Colby Admissions and Financial Aid

Welcome to the Class of 2030

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Admitted Students Programming

We are excited to welcome you to our Admitted Students Programming, which includes our signature in-person day-long event on campus, select weekday visits, and virtual sessions. The in-person event will take place on Monday, April 20.

Registration and full details for all events are available below. If you have any questions, please reach out to us at [email protected].

Admitted Students Programming Brochure

Next Steps

Confirm your enrollment: There are just a few more (simple) steps to make it official. You can submit your deposit through the online portal.

Understand your financial aid package: Gain insight into financial aid at Colby, review FAQs, and learn how to finalize your financial aid package here. If you have any questions, please email [email protected] or call (207) 859-4830.

Connect with our community: Learn more by following along on our Instagram @ThisColbyLife or Colby’s WeChat account. Additionally, you may complete this Connect with Our Community form to indicate your interest in hearing from current Colby students, faculty members, and staff members.

First-Year Experience

Colby has numerous support systems for incoming first-year students, including access to advisors and a unique six-day orientation experience. Read more about life at Colby and the first-year experience here.

Residential Life

Wherever you reside at Colby—from the many suites with views of Johnson Pond, to the single, double, or triple accommodations designed for community development, to the senior apartments—learning continues outside the classroom as you exchange ideas, opinions, and life experiences with classmates and faculty-in-residence. The Bill & Joan Alfond Main Street Commons puts Colby students in the very heart of the city, providing opportunities for civic engagement and building relationships that enrich the historic bond between the City of Waterville and Colby.

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Our 34 residential halls range in size, design, and feel offering their own culture and community environment.

Our newest dorms – located alongside Johnson Pond – house 50 students each. The lounges offer floor-to-ceiling windows with panoramic views of Johnson Pond.

The first floor of the Main Street Commons includes retail space as well as space for town council meetings and other community and college gatherings.

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Housing at Colby is guaranteed for all four years, and nearly 100% of students live on campus, either here on Mayflower Hill or in the downtown dorm.

Graduate School and Career Advising

DavisConnects prepares students for lifelong success by providing access to unique internship, research, or global experiences for every student, regardless of personal and financial networks. These experiences are supported by a robust funding system and an advising model that pairs students with industry expert advisors from their first day on campus.

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More than $10 million provided for student internships, global experiences, and research.
The Class of 2024 completed over 700 internships in 31 countries.
Colby graduates earn a median annual salary of more than $129,500.

Colby College Museum of Art

With more than 10,000 works of art across all media, the Colby Museum is one of the nation’s premier institutions of American art. Engaging with approximately 100 Colby courses each year, the Museum sits at the crossroads of interdisciplinary thinking and facilitates intellectual engagement between students, faculty, staff, artists, and community members.

Our Location
Waterville

Waterville’s Main Street is lined with local businesses that showcase the variety of the city’s offerings including local cafés, specialty shops, art galleries, a farmer’s market, an opera house and independent movie theater, and a collection of restaurants boasting cuisine from all over the world.

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Compassion is a lifelong virtue that is strengthened through experience. Colby students invest thousands of hours each year — mentoring kids, building community, addressing inequities, and launching bold new ideas for productive, cooperative engagement. In short: you’ll grow as a person while improving the world around you.

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Waterville is home to restaurants and cafés featuring cuisine from around the world.

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Collaborative partnerships and strong investments have contributed much toward the revitalization of Waterville’s downtown—including the transformation of historic buildings.

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The Paul J. Schupf Art Center includes a contemporary gallery of the Colby College Museum of Art, Railroad Square Cinema, Ticonic Gallery + Studios, and multidisciplinary educational spaces.

The Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts

The Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts, recently opened in fall 2023, is the largest academic building project in the College’s history. Its multipurpose spaces include a signature performance hall; flexible studios and makerspaces; classrooms and music practice rooms; recording and video editing suites; and an arts incubator.

Harold Alfond Athletics and Recreation Center​

Colby’s athletics and recreation center, which opened in August 2020, offers a range of activities, including varsity, intramural, and club sports; health and wellness options; new exercise studios and personalized training; mindfulness and meditation rooms; and fitness and education programs.

Allen and Benner Islands and the Belgrade Lakes

Colby’s campus extends beyond Mayflower Hill with interdisciplinary research and recreational opportunities at the Colby-Hume Center, located on the nearby Belgrade Lakes. In the Gulf of Maine, Allen and Benner islands are sites where renowned American artist Andrew Wyeth painted some of his greatest works. In 2022, Colby acquired these two islands as part of an initiative to preserve these extraordinary areas and continue to utilize them as centers for learning, research, and creative inspiration.

Ready to confirm your enrollment?

You can submit your deposit through the online portal.