unitid 161086 · Waterville, ME · private nonprofit 4-year · town (remote)
Colby College
- enrollment 2023
- 2,438
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within private nonprofit 4-years
The record
admission rate
7%
2nd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
undergraduates
2,407
80th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
Pell share
14%
undergrads on Pell grants
10th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
completion
89%
finish within 150% time
93rd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$85,420
96th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
avg net price / yr
$17,180
after aid, aided students
25th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$80,490
after entry, Title IV students
92nd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median grad debt
$19,157
18th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $4,049 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of private nonprofit 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
family income mix not reported
- Median family income
- $94,859
- First-generation students
- 11%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $69,600
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 4.2× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Economics. | 94 | $142,245 | $24,250 |
| Political Science and Government. | 66 | $92,125 | $27,000 |
| Natural Resources Conservation and Research. | 47 | $53,972 | $19,313 |
| Neurobiology and Neurosciences. | 44 | — | — |
| Computer Science. | 43 | — | — |
| International/Globalization Studies. | 38 | $79,364 | — |
| Psychology, General. | 34 | $65,101 | — |
| Biology, General. | 31 | — | — |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies. | 22 | — | — |
| English Language and Literature, General. | 21 | — | — |
| History. | 21 | — | — |
| Area Studies. | 17 | — | — |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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built 2026-07-17
Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.