Outcomes
What it pays
Former students earn a median $85,139 ten years after enrolling, more than at 94% of colleges; 91% graduate within six years. Four years of net price is about 2.9 years of that salary.
Earnings
Earnings climb with time
Staying and finishing
Retention
come back for year two
Graduation
graduate within six years
National median graduation rate: 59%
What graduates owe
$15K
According to Colgate University's most recent Common Data Set, 21% of its Class of 2024 graduates (691 students) borrowed from any source: federal, institutional, state, or private, averaging $30,184 among those who did.
Counts students who started here as first-time students and earned a bachelor's; the federal median counts federal loans only, including students who left without a degree.
Everyone who starts here, 8 years later
Students who entered in fall 2016, including and part-time students. The graduation rate counts only first-time, full-time students and treats a transfer out as not finishing.
92 of 100 students who start here earn a degree or certificate here within 8 years; 7 more are enrolled at another college. (789 students)
All entering students, by whether they had a Pell Grant.
88 of 100 finish within 4 years, 91 within 6, and 92 within 8.
| Earned a credential within | 4 yrs | 6 yrs | 8 yrs |
|---|---|---|---|
| All students | 88% | 91% | 92% |
| Started in college here | 88% | 91% | 92% |
National median: 60% of all entering students earn a credential at the college they started at within 8 years.
Do lower-income students finish?
Pell Grant recipients: 94%, 3 points above students with no need-based federal aid (91%). First-time, full-time students who finished within 6 years; entered fall 2018.
- Pell Grant recipients106 students
94% · 3 points above students with neither
- Subsidized loan, no Pell Grant83 students
89% · 2 points below students with neither
- Neither Pell nor subsidized loan626 students
91% · comparison group
By race and ethnicity
First-time, full-time students who finished within 6 years, from the College Scorecard's most recent release. Groups under 30 students aren't shown.
- White541 students
92% · 1 point above all students
- Asian50 students
90% · 1 point below all students
- Hispanic/Latino75 students
91% · 1 point below all students
- Black31 students
94% · 2 points above all students
- Two or more races32 students
84% · 7 points below all students
- International71 students
89% · 2 points below all students
- Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander2 students
Not shown: under 30 students
Cost vs. earnings
The 300 most-applied-to colleges plus Colgate University. Top-left is lower cost and higher earnings.
↑ Median earnings 10 years after entry (higher = more)
Sources:College Scorecard, most recent release;College Scorecard, Entered fall 2023;IPEDS Outcome Measures survey, Students entering fall 2016;IPEDS Graduation Rates survey (Pell Grant and subsidized loan recipients), Entered fall 2018;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey, 2023–24;IPEDS Student Financial Aid survey, 2023–24;Colgate University Common Data Set 2024–25, Class of 2024About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)