Editing Colby College (section)

===Rankings===
{{Infobox US university ranking
| USNWR_LA = 25
| Wamo_LA = 24
| Forbes = 89
| THE_WSJ = 
}}

The 2024 annual ranking of ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' rates it the 25th best liberal arts college (tied with the [[University of Richmond]] overall in the U.S.), 8th for "Best Value," tied at 7th for "Most Innovative" and tied at 36th for "Best Undergraduate Teaching" among liberal arts colleges.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/colby-college-2039/overall-rankings |title= Colby College Rankings |magazine=U.S. News & World Report |access-date=September 13, 2019}}</ref> ''[[Washington Monthly]]'' ranked the college 24th in 2024 among 194 liberal arts colleges in the U.S. based on its contribution to the public good, as measured by social mobility, research, and promoting public service.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2024 Liberal Arts Colleges Ranking |url=https://washingtonmonthly.com/2024-college-guide/liberal-arts/ |access-date=2025-03-12 |website=Washington Monthly |language=en-US}}</ref>  ''[[Forbes]]'' in 2019 rated Colby 75th overall in its America's Top Colleges ranking of 650 military academies, national universities, and liberal arts colleges, and 32nd among liberal arts colleges.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/colleges/colby-college/?list=top-colleges |title=America's Top Colleges |magazine=Forbes |date=August 15, 2019}}</ref> ''[[Kiplinger's Personal Finance]]'' places Colby at 46th in its 2019 ranking of 149 best value liberal arts colleges in the United States.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.kiplinger.com/tool/college/T014-S001-best-college-values-college-finder/school/5788/colby-college/ |magazine =Kiplinger's Personal Finance| title=Kiplinger's Best College Values: Colby College Ranking |date=July 2019}}</ref> Colby College is [[Higher education accreditation in the United States|accredited]] by the [[New England Commission of Higher Education]].<ref>{{Citation|title=Maine Institutions – NECHE|publisher=[[New England Commission of Higher Education]]|url=https://www.neche.org/institutions/me/|access-date=May 26, 2021}}</ref>

In 2016, [[Niche (company)|Niche]] gave the college an "A+" for academics, administration, food, campus quality and diversity, a "B" for campus housing, health & safety, and athletics, and a "C+" for local city, and off-campus housing.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://colleges.niche.com/colby-college/|title=Colby College|website=Niche.com|access-date=2016-04-20}}</ref> In Niche's official rankings, the college placed 16th for liberal arts and 46th overall.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://colleges.niche.com/rankings/best-liberal-arts-colleges/|title=Best Liberal Arts Colleges - College Rankings|website=College Rankings and Reviews at Niche.com|access-date=2016-04-20}}</ref> Colby was ranked 29th in the country by ''Parchment''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.parchment.com/c/college/college-rankings.php?page=2&perPage=25&thisCategory=LAC|title=Parchment Student Choice College Rankings 2016 {{!}} Parchment - College admissions predictions.|website=www.parchment.com|access-date=2016-04-22}}</ref> Colby was also named one of "25 New Ivies" by [[Newsweek]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsweek.com/americas-25-new-elite-ivies-108771|title=America's 25 New Elite 'Ivies'|first=Newsweek Staff On 8/20/06 at 8:00|last=PM|website=[[Newsweek]]|date=20 August 2006|access-date=7 December 2016}}</ref> named to the list of the top ten environmental programs by the 2010 Fiske Guide,<ref>[http://www.kansascity.com/2010/07/26/2106767/top-10-environmental-studies-programs.html Top 10 environmental programs] ''The Kansas City Star'' {{dead link|date=July 2023}}</ref> and ranked 13th by the 2011 [[Sierra Club]] rankings of "America's coolest schools."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/201109/coolschools/all-schools.aspx|title=- Sierra Club|access-date=7 December 2016}}</ref>