Colgate University
Hamilton, NY · Private nonprofit13.9%
Acceptance rate
1,480
SAT Average
$29,107
Avg net price
3,122
Enrollment
| All fields, 2024-25Bachelor’s 830Master’s 6 |
| Bachelor’s 284Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 128Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 71Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 68Master’s 0 |
| Bachelor’s 49Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 38Master’s 0 |
| Bachelor’s 30Master’s 0 |
| Bachelor’s 29Master’s 0 |
| Bachelor’s 27Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 25Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 20Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 19Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 16Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 13Master’s 6 |
| Bachelor’s 12Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 1Master’s None reported |
NCAA program details
- Primary division
- Division I
- Primary conference
- Patriot League
Projected sponsored sports24
Athletic participation
633 unique student-athletes · 21 varsity teams
Early Decision 1
Binding · Financial Aid Submission due Nov 1
Early Decision II
Binding · Financial Aid Submission due Jan 15
Regular Decision
Financial Aid Submission due Jan 15
· Apply with Common App, Coalition, or QuestBridge Application
Published on-campus price, 2024–25
- Tuition
- $69,886
- Required fees
- $420
- Food and housing
- $17,610
- Books and supplies
- $1,570
- Other expenses
- $1,736
- Total
- $91,222
- $75,0152019–2019–20
- $77,5802020–2120–21
- $80,1602021–2221–22
- $83,6502022–2322–23
- $87,0702023–2423–24
- $91,2222024–2524–25
Net price by family income, 2022–23
Students of all incomes paid $29,107 on average. Grants and scholarships covered the rest of the cost.
Net price covers first-time, full-time students who received federal aid.
Need-based aid, 2025–26
- First-years with need-based aid
- 35%
- Average share of need met
- 100%
- Average need-based grant
- $72,605
- Required forms
- FAFSA and CSS Profile
Sources
- IPEDS Institutional Characteristics · National Center for Education Statistics · 2025–26
- IPEDS Admissions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03
- Application process · College websites · 2026–27
- NCAA Projected Sports Sponsorship by School · National Collegiate Athletic Association · 2025–26
- Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act · U.S. Department of Education · 2024–25
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- IPEDS Completions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- IPEDS Student Charges · National Center for Education Statistics · 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
Every figure below is read directly from Colgate University’s own reported data, with no scores, ratings, or estimates added. Derived from 5 Common Data Set filings (2021–22 to 2025–26).
Colgate University admitted of applicants, a admit rate. Of those, enrolled, a yield, across 5 years of Common Data Set filings.
Colgate University runs two binding Early Decision rounds. ED applicants were admitted at versus for the regular pool, a edge, and ED admits fill of the class.
The enrolled class is roughly international, and about of its domestic students come from out of state. Colgate University admits in-state applicants at 21.8%, out-of-state applicants at 28.2%, and international applicants at 4.4%.
Enrolled first-years by geography
813 first-years
Admit odds by pool
Test scores are considered but not required. SAT or ACT scores must arrive by Jan 15. Of enrolled first-years, submitted an SAT, down from 30% in 2021–22, and an ACT, down from 23%.
Some students submit both an SAT and an ACT, so the two shares overlap. They don’t add up to a single “submitted a test” rate.
SAT composite
23% of the class submitted an SAT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
ACT composite
16% of the class submitted an ACT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
Colgate University’s enrolled first-years averaged a high-school GPA, among the 100% who submitted one. ranked in the top tenth of their high-school class, among the 17% who submitted class rank.
High-school GPA
shares of all enrolled first-years
Average 3.85
High-school class rank
Among the 17% of first-years who submitted class rank. Shares are cumulative — students in the top tenth also count in the top quarter and top half.
Colgate University rates 3 factors "very important." Each column reads strongest first.
Academic
- Rigor of secondary school record
- Very important
- Class rank
- Very important
- Academic GPA
- Very important
- Standardized test scores
- Important
- Application essay
- Important
- Recommendation(s)
- Important
Nonacademic
- Extracurricular activities
- Important
- Talent / ability
- Important
- Character / personal qualities
- Important
- First generation
- Considered
- Alumni/ae relation
- Considered
- Geographical residence
- Considered
- Volunteer work
- Considered
- Work experience
- Considered
- Interview
- Not considered
- State residency
- Not considered
- Religious affiliation/commitment
- Not considered
- Level of applicant's interest
- Not considered
Colgate University’s sticker drops once grant aid is applied, and what a family actually pays depends on income. of first-years received need-based aid; a family with no aid pays the full sticker. The school meets of demonstrated need, split into .
What aid recipients pay, by income
net price
Bars read against the $93,662 sticker. Each figure averages only families who received federal aid in that income band (College Scorecard); $29,107 across all aid recipients. Aid share: 288 of 813 first-years in the 2025–26 Common Data Set.
How need-based aid is determined
Cost of attendance − expected family contribution = demonstrated need
Forms a family files to be considered
What that meant in 2025–26
Cost of attendance $93,662
Averages among the 288 first-years awarded need-based aid.
Merit aid reached of the class, or of enrolled first-years. For international applicants, Colgate University offers both need-based and merit aid: nonresidents received aid, averaging .
Colgate University admitted students off the waitlist, about of the class.
92.8% of Colgate University’s first-years return for a second year and 90.5% graduate within six. Median earnings ten years out are against of median federal debt, roughly a earnings-to-debt ratio.
Sources
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03