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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 $125,000
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Job shadowing, internships, fellowships, advising, and more. Colgate students have access to incredible opportunities to prepare for success after graduation.
98%
Employed or pursuing advanced degree within 1 year of graduation
Success After Colgate
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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  • Gómez, McAvoy Win 1819 Award

    Two members of the Colgate Class of 2021, Jake Gómez and William “Paul” McAvoy, will share this year’s 1819 Award, which recognizes character, scholarship, and service to others, best exemplifying the Colgate spirit.

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  • Long-time Advocate Prof. Peter Balakian Cheers U.S. Recognition of Armenian Genocide

    President Joe Biden this week labeled the deaths of more than a million Armenians killed at the hands of Ottoman Turks in 1915 as genocide, a public recognition that Colgate English professor and Pulitzer Prize winner Peter Balakian has urged for decades. 

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  • Colgate Shifts 2021 Commencement Venue and Date

    Graduates in the Class of 2021 will be recognized and celebrated in-person commencement at Andy Kerr Stadium on Sunday, May 9, 2021. 

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All of these students come together to form a community and are part of our Colgate family.
Assistant 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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Whether they're minorities, women, LGBTQ+, or people with disabilities, we want to let their creative visions be seen.
Class of 2003

Justin Polk

Justin Polk ’03's Invisible Collective is a full-suite advertising agency dedicated to the inclusion of underrepresented people, both on- and off-camera.

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