Colby College Overview

Colby College is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Waterville, Maine. Waterville is a great place for students who enjoy small town life.

What Is Colby College Known For?

• Colby has an impressive student to faculty ratio of 10 to 1.
• The highest award offered at Colby is the bachelor's degree.
• During a recent academic cycle, 94% of the faculty were full-time.
• After graduation, Colby bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $80,490 a year. That's about 97% more than their peers at other schools.
• It takes the average Colby student 4.1 years to graduate. This is pretty good when compared to the national rate of 4.4 years.

Where Is Colby College?

Contact details for Colby are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	4000 Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME 04901-8840
Phone:	207-859-4000
Website:	www.colby.edu

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How Do I Get Into Colby?

You can apply to Colby online at: afa.colby.edu/apply/

Admission Requirements for Colby

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	5
High School Rank	5
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	5
Recommendations	1
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Colby?

The acceptance rate at Colby is 8%, which means the school is highly selective when deciding who will be admitted and who won't. Even if you have great grades and test scores, that may not be enough. So be sure to look for ways to make your application memorable.

Approximately 45% of accepted students are men and 55% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 8%, and the acceptance rate for women is 8%.

Average Test Scores

About 42% of students accepted to Colby submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 710 and 750. Math scores were between 720 and 790.

Colby received ACT scores from 23% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 33 and 35. Math scores were between 30 and 0. Composite scores were between 32 and 34.

Can I Afford Colby College?

The overall average net price of Colby is $53,786. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Colby, approximately 10% of students took out student loans averaging $8,426 a year. That adds up to $33,704 over four years for those students.

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Colby College Undergraduate Student Diversity

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,155 full-time undergraduates at Colby, 47% are male and 53% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Colby College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	199
Black or African American	101
Hispanic or Latino	169
White	1,308
International Students	186
Other Races/Ethnicities	192

Geographic Diversity

Maine students aren't the only ones who study at Colby College. At this time, 38 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 69 countries are represented at Colby. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Canada, and India.

Colby College Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	TOTAL
Economics	94	94
Political Science & Government	66	66
Natural Resources Conservation	47	47
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	44	44
Computer Science	43	43
International Studies	38	38
General Psychology	34	34
General Biology	31	31
Writing Studies	22	22
General English Literature	21	21
History	21	21
General Education	17	17
Area Studies	17	17
Romance Languages	17	17
Mathematics	17	17
Physics	16	16
Sociology	16	16
Fine & Studio Arts	16	16
Chemistry	14	14
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics	13	13
Philosophy	13	13
Science, Technology & Society	12	12
Statistics	10	10
Child Development & Psychology	9	9
Anthropology	8	8
Music	8	8
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology	7	7
Geological & Earth Sciences	5	5
Ethnic Studies	4	4
Classical Languages & Literature	3	3
Germanic Languages	3	3
Classical & Ancient Studies	3	3
Interdisciplinary Studies	3	3
Drama & Theater Arts	3	3
Religious Studies	2	2
Human Computer Interaction	0	0
Astronomy & Astrophysics	0	0
TOTAL	697	697

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Nickline4 under License

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