Learning here, living here, and climbing the hill of our campus, you feel it: We are always ascending.
It is our mission to develop thinkers who value intellectual rigor and who are capable of challenging themselves and others with vigor and reason.
We choose sophisticated students who will grow in both confidence and humility, and who will seek a global perspective in shaping their own. Our students carry our values.
One day they will carry the value of a Colgate degree, which opens doors with its reputation for academic excellence.
Class of 2030 Profile
- Applications: 16,774
- 50 states, D.C.
- 154 countries
- Admitted: 3,416 (20%)
- Enrolled: 824
- SAT middle 50%: 1460–1530
- ACT middle 50%: 33–35
- Average GPA: 3.81
- Percentile in class
- 78% in top 10%
- 89% in top 20%
- Public/private high school ratio: 53% / 47%
- Percentage of class receiving financial aid: 44%
- Demonstrated need met with aid: 100%
- Applications: 1,457
- Enrolled: 437
- Applications: 5,145
- Admitted: 898
- Enrolled: 210 (26% of the class)
*Class of 2029 multicultural data. Class of 2030 data available in July 2026.
- Applications: 6,549
- Admitted: 313
- Enrolled: 49 (6% of the class)
- Applications: 300
- Admitted: 156
- Enrolled: 70