Colby College
Waterville, Maine · Private, nonprofit
Graduate earnings
8of 8 assessed undergraduate programs
have graduates earning more than a typical Maine high-school graduate (about $38,000 a year).
8 of 38 undergraduate programs could be assessed. The other 30: 29 with no earnings published and 1 with nothing reported. 4 verdicts use 1-year earnings, an earlier career stage.
Average net price, all families$17,180 a year By family income
What it would cost
Net price is the yearly cost after grants and scholarships, as reported for students who received federal aid.
Average for all families
$17,180 a year
About $68,720 over 4 years, if price and aid stay the same.
This multiplies the reported yearly net price by the years you choose. It is not a quote or a prediction: it leaves out interest, price rises and the chance of taking longer to finish.
Net price for every income band
| Family income | Net price per year |
|---|---|
| Under $30k | $4,049 |
| $30k to $48k | $1,251 |
| $48k to $75k | $3,666 |
| $75k to $110k | $12,106 |
| $110k and up | $46,511 |
| All families (average) | $17,180 |
College Scorecard, release 2026-06-10. Bands with no figure were not reported by the school.
Program earnings
Median earnings of each program’s graduates against a typical Maine high-school graduate ($38,000 a year).
8 of 38 programs could be assessed 21% have an earnings verdict
| Program | Degree | Median earnings | vs a high-school grad | Verdict | Median debt | Debt as years of gain | Recent completers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economics | Bachelor's Degree | $103,491 | +$65,491 | clears the bar | $24,250 | 0.4 yrs | 94 |
| Political Science | Bachelor's Degree | $96,621 | +$58,621 | clears the bar | $27,000 | 0.5 yrs | 66 |
| Natural Resources and Conservation | Bachelor's Degree | $55,719 | +$17,719 | clears the bar | $19,313 | 1.1 yrs | 47 |
| International/Globalization Studies | Bachelor's Degree | $42,7561-year earnings | +$4,756 | clears the bar (1-yr) | not published | not assessed | 38 |
| Psychology | Bachelor's Degree | $40,8421-year earnings | +$2,842 | clears the bar (1-yr) | not published | not assessed | 34 |
| Biology | Bachelor's Degree | $43,5971-year earnings | +$5,597 | clears the bar (1-yr) | not published | not assessed | 31 |
| Area Studies | Bachelor's Degree | $64,207 | +$26,207 | clears the bar | not published | not assessed | 17 |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | $42,3261-year earnings | +$4,326 | clears the bar (1-yr) | $17,500 | 4.0 yrs | 17 |
| Neuroscience | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 44 |
| Computer Science | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 43 |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 22 |
| English | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 21 |
| History | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 21 |
| Education | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 17 |
| Mathematics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 17 |
| Physics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 16 |
| Sociology | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 16 |
| Fine Arts | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 16 |
| Chemistry | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 14 |
| Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 13 |
| Philosophy | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 13 |
| Science, Technology and Society | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 12 |
| Statistics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 10 |
| Research Psychology | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 9 |
| Anthropology | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 8 |
| Music | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 8 |
| Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 7 |
| Geology and Earth Science | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 5 |
| Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Classical and Ancient Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Theatre | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Religion/Religious Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Human Computer Interaction | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Astronomy and Astrophysics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Liberal Arts and General Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
Sources and definitions
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, release 2026-06-10. Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal aid. Debt is federal loans only.
- The high-school line is ED’s state benchmark, $38,000 a year.
- Earnings not published: ED reports the program but no earnings figure, usually because too few graduates were measured. Nothing reported: ED lists the program with no figures at all. Neither is a judgement of the program.
- Debt as years of gain is median federal debt divided by how much more graduates earn per year than a typical high-school graduate. It is not a repayment time.
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