	Colby College 2016 University Academic Rankings
Colby College is a private liberal arts college located on Mayflower Hill in Waterville, Maine, USA. Colby was founded in 1813, and was the first all-male college in New England to accept female students in 1871. The college named after prominent Baptist preacher Gardner Colby, who funded the school while it was in financial troubles. Approximately 1,800 students from more than 60 countries are enrolled annually. The college offers 54 major fields of study and 30 minors. Among national liberal arts colleges, Colby was ranked 19th by U.S. News World & Report, 44th by Forbes, and 65th by Washington Monthly. Colby College competes in the NESCAC conference. Colby has a close relationship with Bates College and Bowdoin College: the three schools compete in the Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Consortium, which is an athletic rivalry and academic exchange program. Outside of the Consortium, Colby competes as the White Mules in the New England Small College Athletic Conference. History \| 19th century On February 27, 1813, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, led by Baptists, adopted a petition to establish the Maine Literary and Theological Institution. It was moved to Waterville, Maine and used 179 acres of land donated by citizens. In 1818, trustees assigned the institution to Rev. Jeremiah Chaplin and classes began a vacant Waterville home. After Maine separated from Massachusetts in 1820, the first Maine legislature affirmed the Massachusetts charter for the institution, but made significant changes. Students could no longer be denied admission based on religion, the institution was prohibited from applying a religious test when selecting board members, and the trustees now had the authority to grant degrees. The Maine Literary and Theological Institution was renamed Waterville College on February 5, 1821, and four years later, the theological department was discontinued. In 1828 the trustees decided to turn the somewhat informal preparatory department of the college into a separate school, to which was given the name Waterville Academy (most recently called the Coburn Classical Institute. In 1833, Rev. Rufus Babcock became Colby's second president, and students formed the nation's first college-based anti-slavery society. In 1845, the college's first Greek Society was formed, a chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon, which was followed by chapters of Zeta Psi in 1850 and Delta Upsilon in 1852. The oldest known photograph of Colby, a daguerreotype taken in 1856 of the three central buildings on campus: South College, Recitation Hall, and North College During the Civil War, many young men were called away from school to join the fight; from Waterville College, Richard C. Shannon, Henry C. Merriam, and Benjamin Butler. Twenty-seven Waterville College students perished in the war, and more than 100 men from the town. In the years following the war, as was the case at many American colleges, Waterville College was left with few students remaining to pay the bills and a depleted endowment. The college was on the verge of closing. On August 9, 1865, prominent Baptist philanthropist, Gardner Colby attended Waterville College's commencement dinner, and unbeknownst to anyone in attendance except college president James Tift Champlin, announced a matching $50,000 donation to the college, two years later the college was named after him. Trustees of the college voted to construct a library and chapel to honor the Colby men who died in the war, called the Memorial Hall; it was dedicated at the commencement of 1869. The college remained isolated from neighboring Bates College, and Bowdoin College due to relative location in Waterville, coupled with socio-economic and political differences. At the 1871 commencement, a Martin Milmore sculpture based on the Lion of Lucerne was added as the ce ... [more on wikipedia]

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Colby College Details

Colby College Details
detail	value
state	Maine
conference	New England Small College Ath Conf
public	Private
scores	2015/1343/30
level	Excellent
rank	[132
overall ROI rank	[155
size	small
undergrads	1847
grads	0
price	61100
drop	9
stem	30
research	0
scores valid	True

Common Questions...

What are the academic rankings for Colby College?

1. number 132 for Academics.

2. number 155 for ROI (Return on Investment).

What universities are similar to Colby College?

1. Grinnell College

2. Colorado College

3. Union College

4. Whitman College

5. Reed College

6. Lafayette College

7. Carleton College

National Academic Rankings

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Colby College National Academic Rankings

Colby College National Academic Rankings
category	rank	scores	difficulty	smartest	brainpower	faculty	research	salary ROI	overall ROI
Top250	132	62	50	221	172	153	159	160	155
Private	70	57	43	93	80	53	53	69	79
Stem Low	75	33	40	96	86	80	80	81	89
New England Region	62	38	26	91	72	60	60	47	56
State of Maine	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	1	1
Top Ten Top250	132	62	50	221	172	153	159	160	155
Top Ten State of Maine	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	1	1

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match	university	state	conference	public	level	rank	overall ROI
86.26	Grinnell College	Iowa	Midwest Conference	Private	Excellent	114	123
86.01	Colorado College	Colorado	Southern Collegiate Athletic C...	Private	Excellent	149	160
85.49	Union College	Kentucky	Mid - South Conference / Appal...	Private	BelowAverage	162	178
85.41	Whitman College	Washington	Northwest Conference	Private	Excellent	153	154
84.96	Reed College	Oregon	No Conference Affiliation	Private	Excellent	106	144
84.92	Lafayette College	Pennsylvania	Patriot League	Private	Excellent	165	106
79.32	Carleton College	Minnesota	Midwest Conference	Private	Elite	84	43
79.29	Pomona College	California	Southern California Intercoll ...	Private	Elite	52	125
78.90	Swarthmore College	Pennsylvania	Centennial Conference	Private	Elite	67	48
78.83	Trinity University	Texas	Southern Collegiate Athletic C...	Private	Good	212	170
78.05	Bryn Mawr College	Pennsylvania	Centennial Conference	Private	Excellent	137	205
77.39	St Olaf College	Minnesota	Minnesota Intercollegiate Ath Conf	Private	Excellent	144	127
76.79	Bucknell University	Pennsylvania	Patriot League	Private	Excellent	131	93
75.77	Lehigh University	Pennsylvania	Patriot League	Private	Excellent	69	32
75.55	SUNY College at Geneseo	New York	State University of New York A...	Public	Excellent	111	184
75.30	University of Rochester	New York	University Athletic Association	Private	Excellent	39	93
75.06	Villanova University	Pennsylvania	Colonial Athletic Association ...	Private	Excellent	99	68
74.44	University of Miami	Florida	Atlantic Coast Conference	Private	Excellent	44	93
74.25	SUNY at Binghamton	New York	America East	Public	Excellent	65	125
74.08	University of Virginia	Virginia	Atlantic Coast Conference	Public	Excellent	32	27
74.02	Boston University	Massachusetts	Patriot League	Private	Excellent	45	116
73.77	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	Michigan	Big Ten Conference	Public	Excellent	17	16
73.75	University of California-Los Angeles	California	Pacific 12 Conference	Public	Excellent	29	84
73.73	University of Wisconsin-Madison	Wisconsin	Big Ten Conference	Public	Excellent	33	25
73.71	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	Illinois	Big Ten Conference	Public	Excellent	24	17
73.69	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	Minnesota	Big Ten Conference	Public	Excellent	30	22
72.76	St Mary's College of Maryland	Maryland	Capital Athletic Conference	Public	Good	275	409
72.61	Williams College	Massachusetts	New England Small College Ath Conf	Private	Elite	58	161
71.94	Kalamazoo College	Michigan	Michigan Intercollegiate Athle...	Private	Good	285	415
70.21	University of Tulsa	Oklahoma	American Athletic Conference	Private	Good	139	75
69.80	Rice University	Texas	Conference USA	Private	Elite	20	4
69.05	Tufts University	Massachusetts	New England Small College Ath Conf	Private	Elite	23	34
68.95	Princeton University	New Jersey	Ivy League	Private	Elite	4	11
68.91	Yale University	Connecticut	Ivy League	Private	Elite	3	37
68.81	University of Chicago	Illinois	University Athletic Association	Private	Elite	10	14
68.60	Johns Hopkins University	Maryland	Centennial Conference	Private	Elite	16	47
68.55	Brown University	Rhode Island	Ivy League	Private	Elite	25	34
68.53	Duke University	North Carolina	Atlantic Coast Conference	Private	Elite	13	3
68.49	The College of New Jersey	New Jersey	New Jersey Athletic Conference	Public	Good	164	193
68.46	Vanderbilt University	Tennessee	Southeastern Conference	Private	Elite	14	8
68.42	Stanford University	California	Pacific 12 Conference	Private	Elite	9	17
68.33	Washington University in St Louis	Missouri	University Athletic Association	Private	Elite	8	6
68.19	Columbia University in the City of New York	New York	Ivy League	Private	Elite	7	42
68.12	University of Notre Dame	Indiana	Atlantic Coast Conference	Private	Elite	31	12
68.03	Northwestern University	Illinois	Big Ten Conference	Private	Elite	11	13
67.86	Harvard University	Massachusetts	Ivy League	Private	Elite	2	10
67.73	University of Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania	Ivy League	Private	Elite	12	7
67.58	Northeastern University	Massachusetts	Colonial Athletic Association	Private	Elite	40	109
67.53	Cornell University	New York	Ivy League	Private	Elite	15	39
67.53	The University of Texas at Dallas	Texas	American Southwest Conference	Public	Good	70	55

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Colby College Academic Peer Universities, Similar Academic Universities to Colby College
match	university	state	conference	public	level	rank	overall ROI
98.69	Macalester College	Minnesota	Minnesota Intercollegiate Ath Conf	Private	Excellent	133	146
97.76	No Conference Affiliation (Average)	-	No Conference Affiliation	-Conf-	Excellent	-	180
95.99	Bryn Mawr College	Pennsylvania	Centennial Conference	Private	Excellent	137	205
95.61	Bucknell University	Pennsylvania	Patriot League	Private	Excellent	131	93
94.27	SUNY College at Geneseo	New York	State University of New York A...	Public	Excellent	111	184
94.13	Wheaton College	Illinois	College Conference of Illinois...	Private	Excellent	149	114
93.86	University of Richmond	Virginia	Colonial Athletic Association ...	Private	Excellent	128	150
93.23	Scripps College	California	Southern California Intercoll ...	Private	Elite	127	204
92.56	American University	Washington DC	Patriot League	Private	Good	113	180
91.69	United States Naval Academy	Maryland	Division I Independents / Patr...	Public	Excellent	126	48
91.56	Fordham University	New York	Patriot League / Atlantic 10 C...	Private	Good	109	167
91.38	Illinois Institute of Technology	Illinois	Division III Independents	Private	Good	122	55
91.12	Missouri University of Science and Technology	Missouri	Great Lakes Valley Conference	Public	Good	105	32
89.07	The College of New Jersey	New Jersey	New Jersey Athletic Conference	Public	Good	164	193
87.74	Baylor University	Texas	Big Twelve Conference	Private	Good	134	128
87.44	Atlantic 10 Conference (Average)	-	Atlantic 10 Conference	-Conf-	Good	-	158
85.08	Saint Louis University	Missouri	Atlantic 10 Conference	Private	AboveAverage	169	165
84.72	University of Maryland-Baltimore County	Maryland	America East	Public	AboveAverage	130	174
84.34	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College	New York	City University of New York At...	Public	AboveAverage	135	182
82.72	Clemson University	South Carolina	Atlantic Coast Conference	Public	AboveAverage	98	51
81.76	University of Vermont	Vermont	America East	Public	AboveAverage	136	191
81.01	Big Twelve Conference (Average)	-	Big Twelve Conference	-Conf-	AboveAverage	-	106
80.79	Drexel University	Pennsylvania	Colonial Athletic Association	Private	AboveAverage	120	134
80.78	George Mason University	Virginia	Atlantic 10 Conference	Public	AboveAverage	156	143
79.19	Conference USA (Average)	-	Conference USA	-Conf-	AboveAverage	-	148
78.74	University at Buffalo	New York	Mid American Conference	Public	AboveAverage	124	190
77.03	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College	Louisiana	Southeastern Conference	Public	AboveAverage	148	88
76.32	Iowa State University	Iowa	Big Twelve Conference	Public	AboveAverage	129	71
75.60	Big West Conference (Average)	-	Big West Conference	-Conf-	AboveAverage	-	202
73.87	University of Illinois at Chicago	Illinois	Horizon League	Public	AboveAverage	159	111
73.12	University of Arizona	Arizona	Pacific 12 Conference	Public	Average	124	86

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