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Colgate University

Colgate University
13 Oak Drive
Hamilton, NY 13346-1386


Fax number: (315) 228-7544
Website: https://www.colgate.edu/
Screen last updated on: February 2024
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 3,130
Full-time undergraduates: 3,112
Part-time undergraduates: 18
Total graduate students: 9 women
Full-time graduate students: 8 women
Part-time graduate students: 3
Degree seeking undergraduate student breakdown:
0.1% American Indian or Alaskan Native
5.7% Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
4.7% Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
9.3% Hispanic/Latino
0.2% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic/Latino
64.3% White, non-Hispanic/Latino
5.0% Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino
8.9% Nonresident Alien
1.9% Race and/or Ethnicity unknown

CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Campus size: 575 acres
Nearest major city: Syracuse, Utica

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • coed dorms
  • special housing for disabled students
  • cooperative housing
Percent of students who live in school housing: 92%
Percent of students who live off campus: 8%

STUDY FACILITIES
Every student is required to lease or own a computer: no
Computer equipment is provided in: computer center/lab(s)
Total number of microcomputers available to students: 182
Other computer facilities/services: software applications
School has a library on campus: yes
Additional library facilities/collections:
Other libraries on campus.

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Additional services offered:
placement service, health service, women's center
Counseling services:
career, psychological
Career placement services:
interest inventory, on-campus job interviews, resumé assistance, alumni services, interview training

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Student activities:
student newspaper, radio station
Other student organizations, musical groups, activities, and committees:
COVE (35+ community service groups); Student Government Association; Cultural/ethnic interest groups; Student communications/publications (including WCRU radio station); Club sports/Outdoor Education

ATHLETICS
Athletic conference memberships: NCAA Division 1

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's badminton  
Men's baseball  
Men's basketballyes 
Men's basketball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's crew NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's cross-country running NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's equestrian sports  
Men's footballyes 
Men's football NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's golf NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's ice hockey NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's ice hockeyyes 
Men's lacrosseyes 
Men's lacrosse NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's rugby  
Men's sailing  
Men's skiing (downhill)  
Men's socceryes 
Men's soccer NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's squash  
Men's swimming and diving NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's tennis NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's track and field NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's ultimate Frisbee  
Men's water polo  
Women's badminton  
Women's basketballyes 
Women's basketball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's crew NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's cross-country running NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's equestrian sports  
Women's field hockeyyes 
Women's field hockey NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's ice hockey NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's ice hockeyyes 
Women's lacrosse NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's lacrosseyes 
Women's rugby  
Women's sailing  
Women's skiing (downhill)  
Women's socceryes 
Women's soccer NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's softball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's softballyes 
Women's squash  
Women's swimming and diving NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's swimming and divingyes 
Women's tennis NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's track and field NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's ultimate Frisbee  
Women's volleyballyes 
Women's volleyball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's water polo  

Intramural/Recreational sports:
rock climbing; badminton; baseball; basketball; bowling; crew; equestrian sports; fencing; field hockey; football; golf; ice hockey; lacrosse; rugby; sailing; soccer; softball; squash; tennis; ultimate Frisbee; volleyball; water polo; triathlon; indoor track; skiing (downhill); swimming and diving

GETTING AWAY
Nearest international airport: Syracuse Hancock International

AFTER GRADUATION
Percent of graduates who enter job market in field related to major: 68% within six months of graduation

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