One of America's finest liberal arts colleges, where students graduate ready to make a profound impact on their world.
One of America's finest liberal arts colleges, where students make a profound impact on their world.
Founded in 1813, Colby College in Waterville, Maine, is a four-year college that grants a bachelor of arts degree. We offer 58 majors and 33 minors; the most popular majors are in economics, biology, international studies, government, psychology, history, and English. Colby follows on a 4-1-4 academic calendar, with the month of January devoted to intensive study. An international student body makes campus a global gathering place, and nearly 70 percent of students choose to live and learn abroad, choosing among 200 programs in more than 60 countries—for a semester, for a year, or for the month of January.
More than 250 faculty members and 550 staff members work together to connect students with global experiential learning opportunities and provide academic, administrative, collaborative, and support services.
Colby is committed to the belief that the best preparation for life, and especially for the professions that require specialized study, is a broad acquaintance with human knowledge. The Colby experience is designed to enable each student to find and fulfill his or her own unique potential. It is hoped that students will become critical and imaginative thinkers who are welcoming of diversity and compassionate toward others, capable of distinguishing fact from opinion, intellectually curious and aesthetically aware, adept at synthesis as well as analysis, broadly educated with depth in some areas, proficient in writing and speaking, familiar with one or more scientific disciplines, knowledgeable about American and other cultures, able to create and enjoy opportunities for lifelong learning, willing to assume leadership roles as students and citizens, prepared to respond flexibly to the changing demands of the world of work, useful to society, and happy with themselves.
