Located in Hamilton, New York, United States, Colgate University is standing on a rural 575 acres land. The University is a private liberal arts college established in 1819. Jill Harsin is the present president of the university with the total endowment of university $883 million. The total number of the academic staff is 294 and the university has got 2,927 undergraduate students and 12 postgraduates.
Before the university was named as Colgate University in 1890, the university was known Madison University in 1846. Colgate University became coeducational institute only in 1970.
Academics
Colgate University is the university providing extremely selective residential liberal arts institution which is well-known by excellence academic service and interdisciplinary examination. The academic programs at Colgate are organized onto four topical dissections. These divisions help in effort to promote an interdisciplinary culture and academic experience of the university. The departments and programs of the Colgate are as shown below:
Arts and Humanities
- The Classics
- Theater
- Romance Languages and Literature
- Religion
- Art and Art History
- Philosophy
- Music
- German
- English
- East Asian Languages and Literature
Social Science
- Sociology and Anthropology
- Political science
- International Relations
- History
- Geography
- Educational Studies
- Economics
Natural Sciences and Mathematics
- Psychology
- Physics and Astronomy
- Neuroscience
- Mathematics
- Geology
- Computer Science
- Chemistry
- Biology
University Studies
- Writing and Rhetoric
- Women’s Studies
- Russian and Eurasian Studies
- Peace and Conflict Studies
- Native American Studies
- Middle Eastern Studies and Islamic Civilization
- Medieval and Renaissance Studies
- Linguistics
- LGBTQ Studies
- Jewish Studies
- Film and Media Studies
- Environment Studies
- Asian Studies
- Africana and Latin American Studies
Colgate University offers 54 diverse major and additional minors. The major are Anthropology, Economics, Political Science, Natural Sciences, Religion, Environmental Economics, Chemistry, English, mathematical Economics, Physics, Biology, Biochemistry, Computer Science, Philosophy and Religion, Neuroscience, Geography, Sociology, Environmental; Studies, Geology, geography and Biology, and Women’s Studies among other majors.
Additional Minors are Writing and Rhetoric, Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Mathematical Systems Biology, Linguistics, LGBTQ Studies. Jewish Studies, Film and Media Studies, Creative Writing and Applied Mathematics.
In additional, the Colgate University is home to various educational Institute and centers. And it provides active advance study and research in the related field. It is center and institute for:
- Writing and Speaking Center
- W.M. Keck Center for Language Study
- Shaw Wellness Institute
- Picker Interdisciplinary Science Institute
- Lampert Institute for Civic and Global Affairs
- Center for Women’s Studies
- Center for learning, Teaching and Research
- Center for language and Brain
- Center for Freedom and Western Civilization
Ranking and Notable Alumni
The University welcomes students or students come to the University for their Programs from 42 countries and 47 states. As per U.S. news and World Report, it ranked the university in 19th position for best liberal arts college across the country in the edition of 2016. In the edition of 2013, Forbes ranked the university in 13th position for top liberal arts college and 36th position in overall ‘America’s top Colleges’. Additionally, Princeton Review named the university as ‘Most Beautiful Campus in America’ in 2014.
As per the university resource, it says it has above 34,000 living alumni. Some of the popular alumni are from journalism, entertainment and other fields such as Howard Fineman, Ralph Arlyck, Joe Berlinger, Greg Manusky, Austin Smith, Kyle Wilson and many more.
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