Atlantic Union College

Atlantic Union College

Atlantic Union College is a four-year accredited, coeducational, liberal-arts institution with a number of professional and pre-professional programs, several alternative education programs, and a master's degree program in education. Atlantic Union College had its beginnings as South Lancaster Academy, a secondary school begun in 1882, became Lancaster Junior College in 1918, and was established by the Seventh-day Adventist Church Atlantic Union College in 1922. The College welcomes applications from students all over the world, who desire a campus atmosphere consciously structured on Christian principles.

The college also serves educational needs of adults who cannot study in conventional programs and offers programs designed for students ranging from preparatory students to retired adults. The college views itself as a resource center for learning that is genuinely life-long. It is committed to the belief that each person has the capacity to learn and to change, no matter what the age or background of the individual. The college attempts to establish a caring and responsive community within which the multi-racial and multi-national group of students, faculty and staff can live, study and work together, and within which social as well as intellectual development can take place.