines.

What does it mean to be—and make—leaders in sustainability science? It means merging humanities with science, merging natural science with social science, and merging knowledge with practice. It means caring more about finding solutions to urgent human and ecological needs than about assigning blame for the problems. It means including rather than dividing—in the dorms, in the classroom, and in our approach to the world.

• Located on 225 acres in Unity, Maine (pop. 1,800)
• Founded in 1965
• Private, science-based liberal arts, environmental focus
• Bachelor’s and associate degrees
• Student/faculty ratio: 12/1
• Average class size: 18
• Average GPA (2009): 3.20
• 578 students
• 1:1 male-to-female ratio
• Students from 30 states
• 70 percent of students live on campus
• No fraternities or sororities
• 90 percent of students receive financial assistance
• Internship sites in nearly 50 states
• Study-abroad opportunities in 23 countries
• Approximately 80 percent of graduates are employed within one year
• Approximately 18 percent of graduates pursue further study within one year
• Accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC)
• Committed to the principle that all of its students, faculty and staff have a right to be free from discrimination on the basis of race, age, gender, religion, national origin, socioeconomic class, disability, or previous military experience