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Colby College Profile
Type of college private, independent, four-year, liberal arts
Degree granted bachelor of arts
Majors and minors 53 majors, 33 minors, independent major options
Academic calendar
4 - 1 - 4 (includes Jan Plan)
Student body 1,871, approximately half women and half men
Geography 44 states and 66 countries represented
Faculty 161 full time and 65 part time
Faculty/student ratio 1:10
Median class size 15
Housing More than 96 percent of students live on campus

 
Class of 2012 - Admitted Student Profile
4,835
total first-year applications received
1,492
number of applicants accepted (822 female, 670 male)
30.9 percent of applicants accepted
51 states and territories represented
58.3 percent from outside of New England
71
countries represented
14.6 percent international students
18.2 percent African-American, Latino/Latina,
Asian-American and Native American students
53.9
percent public high school grads
700/700/700 median SAT critical reading/math/writing
31 median ACT composite
60.3 percent reporting top 5% rank in class