Colgate University

Colgate publishes 14% (Fall 2024 entering class). Early Decision applicants got in at 20%; everyone else at 13%.

Acceptance rate

What Colgate's 14% is made of

The published rate averages groups with very different odds. These are the splits Colgate reports itself.

By application round

20%

Early Decision

13%

Everyone else

Fall 2024 entering class (CDS 2024-2025, C1: 2,871 admits / 20,682 applications)

Part of Real Acceptance Rates, our series decomposing published rates from each school's own Common Data Set.

Testing

Policy: Test-optional. Official page states applicants face 'no disadvantage' if they choose not to submit SAT/ACT scores; applications are evaluated holistically regardless of testing decision.
Source (high confidence)All 100 schools
SAT middle 50%: 1430–1540sum of section 25th–75th percentiles
ACT middle 50%: 33–34
Average HS GPA: 3.85Fall 2024 (CDS 2024-25) · Source

Applying

Full cycle calendar: Application Deadlines.

At a glance

Sources

Colgate test policy (2026-27)
Colgate deadlines
Colgate GPA (Fall 2024 (CDS 2024-25))
Acceptance rate, test-score percentiles, enrollment and tuition: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, pulled 2026-09-14.

Test policy and deadlines last verified 2026-08-17.

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