Colgate's mission is to provide a demanding, expansive, educational experience to a select group of diverse, talented, intellectually sophisticated students who are capable of challenging themselves, their peers, and their teachers in a setting that brings together living and learning. The purpose of the university is to develop wise, thoughtful, critical thinkers and perceptive leaders by challenging young men and women to fulfill their potential through residence in a community that values intellectual rigor and respects the complexity of human understanding.
Vernon Miller ● (617) 627-2091 ● vernon.miller@tufts.edu
Location: Hamilton, NY
Website: www.colgate.edu
Virtual Information Sessions: None
Virtual Tours: www.youvisit.com/tour/colgate
Number of Students: 3,219
Student to Faculty Ratio: 9:1
Percentage of Students Who Identify As Native: .22%
Percentage of Staff Who Identify As Native: .4%
Graduation Rate For Native Students: Not Provided
Admission Requirements
Academic achievement, reflecting a student engaged with both ideas and learning, is important to the admission decision.
All admission credentials, from the traditional secondary school record to letters of reference that cite intellectual and creative promise, are important. Personal character and qualities that both reflect and determine the productive use of a student’s talent are also important to the admission decision.
Colgate is test optional for all applicants through 2026.
Applicants have the opportunity to lend depth to their application through optional supplemental writing prompts, if desired.
Native Financial Aid Opportunities Offered by the School
None
Diploma
Certificate
Associate's
Bachelor's ✓
Master's ✓
Doctorate
On-Campus Native Specific Housing
On-Campus Family Housing
On-Campus Sober Housing
On-Campus Childcare
Support Person For Native Students ✓
Elder-In-Residence
Native American Tuition Waiver
Native Greek Organizations
Arts & Entertainment Degrees
Architecture
Art & Art History - Art History Emphasis
Art & Art History - Studio Arts Emphasis
Creative Writing
Film & Media
Fine Arts
Music
Museum Studies
Theater
Writing & Rhetoric
Native Degrees
Native American Studies
Native Language(s) Taught
None
Native Classes
American Indian Religions
Archaeology and Ethnology of Southwestern Indians
Conquest and Colony: Cultural Encounters in the Americas
Contemporary Issues in Native American Studies
Contemporary Issues in the Native American Southwest
Contemporary Issues in the Native American Southwest: Community-Based Learning
Continuity in Pueblo Communities
Ethical Issues in Native American Archaeology
Haudenosaunee
In the Courts of the Conqueror: Native American Religious Freedom
Museum Studies in Native American Cultures
Native American Cultures
Native American History
North American Indians
Native American Literature
Native American Women
Native American Writers
Native Americans in the Southwest
Native Peoples of the Great Plains
Service Learning in the Native American Southwest
Native Supports Offered
The Iroquois Study Group
Native Student Organizations
Native American Student Association
Native Events
Haudenosaunee Speakers Series
Lectures
Native American Arts & Culture Festival
Santa Fe Study Group
Native Preparation Programs
None
Native High School Programming
College Bound Program for American Indian Youths
How Is The School Involved With The Local Native Community?
Not Provided