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Colby College Acceptance Rate & Admissions Info

4 Year

Private

Not-for-Profit

Award Completions

Bachelor’s degree

State Abbreviation

Maine

4000 MAYFLOWER HILL DRWATERVILLE, ME 04901

Net Price

Admission Stats

Total enrollments (2022)

Average ACT

$17,912

9%

2299

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Admission Deadlines

Competitiveness Scale

Average GPA

Average SAT

2-Jan

Hard

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Founded in 1813, Colby College is one of the nation’s premier liberal arts colleges, serving only undergraduates. Colby’s academic programs, including 57 majors and 36 minors, are anchored to the world’s most complex challenges. Colby’s campus experience is built on a culture of shared success. Newly developed programs include the Davis Institute for Artificial Intelligence, computational biology, and digital humanities.Colby is committed to ensuring the most talented students from all backgrounds have access to the best possible education. Colby meets 100 percent of demonstrated financial need without loans. DavisConnects guarantees all students have access to at least one internship, research experience, and global experience related to their areas of interest during their time at Colby, and provides individual advising to all Colby students beginning in their first year. Colby has no application fee, no extra supplements to submit, and test scores are optional.

How does college or university compare?

The acceptance rate for Colby College is more than 100% lower than the national average of all colleges which is around 56.7%.

Thomas College83.80%
Unity College98.30%
University of Maine at Farmington90.90%
Bates College12.10%
Maine Maritime Academy47.40%