Colby College Data & Information Overview

Want the scoop on Colby College? We've put together a comprehensive report on the school that covers what majors Colby offers, how the school ranks, how diverse it is, and much more. Want to dig deeper into a particular stat? Just click on its tile and you'll be taked to a more in-depth page on the figure. In addition, you can use the links below to quickly jump to any section on this page.

• Rankings
• Admission and Acceptance
• Faculty
• Retention and Graduation Rates
• Diversity
• Cost
• Student Debt
• Average Earnings
• Location
• Majors
• Online Learning
• Related Schools

How Well Is Colby College Ranked?

2021 Rankings

College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.

Colby College was awarded 42 badges in the 2021 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is international studies.

Overall Quality

College Factual ranked Colby as #46 out of 1,715 colleges and universities in the country on its 2021 Best Colleges list. This lands it a coveted spot in the top 5% of all colleges and universities in the country.

Colby is also ranked #2 out of 17 schools in Maine.

See all of the rankings for Colby College.

Is It Hard to Get Into Colby?

Acceptance Rate

Even if you have the best grades and high test scores, that may not be enough to get into Colby since the school has one of the most selective in the country. Its acceptance rate is a mere 16%, so there's no shame if you don't get in. Be sure to apply to other schools just in case.

Average Test Scores

About 49% 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 670 and 740. Math scores were between 670 and 760.

Colby received ACT scores from 55% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 31 and 33.

Learn more about Colby College admissions.

Colby College Faculty

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at Colby it is much better at 10 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.

The full-time faculty percentage at Colby College is 92%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

Retention and Graduation Rates at Colby College

Freshmen Retention Rate

Colby College has a freshmen retention rate of 94%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.

Graduation Rate

The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at Colby for first-time, full-time students is 91%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.

Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Colby College.

Excellent Overall Diversity at Colby

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,003 full-time undergraduates at Colby.

Colby Diversity Score

When calculating the overall diversity score for a school, College Factual does not just look at the percentage of women and racial-ethnic minorities*. Instead, it looks to see how good of a mixture a school has with regard to gender, ethnicity, age, and location of origin.

With an overall score of 97.78 out of 100, Colby is one of the most diverse schools in the nation.

Get more detailed information on diversity and student demographics at Colby College.

How Much Does Colby College Cost?

The overall average net price of Colby is $18,553. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for Colby

$0-30 K	$30K-48K	$48-75	$75-110K	$110K +
$1,065	$1,661	$7,011	$19,766	$36,708

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Colby, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Colby, approximately 15% of students took out student loans averaging $5,079 a year. That adds up to $20,316 over four years for those students.

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How Much Money Do Colby Graduates Make?

The pay for some majors is higher than others, but on average, students who graduate with a bachelor's degree from Colby make about $58,100 a year during their first few years of employment after graduation. That's great news for Colby students since it is 46% more than the average college graduate's salary of $39,802 per year.

See which majors at Colby College make the most money.

Location of Colby College

Located in Waterville, Maine, Colby College is a private not-for-profit institution. The surrounding location of Waterville is ideal for students who enjoy the charms of a college town.

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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
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/colbycollege
Twitter:	http://www.twitter.com/colbycollege

Colby College Majors

Most Popular Majors	Bachelor’s Degrees	Average Salary of Graduates
Economics	71	$56,900
Natural Resources Conservation	57	$24,700
Political Science & Government	55	$38,300
International Studies	36	$40,000
Computer Science	34	NA
Area Studies	33	NA
General Psychology	31	NA
History	24	NA
Mathematics	22	NA
Romance Languages	21	NA

Learn more about the majors offered at Colby College along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Learn more about online learning at Colby College.

Related Schools

If you’re considering Colby College, here are some more schools you may be interested in knowing more about.

• Davidson College
• Gettysburg College
• Kenyon College
• Macalester College
• Oberlin College

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*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.

References

• National Center for Education Statistics
• College Scorecard
• Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
• Image Credit: By Nickline4 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.