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Colgate University 2025 Best Colleges Ranking Media Kit

College Factual has updated it’s Best Colleges Rankings for 2025 and Colgate University has received a top ranking. You can read more about this year’s release or scroll down for details on how Colgate did in this year’s report.

This page was created to give you an overview of how Colgate fared in College Factual’s Best Colleges Rankings.

How Colgate University Fared in College Factual’s 2025 Best Colleges Rankings

Nationwide Ranking

Colgate placed #133 out of 2,152 schools analyzed in the 2025 Best Colleges Ranking. This places Colgate in the best 10% of schools in the country for students!

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New York Ranking

Colgate has been ranked #11 out of 136 in College Factual’s Best Colleges Ranking. This places it among the best 10% of higher education institutions in the country for students in the state of New York! See the Best Colleges in New York ranking

This report includes highlighted rankings from the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree Rankings

Bachelor’s Degree Rankings

Rankings by Major

In addition to the top overall ranking, Colgate has been ranked for quality bachelor’s degree programs:

Ranking Name	Rank	Out Of	Percentile
Best Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	63	609	89.7%
Best English Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	50	471	89.4%
Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	24	206	88.4%
Best Natural Resources & Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	30	235	87.2%
Best General English Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	49	481	89.8%
Best Political Science & Government Bachelor’s Degree Schools	65	573	88.7%
Best Geography & Cartography Bachelor’s Degree Schools	14	111	87.4%
Best Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	31	233	86.7%
Best Romance Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools	27	182	85.2%
Best Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	58	384	84.9%
Best Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	73	460	84.1%
Best International Relations & National Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools	24	134	82.1%
Best Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	129	597	78.4%
Best Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	49	255	80.8%
Best Geography & Cartography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	1	8	87.5%
Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	208	816	74.5%
Best Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	75	345	78.3%
Best English Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	4	43	90.7%
Best Natural Resources & Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	2	13	84.6%
Best Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	6	60	90.0%
Best Natural Resources & Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	5	42	88.1%
Best Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	261	933	72.0%
Best Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	17	144	88.2%
Best English Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	13	102	87.3%
Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	5	34	85.3%
Best Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	2	14	85.7%
Best Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	3	25	88.0%
Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	3	15	80.0%
Best Political Science & Government Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	6	53	88.7%
Best General English Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	5	42	88.1%
Best Geography & Cartography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	3	19	84.2%
Best General Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	258	883	70.8%
Best General English Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	12	91	86.8%
Best Political Science & Government Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	16	123	87.0%
Best Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	6	40	85.0%
Best Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	83	265	68.7%
Best Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	7	42	83.3%
Best Romance Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	3	14	78.6%
Best Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	16	87	81.6%
Best Romance Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	6	29	79.3%
Best Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	12	49	75.5%
Best Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	18	89	79.8%
Best Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	10	44	77.3%
Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	44	175	74.9%
Best Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	32	126	74.6%
Best International Relations & National Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	4	14	71.4%
Best Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	10	40	75.0%
Best Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	54	199	72.9%
Best Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	23	75	69.3%
Best Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	8	27	70.4%
Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	20	64	68.8%
Best International Relations & National Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	10	32	68.8%
Best General Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	57	173	67.1%

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