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Colby College is one of the leading colleges in Maine with the acceptance rate of 9%. Deadlines for application are Early Decision - November 15 and Early Decision II - January 1 and Regular - January 1 .

15857 Enrolled 9% Acceptance Rate 32 - 34 SAT Range
Admissions
Academics
Tuition & Aid
Student Body
Campus Life
Careers

Admissions

  • Overview

    • Applicants: 15,857
    • Average HS GPA: N/A
    • Acceptance Rate: 9%

  • SAT & ACT Test Scores

    SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing 25th-75th percentile (enrolled students)
    690 - 750
    SAT Math 25th-75th percentile (enrolled students)
    710 - 780
    ACT Composite Scores 25th-75th percentile (enrolled students)
    32 - 34

  • Deadlines

    Early Decision
    November 15
    Early Decision II
    January 1
    Regular
    January 1

Academics

  • Majors

    AREA, ETHNIC, CULTURAL, GENDER, AND GROUP STUDIES.
    African-American/Black Studies.
    American/United States Studies/Civilization.
    East Asian Studies.
    Latin American Studies.
    Russian Studies.
    Women's Studies.
    BIOLOGICAL AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES.
    Biology/Biological Sciences, General.
    Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology.
    Computational Biology.
    Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.
    Neuroscience.
    COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCES AND SUPPORT SERVICES.
    Computer Science.
    EDUCATION.
    Education, General.
    ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE/LETTERS.
    Creative Writing.
    English Language and Literature, General.
    FOREIGN LANGUAGES, LITERATURES, AND LINGUISTICS.
    Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General.
    French Language and Literature.
    German Language and Literature.
    Spanish Language and Literature.
    HISTORY.
    History.
    MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS.
    Mathematics and Statistics.
    Mathematics.
    MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES.
    Ancient Studies/Civilization.
    International/Global Studies.
    Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General.
    Science, Technology and Society.
    NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION.
    Environmental Science.
    Environmental Studies.
    PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES.
    Philosophy.
    Religion/Religious Studies.
    PHYSICAL SCIENCES.
    Chemistry.
    Environmental Chemistry.
    Geology/Earth Science, General.
    Physics, General.
    PSYCHOLOGY.
    Psychology, General.
    SOCIAL SCIENCES.
    Anthropology.
    Economics, General.
    Political Science and Government, General.
    Sociology.
    VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS.
    Art History, Criticism and Conservation.
    Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General.
    Fine/Studio Arts, General.
    Music, General.

  • Degrees

    • Bachelor's

  • Prominent Alumni

    Susma Tonegawa
    1987 Nobel Laureate in Medicine
    Bill Atkinson
    Co-founder of Apple Computer
    Mike Judge
    Animator, filmmaker
    Tim Roemer
    U.S. congressman/U.S. Ambassador to India
    K. Megan McArthur
    NASA Astronaut
    Donald W. Murphy
    CEO of The Freedom Center
    Craig Venter
    Founder of the Institute of Genomic Research

Tuition & Aid

  • Dates

    Notification Date
    Apr 1

  • Required Forms

    • Business Farm Supp
    • FAFSA
    • Forms CSSProfile

  • Expenses per Academic Year

    Tuition
    N/A
    Required Fees
    N/A
    Average Cost for Books and Supplies
    N/A
    Tuition / Fees Vary by Year of Study
    No
    Board for Commuters
    N/A
    Transportation for Commuters
    N/A
    On-Campus Room and Board
    N/A

  • Available Aid

    Financial Aid Methodology
    Federal and Institutional
    Scholarships and Grants Need-Based
    • Need-Based College/University Scholarship or Grant Aid from Institutional Funds
    • Need-Based Federal Pell
    • Need-Based SEOG
    • Need-Based State Scholarships
    Federal Direct Student Loan Programs
    • Direct PLUS Loans
    • Direct Subsidized Stafford Loans
    • Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loans
    Federal Family Education Loan Programs (FFEL)
    • Federal Perkins Loans
    Is Institutional Employment Available (other than Federal Work Study)
    Yes
    Direct Lender
    Yes

  • Financial Aid Rating

    • Financial Aid Rating 97/99

Student Body

  • Student Body Profile

    Total Undergraduate Enrollment
    2262
    Foreign Countries Represented
    52

  • Demographics

    • Asian 10.21%
    • African-American 5.22%
    • Hispanic 8.13%
    • Caucasian 57.12%
    • Male 47%
    • Female 53%
    • Аre out of state 93

Campus Life

  • Campus Life

    Undergrads living on campus
    97%
    Help finding off-campus housing
    No
    Quality of life rating 84/99
    First-Year Students living on campus
    100%
    Campus Environment
    Village
    Fire safety rating
    N/A

  • Special Needs Admissions

    College Entrance Tests Required
    No
    Interview Required
    No

  • Student Activities

    Registered Student Organizations
    125
    Number of Honor Societies
    0
    Number of Social Sororities
    0

  • Sports

    Athletic Division
    Division III
    Men's Sports (Crimson) (17)
    • Baseball
    • Basketball
    • Crew Rowing
    • Cross Country
    • Diving
    • Football
    • Golf
    • Ice Hockey
    • Lacrosse
    • Skiing Downhill Alpine
    • Skiing Nordic Cross Country
    • Soccer
    • Squash
    • Swimming
    • Tennis
    • Track Field Indoor
    • Track Field Outdoor
    Women's Sports (Crimson) (18)
    • Basketball
    • Crew Rowing
    • Cross Country
    • Diving
    • Field Hockey
    • Golf
    • Ice Hockey
    • Lacrosse
    • Skiing Downhill Alpine
    • Skiing Nordic Cross Country
    • Soccer
    • Softball
    • Squash
    • Swimming
    • Tennis
    • Track Field Indoor
    • Track Field Outdoor
    • Volleyball

  • Student Services

    Health
    LGBT Support Groups: Associate Dean for Multicultural Affairs
    Counseling center has counselors with expertise in gay, lesbian, and transgendered issues: The Bridge, student group founded in 1974, focuses on gay, lesbian, and transgendered issues. Campus Diversity website at: http://www.colby.edu/diversity/
    Minority Support Groups

  • Sustainability

    In 2013, following the opening of a biomass heating plant and implementation of a range of energy conservation projects, Colby achieved carbon neutrality. Colby was the fourth college in the country and the first in the NESCAC to do so. Colby’s environmental studies program is among the oldest offered at U.S. liberal arts colleges. The number of majors offered in the program has grown substantially, including several interdisciplinary tracks emphasizing policy or science from an environmental perspective or an environmental track in hard sciences like biology and chemistry. Colby’s partnership with Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences offers expanded educational and research opportunities in marine sciences and climate change for students and faculty. Student projects in these programs have helped contribute to Colby’s green momentum. The campus is home to a 128-acre arboretum, much of the 714-acre campus is a wildlife sanctuary, and the college owns additional properties on the nearby Belgrade Lakes, including a kettle bog for research. A cogeneration turbine on campus supplies 10 percent of the school’s electricity needs, and purchased electricity comes from Green-e certified sources. Colby has adopted comprehensive process-focused green building standards for all new construction, renovation, and limited scope projects. These include a requirement to achieve at least LEED Silver certification on all future building projects. To date, Colby’s campus has twelve LEED-certified buildings (eight Gold, three Silver, and one Certified), and 15 percent of the campus square footage is LEED-certified space. Students play active roles in the college’s green initiatives, as members of the Environmental Advisory Committee to the college president; as recycling coordinators; Eco-Reps in the dorms; and as members of student organizations like the Environmental Coalition, the Organic Gardening Club, and Project RESCUE (Recycle Everything, Save Colby’s Usable Excess), which collects furniture, household items, and clothing left behind by students at the end of the year for a campus-wide yard sale the following fall. Any leftover materials from the sale are donated to local nonprofits. A biomass heating plant burning locally sourced fuel certified by the Sustainable Forestry Initiative reduces on-campus oil consumption by an astounding 90 percent.

    Green rating
    N/A

  • Campus Security Report

    Campus Security Report
    The Jeanne Clery Act requires colleges and universities to disclosetheir security policies, keep a public crime log, publish an annualcrime report and provide timely warnings to students and campusemployees about a crime posing an immediate or ongoing threat tostudents and campus employees.
    Please visit The Princeton Review’s page on campus safety foradditional resources: http://www.princetonreview.com/safety
    The Princeton Review publishes links directly to each school's CampusSecurity Reports where available. Applicants can also access allschool-specific campus safety information using the Campus Safety andSecurity Data Analysis Cutting Tool provided by the Office ofPostsecondary Education of the U.S. Department of Education:https://ope.ed.gov/campussafety/#/

  • Other Information

    Campus-wide Internet Network
    Yes
    % of Classrooms with Wireless Internet
    100

Careers

  • Graduation Rates

    Graduate in 4 years
    89%
    Graduate in 5 years
    90%
    Graduate in 6 years
    90%

  • Career Services

    On-Campus Job Interviews Available
    Yes
    Career Services
    • Alumni Network
    • Alumni Services
    • Classes
    • Interest Inventory
    • Internships
    • Regional Alumni
    Opportunities at School
    • Experiential
    • Internship

  • ROI & Outcomes

    Information from PayScale:
    Starting Median Salary (Up to Bachelor's degree completed, only)
    $61000
    Mid-Career Median Salary (Up to Bachelor's degree completed, only)
    $105700
    Starting Median Salary (At least Bachelor's degree)
    $63300
    Mid-Career Median Salary (At least Bachelor's degree)
    $114100
    Percent High Job Meaning
    51%
    Percent STEM
    25%
    • Return on Investment (ROI) rating 90/99

    Contact & Visit

    • Campus Tours

      Campus Visiting Center
      • Appointment Required:
      • Dates:
      • Times:
      • Average Length:
      Campus Tours
      • N/A

    • On Campus Interview

      Campus Interviews
      No
      Information Sessions
      Not Available
      Times
      N/A
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