Private liberal arts college in rural New Hampshire with strong nursing and business programs.
Colby-Sawyer offers undergraduate and graduate programs through three schools: Arts & Sciences, Business & Social Sciences, and Nursing & Health Sciences. The college emphasizes experiential learning with required internships for all students, study abroad opportunities, and field studies in alpine, desert, river, marine, and tropical communities. Special programs include the Wesson Honors Program, ROTC (Army and Air Force), and pre-professional tracks in law, medicine, physical therapy, and veterinary medicine. The Curtis L. Ivey Science Center (opened 2004) houses biology and environmental studies programs with GIS laboratory facilities.
The college occupies a 200-acre rural campus with 32 buildings including residence halls (Best, Colby, Lawson, Abbey, Burpee, Danforth, Rooke, Shepard, McKean), the Hogan Sports Center, Ware Campus Center, and Baker Communications Center. Housing is provided for first-year, returning, and graduate students. Student life includes clubs, cultural events, and the Campus Activities Board. The Windy Hill School, a LEED silver-certified lab school established in 1976, serves as a site for teacher internships and remains one of few lab schools in northern New England.
The college accepts first-year, transfer, international, military service, and non-degree applicants. Nursing-specific applications are available. The college participates in the NH Transfer Guarantee program and offers virtual tours and campus visits. Specific admission statistics, test requirements, and application deadlines are not detailed in the provided sources.
Colby-Sawyer competes as an NCAA Division III institution in the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC), Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC), and Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association (EISA). The college offers 20+ varsity sports including alpine skiing, baseball, basketball, lacrosse, soccer, field hockey, and equestrian (co-ed). The equestrian team achieved national prominence, winning the IHSA national hunt-seat championship in 1989. Club sports and intramurals complement the varsity program.