Colgate University is a private liberal arts college in Hamilton, New York. The 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.
The Colgate University campus in Hamilton, New York
Memorial Chapel is the anchor of the Colgate University Academic Quad.
Case Library and Geyer Center for Information Technology
A classroom in Colgate University's Lathrop Hall
The Little Ivies are an unofficial group of small, academically competitive private liberal arts colleges in the Northeastern United States. The term Little Ivy derives from these schools' small student bodies, standards of academic excellence, associated historic social prestige, and highly selective admissions comparable to the Ivy League. According to Bloomberg, the Little Ivies are also known for their large financial endowments, both absolutely and relative to their size.
Painting of the campus of Bucknell University, a member of the Little Ivies, as it appeared in 1907
