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Colby Factbook
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This factbook contains many frequently requested facts and figures about the college. If you have any questions, please contact the office by e-mail (mfreeman@colby.edu) or telephone 207.859.4692.

All tables are in the form of .pdf files to ensure consistent formattting. (If you need to download Adobe Acrobat Reader, click here)

2006 FACTBOOK

• General information (date founded, school location)
• Admissions / matriculating class information (sat scores, class profile)
• Student enrollment (enrolled student counts and demographic profile)
• Majors and minors offered (individual programs by department)
• Majors and minors declared (as of October 1 census)
  
• Majors and minors at graduation (as of June 30)
• Curricular information (average class sizes, number of classes, student:faculty ratio)
• One-year retention rate and six-year graduation rate (5-year average)
• Retention and graduation rates for specific groups (for 10 years of entering cohorts)
• Athletics (sports offered and division of sport)
• Student activities (overall count and names of active clubs)

The following reports are provided for your convenience and information, but please
pay special attention to definitions when using these data to compare Colby to
other institutions, as there is less agreement across colleges about how best to
report these kinds of information.

• Alumni (senior survey, career services "6-months out" alumni survey)
• Employees (headcount, demographic profile)
• Faculty (fall teaching headcount, student to faculty ratio, demographic profile)
• Financial aid (% students receiving aid, average aid amounts)