Colgate University

Hamilton, NY · Private (nonprofit)
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Acceptance rate
17.5%
3,030 admitted
SAT · 50th
1480
Range 1450–1510
6-yr grad
88.8%
Retention 92.1%
Undergrads
3,065
8:1 S-F
Admissions
17.5%
3,030 admitted
from 17,310 apps
Applications17,310
Overall admit rate17.5%
Enrolled813 · 26.8% yield
Admitted from waitlist23 of 2,381
Very important factorsGPA, Class rank, Rigor of HS record
Important factorsApplication essay, Character, Extracurriculars, Recs, Test scores, Talent
Selection factors from CDS §C7 (Basis for selection).
Test scores
1480
SAT composite · 50th %ile
range 1450–1510 · 23.0% submitted
SAT
255075
R&W720740760
Math710740770
Comp145014801510
ACT
255075
Comp333435
Cost & aid
$73,206
tuition (full-time)
Tuition$73,206
Fees$440
Room & board$19,192
Books$1,570
Avg need-based grant$71,688
% need met100.0%
Academics
8 : 1
student-faculty ratio
92.1% retention
Student-faculty8 : 1
Retention92.1%
4-year graduation84.9%
6-year graduation88.8%
Enrollment
3,065
undergraduates
51 intl freshmen
Total undergraduates3,065
First-year805
Transfer13
Full-time99%
Female57%
International (freshmen)51
Rankings
#10
Forbes
Best Small Colleges (Under 4,000 Undergrads)
SourceListRankYr
ForbesBest Small Colleges (Under 4,000 Undergrads)#1026
Princeton ReviewBest Value Colleges for Students With No Demonstrated Need (Private)#1026
Princeton ReviewBest Value Colleges (Private Schools)#1926
U.S. News & World ReportBest National Liberal Arts Colleges#2226
WSJ/College PulseBest Colleges in the U.S.#4026
ForbesAmerica's Top Colleges#4826
NicheBest Colleges in America#8426
Rankings are the property of their respective publishers (Forbes, Niche, Princeton Review, U.S. News & World Report, WSJ/College Pulse). Ranks as published; methodologies vary.
Classifications & designations
Liberal Arts College
Carnegie Classification
114 member schools
SourceGroupMembers
Carnegie ClassificationLiberal Arts College114
Athletic conferencePatriot League8
Athletic divisionNCAA D1-FCS44
Institutional controlPrivate (nonprofit) college211
Geographic groupingNew York colleges40
Groups derived from CDS + IPEDS fields. Curated national memberships (AAU, HBCU, Common App, etc.) being added — see task queue.
Application timeline & requirements
no application-fee data
Regular decisionMay 1
Early decisionoffered
Deferred admissionAllowed
Admissions emailadmission@colgate.edu
Admissions phone228
Deadlines and requirements from the school's Common Data Set §C3–C6 (Deadlines & Notification, ED/EA, HS Coursework).
Peers by the numbers
Bowdoin College
closest algorithmic match
across selectivity, size, profile
SchoolAdmitSATSize
Bowdoin College ME · Private (nonprofit)6.8%15101K
Middlebury College VT · Private (nonprofit)12.8%15002K
Hamilton College NY · Private (nonprofit)13.6%14801K
Bucknell University PA · Private (nonprofit)32.2%1270
Dartmouth College NH · Private (nonprofit)6.0%1520
Lafayette College PA · Private (nonprofit)31.2%14202K
Trinity College CT · Private (nonprofit)29.5%13902K
Peer set computed algorithmically from CDS metrics (admit rate, SAT/ACT band, size) plus IPEDS classification. Not measured cross-application behavior.

Official Common Data Set Documents — Colgate University

11 years of Colgate University's officially published CDS, archived by CollegeNumbers. PDF and spreadsheet originals exactly as the school filed them.