Colgate University

Hamilton, NY

Admissions Prediction

Your Admission Prediction

Official Admissions Statistics 2016 - 2017

Admission Overview

Applicants	8,394
Admitted	2,416
Acceptance rate	28.8%
Yield rate	31.7%

Acceptance Rate by Gender

Colgate University Acceptances by Gender

25th to 75th Percentile of Admitted Students

This graph shows the 25th to 75th percentile SAT scores of admitted students at Colgate University.

Colgate University's average SAT scores fall between:

Verbal: 640 and 720
Math: 650 and 740
Writing: 30 and 33

Degree Completions

View All This table shows the number of students who graduated with a degree in the following fields:

Major	Men	Women	Total
American Indian/Native American Studies	1	0	1
Ancient/Classical Greek Language & Literature	0	0	0
Anthropology	0	3	3
Area Studies, Other	0	0	0
Art/Art Studies, General	2	14	16
Asian Studies/Civilization	1	2	3
Astrophysics	4	2	6
Biochemistry	10	6	16
Biology Teacher Education	0	0	0
Biology/Biological Sciences, General	7	17	24
Central/Middle & Eastern European Studies	1	0	1
Chemistry, General	4	3	7
Chinese Language & Literature	1	2	3
Classical, Mediterranean, & Near Eastern/Oriental Studies & Archaeology	2	6	8
Classics & Classical Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics, General	1	2	3
Computer Science	16	9	25
Drama & Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General	2	3	5
Econometrics & Quantitative Economics	14	8	22
Economics, General	40	27	67
Education, General	3	2	5
English Language & Literature, General	0	1	1
English/Language Arts Teacher Education	0	1	1
Environmental Science	3	5	8
Environmental Studies	5	18	23
French Language & Literature	1	4	5
Geography	3	10	13
Geology/Earth Science, General	0	0	0
German Language & Literature	1	2	3
History Teacher Education	0	0	0
History, General	23	16	39
Humanities/Humanistic Studies	0	0	0
Japanese Language & Literature	0	2	2
Latin Language & Literature	0	0	0
Mathematics & Computer Science	0	0	0
Mathematics Teacher Education	0	0	0
Mathematics, General	10	4	14
Molecular Biology	8	11	19
Music, General	2	0	2
Natural Sciences	2	3	5
Near & Middle Eastern Studies	2	2	4
Philosophy	0	0	0
Physical Sciences	0	0	0
Physics Teacher Education	0	0	0
Physics, General	13	5	18
Political Science & Government, General	28	27	55
Psychology, General	14	29	43
Religion/Religious Studies	0	0	0
Russian Language & Literature	0	0	0
Social Sciences, General	0	1	1
Social Studies Teacher Education	1	2	3
Sociology	5	9	14
Spanish Language & Literature	2	6	8
Women's Studies	0	4	4
Total	232	268	500

Parchment Member Admissions Statistics

Parchment Members' Admissions Results

Applied	2074
Reported Results	278
Accepted	175 (63%) 63,37
Rejected	103
Attending	38
Yield Rate	22%

Admitted Members' Score Range

	25th	50th	75th Percentile
GPA	3.66	3.85	3.95
SAT I	2031	2151	2241
Selectivity Index™	733	825	898

Rejected Members' Score Range

	25th	50th	75th Percentile
GPA	3.33	3.60	3.80
SAT I	1839	1989	2096
Selectivity Index™	611	706	804

Stats last calculated: Sunday 19th of August 2012 10:00:06 PM

Newest applicant: 19 days, 18 hours, and 43 minutes ago.

All the above data except for Parchment Member Statistics is 'official' -- meaning that it was reported directly by this college -- and comes from the 2016 - 2017 academic year.

Colgate University discussion

James posted 'I guarantee that your statement is accurate.'
13 years ago
James posted 'Well, you could look at this from the colleges' perspective. Applicants often see colleges as institutional "bars" - if they can just get over that "bar", they'll get in.

Colleges don't see it that way. They see future students and alumni. Sure, they wa'
14 years ago
James posted 'I took a sneak peak at the formulas for next year. We still show URM as having a big impact here.'
14 years ago

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