Does it field a women’s basketball team?
Yes. Colgate University reported 16 women’s basketball participants in the Equity in Athletics return it filed for 2025-26. That is the institution’s own count of the squad, not a roster page Athlavia has read, and it is the figure the United States Department of Education publishes.
It competes in NCAA Division I and in the Patriot League. It is one of 21 NCAA DI women's basketball programmes in New York, out of 130 programmes there in total.
The athletics department’s own site is where the current roster and coaching staff are published.
Can it award a basketball scholarship?
NCAA Division I rules permit athletically-related student aid.
Colgate University reported athletically-related student aid awarded to women in its most recent federal return. The amount is the total across every women’s sport at the institution — basketball, and also volleyball, soccer, track, swimming and the rest. It is not a basketball budget, and it is not what one player receives.
Read alone it is routinely mistaken for a per-player offer. Inside Athlavia it sits next to the squad size, the division's own limits and the published cost, which is the only way it means anything.
It is one of 39 institutions in New York whose return reports athletic aid awarded to women, out of 130 that field women’s basketball at all.
What it costs and what it is like
A published cost is held for 2023-24: tuition, mandatory fees, room and board, insurance and a travel estimate, with the international tuition rate separately where the institution publishes one.
A single yearly total tells a family almost nothing. What decides whether a place is reachable is which line is the big one, and whether the international rate differs — so Athlavia shows the lines, not a headline.
- Type
- Private
- Enrolment
- 3,168
- Selectivity
- Held — free account
- City
- Hamilton
- State or region
- New York
- Country
- United States
- Campus setting
- rural
- Climate
- Not recorded
- International share
- 8%
Degrees recorded here
Only the courses Athlavia has read and tagged. It is not the institution’s full prospectus.
- Anthropology.
- Applied Mathematics.
- Area Studies.
- Astronomy and Astrophysics.
- Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology.
- Biology, General.
- Chemistry.
- Classical and Ancient Studies.
- Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
- Computer Science.
- Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft.
- East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
- Economics.
- Education, General.
- English Language and Literature, General.
- Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies.
- Film/Video and Photographic Arts.
- Fine and Studio Arts.
- Geography and Cartography.
- Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences.
- Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
- History.
- International Relations and National Security Studies.
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.
- Mathematics and Computer Science.
- Mathematics.
- Music.
- Natural Resources Conservation and Research.
- Natural Sciences.
- Neurobiology and Neurosciences.
- Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution.
- Philosophy and Religious Studies, General.
- Philosophy.
- Physical Sciences, General.
- Physics.
- Political Science and Government.
- Psychology, General.
- Religion/Religious Studies.
- Research and Experimental Psychology.
- Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
- Social Sciences, General.
- Sociology and Anthropology.
- Sociology.
How it compares
Across the 356 NCAA DI women’s basketball programmes in this database, the average listed squad is 17 players. Colgate University lists 16, almost exactly the divisional average. Among the 21 NCAA DI programmes in New York, it has the 3rd largest listed squad.
Squad size is a fact about the return, not a judgement about the programme. A large squad can mean depth or it can mean a long bench; a small one can mean minutes are available or that the roster is already settled. It is a question to ask a coach, not an answer.
Where these figures came from
| Field | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Squad size | 162025-26 | ope.ed.govEADA 2025-26 schools.xlsx, PARTIC_WOMEN for Basketball | 12 Aug 2026 | 96% |
| recruitingBand | 77-972025-26 | ope.ed.govInferred from EADA operating expense per women's basketball participant ($21,495/player), ranked on a log scale against all 1857 programmes (percentile 87). Division is not used as an input. | 12 Aug 2026 | 55% |
| costOfAttendance | held — free account2023-24 | collegescorecard.ed.govCollege Scorecard field latest.cost.roomboard.oncampus | 12 Aug 2026 | 92% |
| Degrees | 43 undergraduate degrees listed, including Natural Resources Conservation and Research., Area Studies., Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies. | collegescorecard.ed.govCollege Scorecard field latest.programs.cip_4_digit, undergraduate credentials only | 12 Aug 2026 | 90% |
| Tuition | held — free account2023-24 | collegescorecard.ed.govCollege Scorecard fields latest.cost.tuition.in_state and latest.cost.tuition.out_of_state | 12 Aug 2026 | 92% |
| institutionProfile | held — free account | api.data.govCollege Scorecard v1 /schools, fields latest.admissions.admission_rate.overall, school.locale, location.lat, location.lon, latest.student.demographics.race_ethnicity.non_resident_alien read verbatim | 12 Aug 2026 | 92% |
Every stored fact carries the source it came from, the date it was read and how it was extracted. Figures shown on this page without a row above are recorded with the source on the record itself — the athletic aid figure, for instance, carries the Department of Education’s athletics site as its source. Check it at the source.