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  Colby College
Mayflower Hill Drive
Waterville, ME 04901
General information
Financial aid office
Admissions office
(207) 872-3000 Ext.
(207) 872-3168 Ext.
(800) 723-3032 Ext.

Type of institution: Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above
Federal Aid: Institution has a Program Participation Agreement with the US Department of Education for eligible students to receive Pell Grants and other federal aid.
Degrees offered: Bachelor degree
Carnegie classification: Baccalaureate Colleges--Arts & Sciences
Number of students: 1,865 (2006)
2007-08 Undergraduate application fee:$ ----

About this School
Colby College, founded in 1813, is one of the United States of America's oldest independent liberal arts colleges. Its 714 acre (2.9 km²) campus is located on Mayflower Hill in Waterville, Maine. 1,800 students from 66 countries attend the College. Colby offers 53 major fields of study, and uses project-based learning. Volunteer programs and service-learning take many students into the surrounding community. More than two thirds of Colby students participate in study-abroad programs. Currently, Colby is in the midst of a major campus building program, including a building for the Goldfarb Center for Public Affairs and Civic Engagement, and has created a new program in neuroscience. With Bates College and Bowdoin College, Colby is one of three small liberal arts colleges in Maine. Colby College competes in NESCAC, an athletic conference of 11 Northeast NCAA Division 3.
 
Academic year prices for full-time, first-time undergraduate students
Tuition and Fees2007-082006-072005-06
In-State------------
Out of State------------
Books and Supplies$700$700$700
On-Campus
Room and board------------
Other Expenses$900$800$800
Off Campus
Room and board------------
Other Expenses------------
Off Campus w/ family
Other Expenses------------

Financial aid 2005-2006

Financial aid to full-time, first-time undergraduate students

Type of AidPercentage of students receiving aidAverage amount of aid they received
Federal Grants (scholarship/fellowship) 9% $5,850
State/Local grants (scholarship/fellowship) 6% $1,034
Institutional grants (scholarship/fellowship) 38% $24,996
Loans to students 25% $3,043
 
 

Degrees offered by this school

 
 
Bachelor degree
Women's Studies
Colby College

General Description for:
Colby College Bachelor degree Women's Studies: A program that focuses on the history, sociology, politics, culture, and economics of women, and the development of modern feminism in relation to the roles played by women in different periods and locations in North America and the world. Programs may focus on literatur...

Bachelor degree
Spanish Language and Literature
Colby College

General Description for:
Colby College Bachelor degree Spanish Language and Literature: A program that focuses on the Spanish language and related dialects. Includes instruction in Spanish philology, Modern Castillan, various Latin American dialects, regional Spanish dialects, and applications in business, science/technology, and other setti...

Bachelor degree
Sociology
Colby College

General Description for:
Colby College Bachelor degree Sociology: A program that focuses on the systematic study of human social institutions and social relationships. Includes instruction in social theory, sociological research methods, social organization and structure, social stratification and hierarchies, dynamics of social change, fami...

Bachelor degree
Science
Technology and Society
Colby College

General Description for:
Colby College Bachelor degree Science, Technology and Society: A program that focuses on the contemporary social and public policy ramifications of science and technology, the interrelationship of science and engineering with the public policy process, and the social and ethical dimensions of scientific and technologi...

Bachelor degree
Russian Studies
Colby College

General Description for:
Colby College Bachelor degree Russian Studies: A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the peoples of the Russian Federation and its Soviet, Czarist, and medieval predecessors and related borderlands.

Bachelor degree
Religion + Religious Studies
Colby College

General Description for:
Colby College Bachelor degree Religion + Religious Studies: A program that focuses on the nature of religious belief and specific religious and quasi-religious systems. Includes instruction in phenomenology; the sociology, psychology, philosophy, anthropology, literature and art of religion; mythology; scriptural and...

Bachelor degree
Psychology
General
Colby College

General Description for:
Colby College Bachelor degree Psychology, General: A general program that focuses on the scientific study of individual and collective behavior, the physical and environmental bases of behavior, and the analysis and treatment of behavior problems and disorders. Includes instruction in the principles of the various su...

Bachelor degree
Political Science and Government
General
Colby College

General Description for:
Colby College Bachelor degree Political Science and Government, General: A general program that focuses on the systematic study of political institutions and behavior. Includes instruction in political philosophy, political theory, comparative government and politics, political parties and interest groups, public op...

Bachelor degree
Physics
General
Colby College

General Description for:
Colby College Bachelor degree Physics, General: A general program that focuses on the scientific study of matter and energy, and the formulation and testing of the laws governing the behavior of the matter-energy continuum. Includes instruction in classical and modern physics, electricity and magnetism, thermodynamic...

Bachelor degree
Philosophy
Colby College

General Description for:
Colby College Bachelor degree Philosophy: A program that focuses on ideas and their logical structure, including arguments and investigations about abstract and real phenomena. Includes instruction in logic, ethics, aesthetics, epistemology, metaphysics, symbolism, and history of philosophy, and applications to the t...

Bachelor degree
Neuroscience
Colby College

General Description for:
Colby College Bachelor degree Neuroscience: A program that focuses on the interdisciplinary scientific study of the molecular, structural, physiologic, cognitive, and behavioral aspects of the brain and nervous system. Includes instruction in molecular and cellular neuroscience, brain science, anatomy and physiology ...

Bachelor degree
Music History, Literature, and Theory.
Colby College

General Description for:
Colby College Bachelor degree Music History, Literature, and Theory: A program that focuses on the study of the historical evolution of music as a social and intellectual phenomenon, the development of musical instruments and techniques, and the analysis and criticism of musical literature. Includes instruction in mu...

Bachelor degree
Multi- + Interdisciplinary Studies
Other
Colby College

General Description for:
Colby College Bachelor degree Multi- + Interdisciplinary Studies, Other: Any instructional program in multi/interdisciplinary studies not listed in the Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General category.

Bachelor degree
Mathematics
General
Colby College

General Description for:
Colby College Bachelor degree Mathematics, General: A general program that focuses on the analysis of quantities, magnitudes, forms, and their relationships, using symbolic logic and language. Includes instruction in algebra, calculus, functional analysis, geometry, number theory, logic, topology and other mathematic...

Bachelor degree
Latin American Studies
Colby College

General Description for:
Colby College Bachelor degree Latin American Studies: A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the Hispanic peoples of the North and South American Continents outside Canada and the United States, including the study of the Pre-Columbian period and the flow of ...

Bachelor degree
History
General
Colby College

General Description for:
Colby College Bachelor degree History, General: A program that focuses on the general study and interpretation of the past, including the gathering, recording, synthesizing and criticizing of evidence and theories about past events. Includes instruction in historiography; historical research methods; studies of speci...

Bachelor degree
German Language and Literature
Colby College

General Description for:
Colby College Bachelor degree German Language and Literature: A program that focuses on the German language and related dialects as used in Austria, Germany, Switzerland, neighboring European countries containing German-speaking minorities, and elsewhere. Includes instruction in German philology; Old, Middle, and Hig...

Bachelor degree
Geology + Earth Science
General
Colby College

General Description for:
Colby College Bachelor degree Geology + Earth Science, General: A program that focuses on the scientific study of the earth; the forces acting upon it; and the behavior of the solids, liquids and gases comprising it. Includes instruction in historical geology, geomorphology, and sedimentology, the chemistry of rocks ...

Bachelor degree
French Language and Literature
Colby College

General Description for:
Colby College Bachelor degree French Language and Literature: A program that focuses on the French language and related dialects and creoles. Includes instruction in French philology, Metropolitan French, Canadian French, African and Caribbean Creoles, French regional dialects, and applications in business, science/t...

Bachelor degree
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other.
Colby College

General Description for:
Colby College Bachelor degree Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other: Any instructional program in foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics not listed above, including such unassigned languages as Basque and others.

Bachelor degree
Fine + Studio Arts
General
Colby College

General Description for:
Colby College Bachelor degree Fine + Studio Arts, General: A program that prepares individuals to generally function as creative artists in the visual and plastic media. Includes instruction in the traditional fine arts media (drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, CAD/CAM) and/or modern media (ceramics, textiles...

Bachelor degree
Environmental Studies
Colby College

General Description for:
Colby College Bachelor degree Environmental Studies: A program that focuses on environment-related issues using scientific, social scientific, or humanistic approaches or a combination. Includes instruction in the basic principles of ecology and environmental science and related subjects such as policy, politics, la...

Bachelor degree
Environmental Science
Colby College

General Description for:
Colby College Bachelor degree Environmental Science: A program that focuses on the application of biological, chemical, and physical principles to the study of the physical environment and the solution of environmental problems, including subjects such as abating or controlling environmental pollution and degradation;...

Bachelor degree
English Language and Literature
General
Colby College

General Description for:
Colby College Bachelor degree English Language and Literature, General: A general program that focuses on the English language, including its history, structure and related communications skills; and the literature and culture of English-speaking peoples.

Bachelor degree
Economics
General
Colby College

General Description for:
Colby College Bachelor degree Economics, General: A general program that focuses on the systematic study of the production, conservation and allocation of resources in conditions of scarcity, together with the organizational frameworks related to these processes. Includes instruction in economic theory, micro- and ma...

Bachelor degree
East Asian Studies
Colby College

General Description for:
Colby College Bachelor degree East Asian Studies: A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the peoples of East Asia, defined as including China, Korea, Japan, Mongolia, Taiwan, Tibet, related borderlands and island groups, and including the study of the East As...

Bachelor degree
Drama and Dramatics + Theatre Arts
General
Colby College

General Description for:
Colby College Bachelor degree Drama and Dramatics + Theatre Arts, General: A program that focuses on the general study of dramatic works and their performance. Includes instruction in major works of dramatic literature, dramatic styles and types, and the principles of organizing and producing full live or filmed prod...

Bachelor degree
Creative Writing
Colby College

General Description for:
Colby College Bachelor degree Creative Writing: A program that focuses on the process and techniques of original composition in various literary forms such as the short story, poetry, the novel, and others. Includes instruction in technical and editorial skills, criticism, and the marketing of finished manuscripts.

Bachelor degree
Computer Science
Colby College

General Description for:
Colby College Bachelor degree Computer Science: A general program that focuses on computers, computing problems and solutions, and the design of computer systems and user interfaces from a scientific perspective. Includes instruction in the principles of computational science, and computing theory; computer hardware d...

Bachelor degree
Classics + Classical Languages, Lit And Linguistics, General.
Colby College

General Description for:
Colby College Bachelor degree Classics + Classical Languages, Lit And Linguistics, General: A general program that focuses on the literary culture of the ancient Graeco-Roman world and the Greek and Latin languages and literatures and their development prior to the fall of the Roman Empire.

Bachelor degree
Chemistry
General
Colby College

General Description for:
Colby College Bachelor degree Chemistry, General: A general program that focuses on the scientific study of the composition and behavior of matter, including its micro- and macro-structure, the processes of chemical change, and the theoretical description and laboratory simulation of these phenomena.

Bachelor degree
Business Administration, Management and Operations, Other.
Colby College

General Description for:
Colby College Bachelor degree Business Administration, Management and Operations, Other: Any instructional program in business and administration not listed in the Business Administration, Management and Operations, General category.

Bachelor degree
Biology + Biological Sciences
General
Colby College

General Description for:
Colby College Bachelor degree Biology + Biological Sciences, General: A general program of biology at the introductory, basic level or a program in biology or the biological sciences that is undifferentiated as to title or content. Includes instruction in general biology and programs covering a variety of biological ...

Bachelor degree
Art History
Criticism and Conservation
Colby College

General Description for:
Colby College Bachelor degree Art History, Criticism and Conservation: A program that focuses on the study of the historical development of art as social and intellectual phenomenon, the analysis of works of art, and art conservation. Includes instruction in the theory of art, art history research methods, connoisseu...

Bachelor degree
Art + Art Studies
General
Colby College

General Description for:
Colby College Bachelor degree Art + Art Studies, General: A general program that focuses on the introductory study and appreciation of the visual arts. Includes instruction in art, photography, and other visual communications media.

Bachelor degree
Area Studies
Other
Colby College

General Description for:
Colby College Bachelor degree Area Studies, Other: Any instructional program in specifically defined area studies not listed in the Area Studies, General category.

Bachelor degree
Anthropology
Colby College

General Description for:
Colby College Bachelor degree Anthropology: A program that focuses on the systematic study of human beings, their antecedents and related primates, and their cultural behavior and institutions, in comparative perspective. Includes instruction in biological/physical anthropology, primatology, human paleontology and pr...

Bachelor degree
American + United States Studies + Civilization
Colby College

General Description for:
Colby College Bachelor degree American + United States Studies + Civilization: A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of the United States and its Pre-Columbian and colonial predecessors, and including the flow of immigrants from other societies.

 
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