About Colby College

Colby College is a private objector arts literary in Waterville, Maine. It was founded in 1813 as the Maine Literary and Theological Institution until it was renamed after the city it resides in next Waterville College. The donations of Christian philanthropist Gardner Colby motto the institution renamed once more to Colby University since concluding upon its resolved and current title, reflecting its radical arts theoretical curriculum. Approximately 1,800 students from beyond 60 countries are enrolled annually. The scholastic offers 54 major fields of breakdown and 30 minors.

Located in central Maine, the 714-acre Neo-Georgian campus sits atop Mayflower Hill and overlooks downtown Waterville and the Kennebec River Valley. Along subsequent to fellow Maine institutions Bates College and Bowdoin College, Colby competes in the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) and the Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Consortium. In adjunct to Bates and Bowdoin, Colby is in the midst of the most selective innovative arts institutions in the country, and is considered a Little Ivy.

Waterville is a city in Kennebec County, Maine, United States, on the west bank of the Kennebec River. The city is house to Colby College and Thomas College. As of the 2010 census the population was 15,722, and in 2019 the estimated population was 16,558. Along bearing in mind Augusta, Waterville is one of the principal cities of the Augusta-Waterville, ME Micropolitan Statistical Area.