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IPEDS ID: 161086
OPE ID: 00203900
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Colby College
4000 Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, Maine 04901-8840
General information:  (207) 859-4000
Website:  www.colby.edu/
Type:  4-year, Private not-for-profit
Awards offered:  Bachelor's degree
Campus setting:  Town: Remote
Campus housing:  Yes
Student population:  2,299 (all undergraduate)
Student-to-faculty ratio:  10 to 1
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Admissionsafa.colby.edu/
Apply Onlineafa.colby.edu/apply/
Financial Aidafa.colby.edu/cost-and-aid/
Net Price Calculatornpc.collegeboard.org/app/colby
Tuition Policies for Servicemembers and Veterans
Disability Serviceslife.colby.edu/get-support/access-disability-services/
Athletic Graduation Rateswww.colby.edu/people/offices-directory/institutional-research/consumer-information/
Mission Statement
  www.colby.edu/academics/course-catalogue/admission-fees-about-colby/colby-plan-mission-and-precepts/
Special Learning Opportunities
Study abroad
Undergraduate research (co-curricula)
Teacher certification (below the postsecondary level)
Student Services
Academic/career counseling service
Employment services for students
Placement services for completers
Undergraduate students enrolled who are formally registered with office of disability services, Fall 2022
24.41%
High school students enrolled in college courses for credit, 2022-2023
3
Carnegie Classification
Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus
Religious Affiliation
Not applicable
Federal Aid
Eligible students may receive Pell Grants and other federal aid (e.g. Direct Loans).
For-credit instruction programs offered
Academic
Noncredit education offered
Institution does not offer noncredit education
Credit Accepted
Advanced placement (AP) credits
Faculty and graduate assistants by primary function, Fall 2022Full timePart time
Total faculty25321
Instructional25321
Research and public service00
Total graduate assistants-0
Instructional-0
Research-0
open-close Tuition, Fees, and Estimated Student Expenses
Estimated Expenses for Full-time Beginning Undergraduate Students
  • Beginning students are those who are entering postsecondary education for the first time.
Estimated expenses for academic year2020-20212021-20222022-20232023-2024% change 2022-2023 to 2023-2024
Tuition and fees$59,430$61,220$63,520$66,6004.8%
Books and supplies$850$850$850$8500.0%
Living arrangement
On Campus
Food and Housing$15,295$15,745$16,330$17,1204.8%
Other expenses$850$850$850$8500.0%
Off Campus
Food and Housing$5,455$5,905$6,200$6,100-1.6%
Other expenses$850$850$850$8500.0%
Off Campus with Family
Other expenses$850$850$850$8500.0%
Total Expenses2020-20212021-20222022-20232023-2024% change 2022-2023 to 2023-2024
On Campus$76,425$78,665$81,550$85,4204.7%
Off Campus$66,585$68,825$71,420$74,4004.2%
Off Campus with Family$61,130$62,920$65,220$68,3004.7%
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Alternative Tuition Plans and Promise Program
Type of PlanOffered
Tuition guarantee plan
Prepaid tuition plan
Tuition payment planX
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  • Does not participate in Promise program
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Undergraduate Student Financial Aid, 2022-2023
Full-time Beginning Undergraduate Students
  • Beginning students are those who are entering postsecondary education for the first time.
Type of AidNumber awarded aidPercent awarded aidTotal amount of aid awardedAverage amount of aid awarded
Any student financial aid132648%————
Grant or scholarship aid28142%$18,654,855$66,387
Federal grants7411%$486,580$6,575
Pell grants7411%$378,580$5,116
Other federal grants548%$108,000$2,000
State/local government grant or scholarships71%$16,000$2,286
Institutional grants or scholarships27841%$18,152,275$65,296
Student loan aid447%$620,881$14,111
Federal student loans416%$218,136$5,320
Other student loans91%$402,745$44,749
  • 1 Includes students awarded Federal work study aid and aid from other sources not listed above.
All Undergraduate Students
Type of AidNumber awarded aidPercent awarded aidTotal amount of aid awardedAverage amount of aid awarded
Degree/certificate-seeking
Grant or scholarship aid11,01344%$58,412,837$57,663
Pell grants30313%$1,601,900$5,287
Federal student loans2009%$1,249,308$6,247
  • 1 Grant or scholarship aid includes aid awarded, from the federal government, state or local government, the institution, and other sources known by the institution.
  • Institution did not report non-degree/non-certificate-seeking undergraduate students in 2022-2023.

  • For more information on Student Financial Assistance Programs or to apply for financial aid via the web, visit Federal Student Aid.
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Average Net Price for Full-Time Beginning Students
Full-time beginning undergraduate students who were awarded grant or scholarship aid from federal, state or local governments, or the institution.
2020-20212021-20222022-2023
Average net price$17,912$16,951$15,163
Full-time beginning undergraduate students who were awarded Title IV aid by income.
Average net price by Income2020-20212021-20222022-2023
$0 – $30,000$3,982$1,692$6,072
$30,001 – $48,000$4,519$2,047$1,331
$48,001 – $75,000$3,314$4,509$2,247
$75,001 – $110,000$15,255$15,589$15,937
$110,001 and more$40,947$39,186$52,893
  • Average net price is generated by subtracting the average amount of federal, state/local government, or institutional grant or scholarship aid from the total cost of attendance. Total cost of attendance is the sum of published tuition and required fees, books and supplies, and the weighted average for Food and Housing and other expenses.
  • Beginning students are those who are entering postsecondary education for the first time.
  • Title IV aid to students includes grant aid, work study aid, and loan aid. These include: Federal Pell Grant, Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG), Academic Competitiveness Grant (ACG), National Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent Grant (National SMART Grant), Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant, Federal Work-Study, Federal Perkins Loan, Subsidized Direct or FFEL Stafford Loan, and Unsubsidized Direct or FFEL Stafford Loan. For those Title IV recipients, net price is reported by income category and includes students awarded federal aid even if none of that aid was provided in the form of grants. While Title IV status defines the cohort of student for which the data are reported, the definition of net price remains the same – total cost of attendance minus grant aid.
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open-close Enrollment
Fall 2022
Total enrollment (all undergraduate)2,299
Undergraduate transfer-in enrollment6
Attendance StatusStudent Gender
Attendance Status: Full-time: 100% Part-time: 0%Student Gender: Male: 48% Female: 52%
Student Race/ethnicity
Student Race/ethnicity: American Indian or Alaska Native: 0% Asian: 10% Black or African American: 5% Hispanic/Latino: 8% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander: 0% White: 56% Two or more races: 7% Race/ethnicity unknown: 4% U.S. Nonresident: 10%
Undergraduate Student AgeUndergraduate Student Residence
Undergraduate Student Age: 24 and under: 99% 25 and over: 0% Age unknown: 0%Undergraduate Student Residence: In-state: 7% Out-of-state: 79% Foreign countries: 14% Unknown: 0%
  • Age data are reported for Fall 2021.
  • Residence data are reported for first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates.
Undergraduate Distance Education Status
Undergraduate Enrollment by Distance Education Status: Enrolled exclusively in distance education courses: 0% Enrolled in some, but not all, distance education courses: 0% Not enrolled in any distance education courses: 100%
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Undergraduate Admissions Fall 2023
TotalMaleFemale
Number of applicants17,7868,4799,307
Percent admitted7%7%7%
Percent admitted who enrolled50%51%49%
Admissions ConsiderationsRequired to be consideredNot required, but consideredNot considered
Secondary school GPAX
Secondary school rankX
Secondary school recordX
Completion of college-preparatory programX
RecommendationsX
Formal demonstration of competenciesX
Work experienceX
Personal statement or essayX
Legacy statusNot applicableX
Admission test scoresRequired to be consideredNot required, but considered (Test Optional)Not considered (Test Blind)
SAT / ACTX
Other Test (Wonderlic,WISC-III,etc)X
English Proficiency TestX
Test Scores: Fall 2023 (enrolled first-time students)
Students submitting scoresNumberPercent
SAT21936%
ACT10818%
Test Scores25th Percentile*50th Percentile** (median)75th Percentile***
NOTES:
*   25% of students scored at or below
**  50% of students scored above and 50% scored below (i.e., midpoint of the test score distribution)
*** 25% of students scored above
SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing710740760
SAT Math730770790
ACT Composite323334
ACT English333535
ACT Math293133
  • Data apply to first-time degree/certificate-seeking students.
  • Institutions are asked to report test scores only if they are required for admission. If an institution reports less than 5 students for any of the test scores, percentiles are not reported.
open-close Retention and Graduation Rates
First-to-Second Year Retention Rates

Retention rates measure the percentage of first-time students who are seeking bachelor's degrees who return to the institution to continue their studies the following fall.

Retention Rates for First-Time Students Pursuing Bachelor's Degrees
Student retention: Full-time students: 93%
Percentage of Students Who Began Their Studies in Fall 2021 and Returned in Fall 2022
Overall Graduation Rate and Transfer-Out Rate

The overall graduation rate is also known as the "Student Right to Know" or IPEDS graduation rate. It tracks the progress of students who began their studies as full-time, first-time degree- or certificate-seeking students to see if they complete a degree or other award such as a certificate within 150% of "normal time" for completing the program in which they are enrolled.

Some institutions also report a transfer-out rate, which is the percentage of the full-time, first-time students who transferred to another institution without completing at the current institution.

Note that not all students at the institution are tracked for these rates. Students who have already attended another postsecondary institution, or who began their studies on a part-time basis, are not tracked for this rate. At this institution, 99 percent of entering students were counted as "full-time, first-time" in 2022.

Overall Graduation and Transfer-Out Rates for Students Who Began Their Studies in Fall 2017
Overall graduation rate: Overall graduation rate: 90% Transfer-out rate: 7%
Percentage of Full-time, First-Time Students Who Graduated or Transferred Out Within 150% of "Normal Time" to Completion for Their Program
Bachelor's Degree Graduation Rates

Bachelor’s degree graduation rates measure the percentage of entering students beginning their studies full-time and are planning to get a bachelor’s degree and who complete their degree program within a specified amount of time.

Graduation Rates for Students Pursuing Bachelor's Degrees
Bachelor's degree rate: [Began in Fall 2015] 4-year: 81% 6-year: 87% 8-year: 87% [Began in Fall 2017] 4-year: 82% 6-year: 90%
Percentage of Full-time, First-time Students Who Graduated in the Specified Amount of Time and Began in Fall 2015 or Fall 2017
6-Year Graduation Rate by Gender for Students Pursuing Bachelor's Degrees
6-Year Graduation Rate by Gender for Students Pursuing Bachelor's Degrees: Male: 89% Female: 92%
Percentage of Full-time, First-time Students Who Began Their Studies in Fall 2017 and Received a Degree or Award Within 150% of "Normal Time" to Completion for Their Program
6-Year Graduation Rate by Race/Ethnicity for Students Pursuing Bachelor's Degrees
6-Year Graduation Rate by Race/Ethnicity for Students Pursuing Bachelor's Degrees: American Indian or Alaska Native: 0% Asian: 81% Black or African American: 76% Hispanic/Latino: 87% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander: 0% White: 93% Two or more races: 100% Race/ethnicity unknown: 100% U.S. Nonresident: 88%
Percentage of Full-time, First-time Students Who Began Their Studies in Fall 2017 and Received a Degree or Award Within 150% of "Normal Time" to Completion for Their Program
open-close Outcome Measures
  • Alternative measures of student success are reported by degree-granting institutions to describe the outcomes of degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students who are not only first-time, full-time students, but also part-time attending and non-first-time (transfer-in) students. These measures are also reported for students receiving Pell grants and those students that do not receive Pell grants. These measures provide the 8-year award-completion rates by award level (certificates, associate's and bachelor degrees) after entering an institution. For students who did not earn any undergraduate award after 8-years of entry, the enrollment statuses are reported as either still enrolled at the institution, or subsequently transferred out of the institution. Unlike the Graduation Rates data, all reporting institutions must report on their transfer outs regardless if the institution has a mission that provides substantial transfer preparation.
FULL-TIME, FIRST-TIME DEGREE/CERTIFICATE-SEEKING UNDERGRADUATES WHO ENTERED IN 2015-16
Award and enrollment rate: [All students] Received a Bachelor's degree: 87% Enrolled at same institution: 0% Enrolled at different institution: 8% [Pell] Received a Bachelor's degree: 77% Enrolled at same institution: 0% Enrolled at different institution: 8% [Non-Pell] Received a Bachelor's degree: 88% Enrolled at same institution: 0% Enrolled at different institution: 8%
FULL-TIME, NON-FIRST-TIME DEGREE/CERTIFICATE-SEEKING UNDERGRADUATES WHO ENTERED IN 2015-16
Award and enrollment rate: Received a Bachelor's degree: 87% Enrolled at same institution: 0% Enrolled at different institution: 11%
open-close Programs/Majors
Completions (Number of awards conferred) 2022-2023
Completions are the number of awards conferred by program and award level.
sort byProgramBachelor
  • Data shown are for first majors.
  • (-) Program is not offered at this award level.
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies
African-American/Black Studies0
American/United States Studies/Civilization6
East Asian Studies3
Latin American Studies1
Russian Studies0
Women's Studies1
Category total11
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Biology/Biological Sciences, General27
Computational Biology12
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology5
Neuroscience42
Category total86
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services
Computer Science35
Category total35
Education
Education, General8
Category total8
English Language and Literature/Letters
Creative Writing17
English Language and Literature, General12
Category total29
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General3
French Language and Literature3
German Language and Literature0
Spanish Language and Literature6
Category total12
History
History, General15
Category total15
Mathematics and Statistics
Mathematics and Statistics5
Mathematics, General9
Statistics, General3
Category total17
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
Ancient Studies/Civilization2
Human Computer Interaction0
International/Globalization Studies32
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General2
Science, Technology and Society6
Category total42
Natural Resources and Conservation
Environmental Science21
Environmental Studies17
Natural Resources Conservation and Research, Other1
Category total39
Philosophy and Religious Studies
Philosophy9
Religion/Religious Studies2
Category total11
Physical Sciences
Astrophysics0
Chemistry, General11
Geology/Earth Science, General5
Physics, General15
Category total31
Psychology
Behavioral Neuroscience9
Psychology, General26
Category total35
Social Sciences
Anthropology, General6
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics86
Political Science and Government, General51
Sociology, General13
Category total156
Visual and Performing Arts
Art History, Criticism and Conservation2
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General1
Fine/Studio Arts, General10
Music, General2
Music, Other0
Category total15
Grand total542
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Services and Programs for Servicemembers and Veterans
Yellow Ribbon Program (officially known as Post-9/11 GI Bill, Yellow Ribbon Program)
Tuition policies specifically for Veterans and Servicemembers
Educational Benefits, 2022-2023
Number of students receiving benefits/assistance
Number of students receiving benefits/assistance: Post-9/11 GI Bill Benefits - undergraduates: 4 DoD Tuition Assistance Program - undergraduates: 0
  • Average amounts of benefits/assistance disbursed through the institution are withheld to preserve the privacy of individuals.
open-close Varsity Athletic Teams
Athletics Participation
  • Sanction Body: NCAA Division III with football
Varsity Men's and Women's TeamsMenWomen
Baseball40–
Basketball2111
Field Hockey–29
Football94–
Golf11–
Ice Hockey3129
Lacrosse5039
Rowing3544
Skiing3024
Soccer3839
Softball–21
Squash2420
Swimming and Diving3236
Tennis1413
Track and Field, Indoor4646
Track and Field, Outdoor4447
Track and Field, X-Country2425
Volleyball–18
open-close Accreditation
Institutional Accreditation
AccreditorStatusNext Review Date
New England Commission of Higher EducationAccredited since (12/01/1929)06/30/2028
  • For more detailed information on accreditation for this institution, including all actions and justification for actions, visit OPE's Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs: ope.ed.gov/dapip/#/institution-profile/119492.
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On-Campus
Criminal Offenses201920202021
a. Murder/Non-negligent manslaughter000
b. Negligent manslaughter000
c. Rape938
d. Fondling333
e. Incest000
f. Statutory Rape000
g. Robbery000
h. Aggravated assault100
i. Burglary423
j. Motor vehicle theft210
k. Arson201
VAWA Offenses201920202021
a. Domestic violence000
b. Dating violence201
c. Stalking200
Arrests201920202021
a. Weapons: carrying, possessing, etc.000
b. Drug abuse violations000
c. Liquor law violations000
Disciplinary Actions201920202021
a. Weapons: carrying, possessing, etc.000
b. Drug abuse violations25910
c. Liquor law violations1034579
On-Campus Student Housing Facilities
  • On-campus Student Housing Facilities statistics are a subset of On-Campus statistics.
Criminal Offenses201920202021
a. Murder/Non-negligent manslaughter000
b. Negligent manslaughter000
c. Rape238
d. Fondling133
e. Incest000
f. Statutory Rape000
g. Robbery000
h. Aggravated assault100
i. Burglary422
j. Motor vehicle theft000
k. Arson200
VAWA Offenses201920202021
a. Domestic violence000
b. Dating violence101
c. Stalking200
Arrests201920202021
a. Weapons: carrying, possessing, etc.000
b. Drug abuse violations000
c. Liquor law violations000
Disciplinary Actions201920202021
a. Weapons: carrying, possessing, etc.000
b. Drug abuse violations2199
c. Liquor law violations964568
  • The crime data reported by the institutions have not been subjected to independent verification by the U.S. Department of Education. Therefore, the Department cannot vouch for the accuracy of the data reported here.
  • The crime statistics displayed only includes On-Campus data associated with the main campus as listed on College Navigator. For statistics associated with each campus location, off campus data, and for additional information covering Hate Crimes, and Fire statistics see https://ope.ed.gov/campussafety.
  • The On-Campus data do not include incidents that: (a) took place on public property, including thoroughfares, streets, sidewalks, and parking facilities, that is within the campus, or immediately adjacent to and accessible from the campus; (b) took place on any building or property owned or controlled by a student organization that is officially recognized by the institution; or (c) took place on any building or property owned or controlled by an institution that is used in direct support of, or in relation to, the institution's educational purposes, is frequently used by students, and is not within the same reasonably contiguous geographic area of the institution.
open-close Cohort Default Rates
Three-year Official Cohort Default Rates
Fiscal Year202020192018
Default rate0.0%0.0%2.0%
Number in default003
Number in repayment165157150
Aid Programs
  • Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan)
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