Colgate University is defined by its unsurpassed liberal arts education.
Who We Are
Colgate is a distinctive, leading American university known for its intellectual rigor, world-class professors, campus of stunning beauty, and alumni famously loyal to their alma mater.
Colgate at 200 Years
Academics
9:1
Student-faculty ratio
17
Average class size
56
Number of majors
334
Full-time faculty
95%
Of faculty have PhD or highest degree in field
24%
Faculty of color
More about academics at Colgate


Colgate Students
- 3,219 students
- 44% male
- 56% female
- 25% domestic students of color
- 13% first-generation college students
- 9% international students
- Applications: 21,261
- 50 states, D.C.
- 154 countries
- Admitted: 2,624 (12%)
- Enrolled: 841
- SAT middle 50%: 1460–1540
- ACT middle 50%: 32–35
- Average GPA: 3.95 out of 4.0
- Percentile in class
- 72% in top 10%
- 91% in top 20%
- Public/private high school ratio: 59% / 41%
- Percentage of class receiving financial aid: 41%
- Demonstrated need met with aid: 100%
- Applications: 1,933
- Enrolled: 488
- Applications: 6154 (29%)
- Admitted: 950 (36%)
- Enrolled: 225 (27% of the class)
- Applications: 7,990
- Admitted: 237
- Enrolled: 83 (10% of class)
- Applications: 325
- Admitted: 114
- Enrolled: 59 (7% of class)
Financial Aid
100%
Admitted students demonstrated need met in full
40%
Class of 2025 receiving financial aid
$59,297
Average total award for Class of 2025 financial aid recipients

Scholar-Athletes
Colgate’s athletes perform in the classroom and on the field, court, and ice.
- 98% scholar-athlete graduation rate
- 25 Division I teams
- 10 intramural sports
- 37 club sports
Success After Colgate
Popular Career Fields for Recent Graduates
- Business/Management
- Communications and Media
- Consulting
- Education
- Financial
- Government
- Health and Medicine
- Law and Legal Services
- Nonprofit and Social Change
- Sciences
- Sports and Recreation
- Technology and Computing
Select Graduate Schools Attended by Alumni
- Boston College
- Boston University
- Brown University
- Columbia University
- Cornell University
- Harvard University
- New York University
- Rice University
- The University of California, Los Angeles
- University of Pennsylvania
- Washington University