Historical Acceptance Rates

Colgate University's overall acceptance rate for the application year 2024 is 11.95%, with 21,130 applicants and 2,525 accepted. This marks a slight decline from the previous year’s rate of 12.43% for application year 2023, which saw 21,109 applicants and 2,629 admissions. Looking further back, acceptance rates have dropped significantly from 17.0% in application year 2022 and 27.47% in application year 2021. Historically, the data indicates a trend of decreasing acceptance rates, reflecting increasing competition among applicants.