Colgate University
Hamilton, NY
Colgate University admitted 3,030 of 17,310 applicants for the fall 2025 entering class (17.5%).
Every figure on this page is published by the college or a federal survey, and carries the source it came from. They describe the fall 2025 entering class, a read on the school, not a prediction about any one applicant.
What stands out at Colgate University
Three things Colgate University published, ranked by how much each could change what you actually do, not by how impressive it looks. Every one describes a class that has already enrolled.
Early Decision admitted 35.5%. The regular round admitted 16%.
2.2×
the regular-round rate
A ratio between two rates the school published. Not a change in anyone’s odds.
477 of 1,342 early applicants were admitted, against 2,553 of 15,968 in the regular round. Early Decision is binding, and you can only use it at one school, which is exactly why the gap is worth knowing before you choose where to spend it.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
2.2×
the regular-round rate
A ratio between two rates the school published. Not a change in anyone’s odds.
Colgate University files test scores under “important”.
That is the school’s own placement on the grid it publishes every year. 23% of the enrolled class sent an SAT.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
23 admitted from a waitlist of 2,381.
1,281 students accepted a place on that list, and 23 were admitted from it, 1.8% of the students who waited. A waitlist offer here is not a near-miss anyone can plan around.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Every figure, in full
The same measured fields on every one of these pages. Nothing is filled in where the school published nothing.
Acceptance rate
17.5%
3,030 admitted of 17,310 applicants
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
SAT, middle 50%
1450–1510
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
ACT, middle 50%
33–35
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Average GPA of admitted students
3.85
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Enrolled students who sent an SAT
23%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Enrolled students who sent an ACT
16%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Where do you actually stand at Colgate University?
The figures above describe a class that already enrolled. GoodGoblin reads them against your own transcript, scores and activities, then builds the balanced list, the essay plan and the deadline calendar around what it finds.
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How the rate has moved
Two measured admit rates from the federal survey, the years apart it reports them. A rate that moved, not a forecast.
Over 5 years the admit rate fell from 25% to 12%.
What Colgate University says it weighs
The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.
- Course rigorvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- GPAvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Class rankvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Essayimportant
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Test scoresimportant
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Recommendationsimportant
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Not considered
- Demonstrated interest
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
The early round, in counts
Two published rates side by side. Early applicants are a different group of students, so the gap is a fact about those pools, not a lever anyone can pull.
Early Decision
2.2× the rateEarly Decision admitted 35.5% (477 of 1,342), against 16% in the regular round.
2,553 of 15,968 in the comparison pool.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
The waitlist, as the school reported it
Published counts, including the ones schools rarely lead with.
- Offered a waitlist place
- 2,381
- Accepted the place
- 1,281
- Admitted from the waitlist
- 23
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
What students actually pay
Net price after grants and scholarships: not the sticker price.
Average net price: $28,786 a year.
- Family income under $30k
- $6,086
- $30k–$48k
- $2,678
- $48k–$75k
- $13,617
- $75k–$110k
- $21,831
- Over $110k
- $48,234
Source: the College Scorecard
Essays on this application
3 essay prompts on the application: 3 optional.
Published deadlines
Each date is read from the college's own materials and re-checked on a schedule.
More colleges on the record
Every one of these carries the same measured figures, with the same sources.
Other colleges in New York
The pages nearest this one on acceptance rate, in the same state.
Colleges with a nearby acceptance rate
Anywhere in the country, ordered by how close the published rate is to this one. A selection rule, not a ranking.
Build the list this school belongs on.
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