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Colgate University

Colgate University
13 Oak Drive
Hamilton, NY 13346

Official telephone: (315) 228-7000
Fax number: (315) 228-7798
Website: www.colgate.edu
Screen last updated on: December 2016
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 2,890
Full-time undergraduates: 2,871
Part-time undergraduates: 19
Total graduate students: 10
Full-time graduate students: 6
Part-time graduate students: 4
U.S. region where majority of students come from: Northeast

CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Campus size: 550 acres
City or town school is located in: Hamilton, NY
Population of city/town: 4,197
Nearest major city: Utica, NY
Distance of nearest major city: 25 miles
Population of nearest major city: 61,822
Online campus map: offices.colgate.edu/
campusmap

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Campus housing available to all unmarried students regardless of year: yes
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • coed dorms (55%)
  • sorority housing (3%)
  • fraternity housing (6%)
  • single-student apartments (28%)
  • cooperative housing (8%)
Percent of freshmen who live in school housing: 100%
Percent of students who live in school housing: 91%
Percent of students who live off campus: 9%
Students required to live on campus: All first-year students, sophomores, and juniors must live on campus.
Percent of all students who have cars on campus: 50%
Student conduct policies:
class attendance policies set by individual instructors, honor code, hazing prohibited, Smoking prohibited in university-owned residence halls.
Alcohol is permitted on campus to students of legal age: yes

STUDY FACILITIES
Every student is required to lease or own a computer: no
Every student is required to take a computer course: no
Computer equipment is provided in: residence halls, library, computer center/lab(s), student center
Total number of microcomputers available to students: 780
Other computer facilities/services: Multimedia production rooms, support services, visualization lab.
Internet access provided to all students: yes
E-mail services/accounts provided to all students: yes
School has a library on campus: yes
Additional library facilities/collections:
Science library, career planning resource collection; women's studies/chapel house reading and peace studies resource rooms.
Museums and other special academic buildings/equipment on campus:
Visualization lab, art gallery, museums, theatre, observatory, chapel; arts, cultural, information technology, and science centers.

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Additional services offered:
nonremedial tutoring, placement service, health service, women's center, health insurance
Counseling services:
minority student, birth control, career, personal, academic, psychological, religious
Career placement services:
internships, career/job search classes, interest inventory, on-campus job interviews, resumé assistance, alumni services, interview training, Graduate, fellow, scholarship, and recruiting advising.
Amount of campus that is accessible to physically handicapped: mostly

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Number of social fraternities on campus: 6
Number of fraternities that have chapter houses: 6
Percent of men who join fraternities: 31%
Number of social sororities on campus: 3
Number of sororities that have chapter houses: 3
Percent of women who join sororities: 35%
Student activities:
student government, student newspaper, literary magazine, yearbook, radio station, television station
School newspaper(s): The Maroon-News, published weekly; The Monthly Rag
Number of honor societies: 13
Total number of registered organizations: 180
Campus-based religious organizations:
Buddhist Student Association, Colgate Christian Fellowship, Colgate Jewish Union, Hindu Student Association, Muslim Student Association, Newman Club, Orthodox Christian Fellowship, University Church
Minority student organizations:
African American Student Alliance, Native American Student Association, Brothers, Chinese Interest Association, Latin American Student Association, Sisters of the Round Table, Asian Awareness Coalition
International student organizations:
Colgate International Community, Korean Student Association, African Student Union, Caribbean Student Association, Chinese Interest Association; French, German, Italian, Japanese, and South Asian clubs
Other student organizations, musical groups, activities, and committees:
Advocates, Amnesty International, Angling Society, Anime Society, Arts! Initiative, ballet company, Breast Cancer Awareness Coalition, Charred Goosebeak, Colgate Cloggers, College Democrats, College Libertarians, College Republicans, Colleges Against Cancer, debating, Democracy Matters, Dischords, Groove, Inter-Fraternal Council, International Relations Council, Kuumba Dance Troupe, Latin American Dancers, Masque and Triangle, Media Student Group, Mock Trial, Model UN, musical theatre, Panhellenic Association, Portfolio, Pre-Law Society, Prism, Progressive Student Networtk, Protoculture, Rainbow Alliance, Resolutions, Salmagundi, Semper Fidelis Society, Sojourners Gospel Choir, Student Leadership Team, Students for Environmental Action, Students for Social Justice, theatre company, We Funk, wind ensemble, Pre-Health Student Association, Geology Society; Spanish, philosophy, sociology and anthropology, photography, finance, publicity, poker, bellydancing, clay, cooking, physics, and psychology clubs

ATHLETICS
School has an athletic program: yes
Athletic director: Vicky Chun,
Director of Athletics
Athletics homepage: www.colgate.edu/
offices-and-services/
communications-office/
webcams
School colors: maroon and white
School mascot: Raider
Athletic conference memberships: ECAC (Division I), Patriot League (Division I, Football I-AA)

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's basketballyesPatriot League, NCAA Div. I
Men's crewnoPatriot League, NCAA Div. I
Men's cross-countrynoPatriot League, NCAA Div. I
Men's divingnoPatriot League, NCAA Div. I
Men's footballyesPatriot League, NCAA Div. I
Men's golfnoPatriot League, NCAA Div. I
Men's ice hockeyyesECAC, NCAA Div. I
Men's lacrosseyesPatriot League, NCAA Div. I
Men's socceryesPatriot League, NCAA Div. I
Men's swimmingnoPatriot League, NCAA Div. I
Men's track and field (indoor)noPatriot League, NCAA Div. I
Men's track and field (outdoor)noPatriot League, NCAA Div. I
Women's basketballyesNCAA Div. I
Women's crewnoPatriot League, NCAA Div. I
Women's cross-countrynoPatriot League, NCAA Div. I
Women's divingnoPatriot League, NCAA Div. I
Women's field hockeyyesPatriot League, NCAA Div. I
Women's ice hockeyyesECAC, NCAA Div. I
Women's lacrosseyesPatriot League, NCAA Div. I
Women's socceryesPatriot League, NCAA Div. I
Women's softballnoPatriot League, NCAA Div. I
Women's swimmingnoPatriot League, NCAA Div. I
Women's tennisnoPatriot League, NCAA Div. I
Women's track and field (indoor)noPatriot League, NCAA Div. I
Women's track and field (outdoor)noPatriot League, NCAA Div. I
Women's volleyballyesPatriot League, NCAA Div. I
Percent of students in varsity/club intercollegiate sports: 20%
Percent of students in intramural/recreational sports: 35%
Athletic facilities:
athletic and fitness center, basketball, racquetball, squash, and tennis courts; boathouse, field hockey, football, lacrosse, and soccer fields; field house, football stadium, golf course, hockey arena, natatorium, track
Intramural/Recreational sports:
basketball, bowling, flag football, football, golf, ice skating, racquetball, soccer, softball, tennis, trapshooting, ultimate Frisbee, volleyball
Club sports for men:
aikido, badminton, baseball, equestrian sports, fencing, field hockey, figure skating, fly fishing, ice hockey, in-line skating, juggling, lacrosse, martial arts, rugby, running, sailing, skiing, soccer, squash, tae kwon do, tennis, ultimate Frisbee, volleyball, water polo
Club sports for women:
aikido, badminton, baseball, equestrian sports, fencing, field hockey, figure skating, fly fishing, ice hockey, in-line skating, juggling, lacrosse, martial arts, tae kwon do, rugby, running, sailing, skiing, soccer, squash, tennis, ultimate Frisbee, volleyball, water polo

GETTING AWAY
Public transportation serves campus: yes
Nearest international airport: Syracuse, NY (38 miles)
Nearest other airport: Hamilton (1 mile)
Nearest passenger train service: Utica, NY (20 miles)
Nearest passenger bus service: Hamilton (1 mile)

PAYING THE BILLS
Institutional employment is available: yes
Off-campus employment opportunities for undergraduates are: excellent
Freshmen are discouraged from working for first term: no

AFTER GRADUATION
Percent of graduates who pursue further study: 13% within one year of graduation, 50% within 5 years of graduation
List of graduate schools most often selected by recent graduates:
Columbia University, George Washington University, New York University, Brooklyn Law School, Georgetown University, Syracuse University, Boston University, Cornell University, Johns Hopkins University, University of Maryland, Dartmouth College, Colgate University, Seton Hall University, Brown University, Fordham University, Northeastern University, St. Louis University, Stanford University, Tulane University, University of British Columbia, University of Pennsylvania, Villanova, Yale University
Percent of graduates who enter job market in field related to major: 72% within one year of graduation
List of firms that most frequently hire graduates:
Abercrombie & Fitch, Barneys New York, Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., Bloomberg Financial, Bloomingdale's, Boies, Central Intelligence Agency, CIGNA, Citigroup, Colgate University, Corporate Executive Board, Cramer Rosenthal McGlynn, LLC, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Friedman Billings Ramsey, GaiaTech, American Express Financial Advisors, Gibbons, Del Deo, Dolan, Griffinger & Vecchione, Goldman, Sachs & Co., Greenwich Associates, Habitat for Humanity, ICF Consulting, Ingalls & Snyder LLC, JPMorganChase & Co, Lehman Brothers Inc., Lockheed Martin, M & T Bank Corporation, MarketBridge, Marriott Corporation, Massachusetts General Hospital, Massey Knakal Realty Services, Mellon Financial Corporation, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Morrison & Foerster LLP, MTV Networks, National Institutes of Health, New York State Assembly, Newsweek, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Paul, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Public Interest Research Group, Random House, Inc., RBS Greenwich Capital, Readak Educational Services, Inc., Rosen & Katz, Schiller & Flexner LLP, Seward and Kissel LLP, Shearman & Sterling LLP, Sullivan & Cromwell, Suzanne Golden Antiques, Teach For America, The Beacon Group, The Hartford Financial Group, U. S. Peace Corps, Unilever, UnumProvident Corporation, Wachtell, Lipton, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP.
List of most prominent alumni/ae:
  • Adam Clayton Powell, civil rights leader and former New York congressman
  • Steve Burke, CEO of NBC Universal
  • Francesca Zambello, internationally-recognized director of opera and theater
  • Gloria Borger, CNN senior political analyst
  • Mark Murphy, president of Green Bay Packers.

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