Colby College
Waterville, Maine
- Private nonprofit
- Town
- 2,407 undergrads
- Admit rate
- 7%Source: College Scorecard
- Average net price
- $19,835per year, after grantsSource: College Scorecard
- Graduation rate
- 88%within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $88,77610 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
What's special
Through the Colby Commitment, Colby meets 100% of demonstrated need without loans. Families earning $75,000 or less with typical assets pay $0, and families earning up to $150,000 pay no more than $15,000.
Through DavisConnects, Colby guarantees all students access to funding for research, internship, and global experiences regardless of their ability to pay.
Getting in
- Admit rate
- 7%About 1 in 14 applicants get in.Source: College Scorecard
- Test policy
- Test-optionalScores are considered if you send them, but not required.Source: College Scorecard
- SAT (middle 50%)
- 1460–1550Reading + math, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
- ACT (middle 50%)
- 32–34Composite, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
Where you'd stand
Enter your numbers to see where they'd fall among Colby College's first-year students. This isn't a prediction: it shows how you compare with students who enrolled, using the sources linked below.
Leave out anything you don't have. Your numbers stay in this browser and fill in on other school pages. See my list
Sources: College Scorecard. Test ranges describe enrolled students who sent scores.
What it really costs
Most families pay less than the sticker price. Net price is what's left after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $19,835full-time first-years who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $89,190sticker price incl. housing, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition
- $72,910Source: College Scorecard
After you enroll
- Graduation rate
- 88%first-time, full-time students finishing within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Came back for year two
- 94%full-time first-year studentsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $88,77610 years after starting, for students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at graduation
- $18,000federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Students
- Undergraduates
- 2,407Source: College Scorecard
- Receive Pell grants
- 16%a sign of economic diversitySource: College Scorecard
- First-generation students
- 11%parents didn't go beyond high schoolSource: College Scorecard
Similar schools
Similar, and easier to get into
- University of New England Biddeford, ME — admits 92%
- Husson University Bangor, ME — admits 81%
- Macalester College Saint Paul, MN — admits 29%
- Lafayette College Easton, PA — admits 31%
Also worth a look
- Bowdoin College Brunswick, ME — admits 7%
- Amherst College Amherst, MA — admits 9%
- Pomona College Claremont, CA — admits 7%
- Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA — admits 7%
- Williams College Williamstown, MA — admits 8%
- Wellesley College Wellesley, MA — admits 14%
Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Colby College, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. We last pulled the data on November 4, 2026. Different measures cover different years; here's how each one works.
Spot something wrong? Report a data error.