Editing Colgate University (section)

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{{Short description|Private university in Hamilton, New York, U.S.}}
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{{Infobox university
 | name                   = Colgate University
 | image                  = Colgate_University_Seal_2018.svg
 | image_upright          = .7
 | motto                  = ''Deo ac Veritati'' ([[Latin]])
 | mottoeng               = For God and for Truth
 | established            = {{start date and age|1819}}
 | type                   = [[Private university|Private]] [[liberal arts college]]
 | academic_affiliations  = [[National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program|Space-grant]]
 | endowment              = $1.3 billion (as of December 31, 2024)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.colgate.edu/about/offices-centers-institutes/finance-and-administration/investment-office#:~:text=The%20office%20oversees%20the%20university's,Policy%20Range%205%25%E2%80%9320%25 |title=Colgate Investment Office |access-date=March 4, 2025}}</ref>
 | president              = [[Brian Casey (academic)|Brian W. Casey]]<ref>As of July 1, 2016. {{Cite web |title=Colgate University Names Brian W. Casey as 17th President |url=http://news.colgate.edu/2015/08/colgate-university-names-brian-w-casey-as-17th-president.html/ |access-date=July 6, 2016}}</ref>
 | provost                = Lesleigh Cushing<ref>As of July 1, 2022. {{Cite web |title=Prof. Lesleigh Cushing Named Colgate University Provost and Dean of the Faculty |url=https://www.colgate.edu/news/stories/prof-lesleigh-cushing-named-colgate-university-provost-and-dean-faculty |access-date=June 10, 2024}}</ref>
 | undergrad              = 3,219 (2022)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Colgate at a Glance |url=https://www.colgate.edu/about/colgate-glance |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=colgate.edu |language=en}}</ref>
 | postgrad               = 11 (2018)<ref name=Enroll>{{cite web |title=Common Data Set 2018-2019, Part B |url=https://www.colgate.edu/sites/default/files/inline-files/CDS-18-19.pdf |publisher=Colgate University |access-date=November 13, 2019}}</ref>
 | faculty                = 355 (2018)<ref>{{cite web |title=Common Data Set 2018-2019, Part I |url=https://www.colgate.edu/sites/default/files/inline-files/CDS-18-19.pdf |publisher=Colgate University |access-date=November 13, 2019}}</ref>
 | city                   = [[Hamilton (village), New York|Hamilton Village]]
 | state                  =New York
 | country                = United States
 | coordinates            = {{coord|42|49|10|N|75|32|11|W|scale:5000_region:US-NY_type:edu|display=inline,title}}
 | campus                 = Rural, {{cvt|575|acre}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.colgate.edu/about/colgate-campus| title=Colgate Campus|publisher=Colgate University|access-date=January 8, 2014}}</ref>
 | former_names           = Baptist Education Society of the State of New York<br>(1819–1823)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.colgate.edu/about/history|title=History &#124; Colgate University|website=colgate.edu}}</ref> <br> Hamilton Literary & Theological Institution<br />(1823–1846)<br> Madison University<br />(1846–1890)
 | colors                 = Maroon & white<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.colgate.edu/about/offices-centers-institutes/office-communications/identity-guidelines/design-elements|title=Colgate University Visual Identity|publisher=Colgate University|access-date=August 7, 2022}}</ref><br />{{color box|#821019}}&nbsp;{{color box|white}}
 | athletics_affiliations = [[NCAA Division I]] [[Football Championship Subdivision|FCS]] – [[Patriot League]], [[ECAC Hockey]]<br />[[Middle Atlantic Intercollegiate Sailing Association|MAISA]]
 | sports_nickname        = [[Colgate Raiders|Raiders]]
 | mascot                 = Raider
 | website                = {{URL|https://www.colgate.edu/|colgate.edu}}
 | logo                   = Colgate_University_Wordmark_2018.svg
 | logo_upright           = 1.25
}}

'''Colgate University''' is a [[Private university|private college]] in [[Hamilton, New York]], United States. The [[Liberal arts colleges in the United States|liberal arts college]] was founded in 1819 as the Baptist Education Society of the State of New York and operated under that name until 1823, when it was renamed '''Hamilton Theological and Literary Institution''', often called '''Hamilton College''' (1823–1846), then '''Madison College''' (1846–1890), and its present name since 1890.

Colgate enrolls approximately 3,200 students in 56 undergraduate majors that culminate in a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.colgate.edu/academics/majors-minors|title=Majors & Minors &#124; Colgate University|website=colgate.edu}}</ref> The student body is 54% female and 46% male students who participate in over 200 clubs and organizations.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Student Life|url=https://www.colgate.edu/student-life|access-date=2021-02-21|website=colgate.edu|language=en}}</ref> While Colgate offers almost an entirely undergraduate program, it also has a small graduate program in Master of Arts in Teaching.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Master of Arts in Teaching|url=https://www.colgate.edu/academics/departments-programs/department-educational-studies/master-arts-teaching|access-date=2021-02-21|website=colgate.edu|language=en}}</ref> The college competes in [[NCAA Division I]] sports and is part of the [[Patriot League]] athletic conference and [[ECAC Hockey]].