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The University Club of New York membership requirements

Every criterion The University Club of New York publishes, with its source, the date it was verified and how confident we are in it — plus superseded figures, so you can see how the tests have moved.

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Current published criteria

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Criterion	Published requirement	Note	Provenance
Other criterion	A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university	Per Wikipedia's account of the club's admission rules; the club itself publishes no eligibility statement. An 1879 rule required graduation from a postsecondary institution at least three years earlier, and graduates of the military and naval academies were eligible.	Verified September 2026Medium confidenceSource ↗
Gender	Open to men and women since 1987	The club voted to admit women in 1987 following city antidiscrimination enforcement; 16 women had joined within a year	Verified September 2026Medium confidenceSource ↗

The club publishes no eligibility criteria of its own; the degree requirement above rests on a secondary source.

How admission works

Application process

The club publishes no application process. Its website has no membership page, application form or membership contact; enquiries go through the front office or an existing member.

Invitation required

— not documented by the organization or a source we could verify

Sponsor required

— not documented by the organization or a source we could verify

Selectivity

Not publicly disclosed

Membership term

— not documented by the organization or a source we could verify

Primary audience

University graduates. Historically the club required a degree from a recognised college; Wikipedia's account states that members now hold a baccalaureate degree from any accredited institution.

Typical member

Not publicly disclosed. The club publishes no member statistics; historical accounts record roughly 502 members in 1879, 2,800 in 1901 and about 4,000 in the 1980s.

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Last verified: 6 September 2026 Report an error on this page

Sources

The University Club, The University Club of New York. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 1
About The Club - The University Club, The University Club of New York. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 1
House Rules - The University Club, The University Club of New York. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 2
University Club of New York, Wikipedia. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 8

Source tiers follow the published hierarchy: 1 official site · 2 official membership materials · 3 application documents · 4 annual reports · 5 government filings · 6 reliable business publications · 7 credible interviews · 8 other reputable secondary sources. Sources and data policy.