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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
Standardized testing
(Class of 2011, middle 50%)
SAT:  630-730 crit. reading, 640-720 math, 630-720 writing
ACT:  27-31
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
Average class size 17
Housing More than 96 percent of students live on campus

 
Class of 2012 - Admitted Student Profile
4,835
total first-year applications received
1,476
number of applicants accepted (811 female, 665 male)
30.5 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