Colgate University: Courses, Admission, Cost

Founded in 1817, Colgate University was established as the Baptist Education Society. The university is situated in Hamilton, New York, over an area of 575 acres of land. Inside the university campus, there are 88 buildings and 2300 trees. Further, the university comprises multiple halls such as Lathrop Hall and Robert H.N. Ho Science Center. It also has numerous museums and galleries such as Clifford Gallery, Linsley Geology Museum and Picker Art Gallery. When it comes to theatres and auditoriums, the university has Brehmer Theater, Memorial Chapel, Golden Auditorium and Love Auditorium. Further, there are numerous recreational facilities, such as Trudy Fitness Center, Lineberry Natatorium, gym, shooting range, glending boathouse, cross country course, and golf course.

The university has 56 major and a number of additional minor courses of study in disciplines, such as Africana and Latin American studies, anthropology, applied mathematics, art and art history, Asian studies, astrogeophysics, astronomy/physics, biochemistry, biology, chemistry, Chinese, classics studies, computer science, mathematics, creative writing, economics, educational studies, English, environmental geography, environmental geology, environmental studies, film and media studies, French, geography, geology, German, Greek, history, international relations, Japanese, Jewish studies, Latin, LGBTQ studies, linguistics, mathematical economics, mathematical systems biology, Spanish, sociology theatre, women's studies, writing and rhetoric. The university also offers liberal arts core courses, including scientific perspectives on the world, global engagements and many more.

Colgate University also offers various research and scholarship programs. It also offers multiple fellowship opportunities, such as summer research, alumni research scholars, Beckman scholars, Benton scholars, Benton Scholars, Lampert Institute and Sophomore Residential Seminars programs. The university also offers a number of pre-professional programs in several fields of study such as health services, communications, pre-law, engineering, and business.

Colgate University is known to have a list of notable alumni which includes New York congressman and civil rights leader Adam Clayton Powell Jr., Chief Justice of U.S. Supreme Court Charles Evans Hughes, Former NBA player Adonal Foyle, commentator, and columnist Andy Rooney, journalist and columnist Gloria Borger, foreign correspondent Bob Woodruff.