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With 56 majors rooted in the liberal arts and a 9:1 ratio of students to faculty, Colgate is an ideal environment for curious minds.
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Majors and minors
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Colgate is embracing a no-loan initiative for students with a total family income up to $125K.
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Loans for students with family income up to $150,000
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Job shadowing, internships, fellowships, advising, and more. Colgate students have access to incredible opportunities to prepare for success after graduation.
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Employed or pursuing advanced degree within 1 year of graduation
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Colgate’s international student body is a vibrant part of the campus community. They receive support and guidance from the Office of International Student Services.
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Countries represented in the student body
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  • $10 Million Gift Will Build Fox Hall and Launch Fifth Commons

    Trustee emeritus Robert Fox ’59, GP’23,’25 has given $10 million to build Fox Hall at Colgate University, the first residence hall of the University’s fifth Residential Commons. The gift was acknowledged by the Board of Trustees during its fall meeting, Sept. 30–Oct. 1.

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  • Colgate University Plans for New-Normal Fall Semester

    Colgate University has announced fall semester plans that reduce COVID-related restrictions while keeping a close eye on infection data and the rapid spread of the delta variant.

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  • Colgate University Extends No-Loan Expansion to Current Students

    Members of the Colgate University classes of 2022–25 will now benefit from an additional expansion of the University’s no-loan initiative under the Colgate Commitment.

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My professors supported students in exploring what we could do to help bring justice and peace to the world.
Class of 1982

Clare Pastore

Civil rights attorney and law professor Clare Pastore ’82 began her advocacy journey at Colgate. While the University had only recently begun coeducation, Pastore found a place where she could grow into a leader.

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All of these students come together to form a community and are part of our Colgate family.
Associate Dean and Director of International Student Services

Kerra Hunter

Colgate's international student community joins us from 44 countries around the world. Assistant Dean Kerra Hunter, along with the Office of International Student Services, helps them learn to feel at home in Central New York.

Hunter recently guested on Colgate's podcast, 13.

Sharing ecosystems and nature with people is what I love to do.
Arnold and Mabel Beckman Scholar

Jacob Watts ’21

In the Professor Eddie Watkins' fern ecophysiology lab, Watts studies why some ferns grow directly on other plants, rather than in the soil. His research has been published in the Annals of Botany and the International Journal of Plant Sciences and won him multiple grants and fellowships.

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