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Academics
Colby’s model provides the scale and impact of larger universities coupled with intensive learning in a community committed to scholarship and discovery, multidisciplinary approaches to integrated learning, study in the liberal arts, and leading-edge programs addressing the world’s most complex challenges.
10:1
Student-to-faculty ratio
16
Median class size
66%
Classes with fewer than 20 students
People and Place
A vibrant and fully integrated academic, residential, and co-curricular experience is sustained by a diverse and supportive community.
Miller Library
Gordon Center for the Creative and Performing Arts
Harold Alfond Athletics and Recreation Center
Events
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Colby Arts
Portland Ballet Collaboration: ‘Keepers of the Light’
A choreographic collaboration between Nell Shipman, Artistic Director of the Portland Ballet, and Annie Kloppenberg, Associate Professor of Dance, that takes as its inspiration Maine’s landscape, history, and traditions–including its iconic lighthouses–as portals to explore land, water, wayfinding, and navigation.
Life at Colby
Connect, thrive, and succeed with us.
An integrated campus experience based on a culture of shared success.
We assemble a diverse class of fascinating, curious people and provide places to gather, opportunities to celebrate, and the support they need to thrive.
Be a part of something bigger than yourself.
Beyond your classes, research, and labs, you’ll fill your days by doing the things you love.
A tradition of partnership. A spirit of community exchange.
Colby students invest thousands of hours volunteering each year, including mentoring local youth, addressing inequities, or launching bold new ideas for productive, cooperative civic engagement.
Prominent Centers of Thought, Impact, and Action
Colby scholars can pursue the depths of their curiosity through an ever-expanding collection of unique facilities, programs, and events designed for those who always want to know more.
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Our 714-acre campus is a global destination for research and thought that could be your home for four years.
Dare Northward
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Athletics
Developing and educating students physically, morally, and mentally through sports and competition in order to help them achieve their unique potential and prepare them for life.