First-Year Class Profile

First-year students take a group photo together in front of Colgate Memorial Chapel

Learning here, living here, and climbing the hill of our campus, you feel it: We are always ascending.

 

It is our mission to develop thinkers who value intellectual rigor and who are capable of challenging themselves and others with vigor and reason.

We choose sophisticated students who will grow in both confidence and humility, and who will seek a global perspective in shaping their own. Our students carry our values.

One day they will carry the value of a Colgate degree, which opens doors with its reputation for academic excellence. 

Class of 2030 Profile

Applicants
  • Applications: 16,774
    • 50 states, D.C.
    • 154 countries
  • Admitted: 3,416 (20%)
  • Enrolled: 824
Academic profile
  • SAT middle 50%: 1460–1530
  • ACT middle 50%: 33–35
  • Average GPA: 3.81
  • Percentile in class
    • 78% in top 10%
    • 89% in top 20%
  • Public/private high school ratio: 53% / 47%
Financial aid
  • Percentage of class receiving financial aid: 44%
  • Demonstrated need met with aid: 100%
Early decision
  • Applications: 1,457
  • Enrolled: 437
Multicultural students
  • Applications: 5,145
  • Admitted: 898
  • Enrolled: 210 (26% of the class)

*Class of 2029 multicultural data. Class of 2030 data available in July 2026.

International students
  • Applications: 6,549
  • Admitted: 313
  • Enrolled: 49 (6% of the class)
Children and grandchildren of alumni
  • Applications: 300
  • Admitted: 156
  • Enrolled: 70
Colgate campus during early fall

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Colgate offers rigorous preparation for the world at a remarkably personal level. Students at Colgate are challenged to be enlightened thinkers and global citizens who will thrive in life and in work — and you can be one of them.

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