Colby-Sawyer Announces Tuition Reset

published tuition is $46,364. After years of strategic planning and decisive action to strengthen the college’s financial stability by establishing new programs, deepening key partnerships and achieving a record level of giving, Colby-Sawyer is reducing its tuition by 62 percent.

The new $17,500 annual tuition makes Colby-Sawyer one of the most affordable private colleges in the region, with a cost comparable to that of enrolling at a public institution.

Colby-Sawyer recently took a major step toward building a better, more accessible college by guaranteeing that all four-year undergraduate students will start with a lower tuition of $17,500 beginning fall 2023.

For decades, Colby-Sawyer has worked to ensure that students and families do not bear the burden of the full cost of tuition — 100 percent of currently enrolled students receive financial assistance — but that’s not always clear to prospective students because the current

“Our posted tuition price has caused some families to believe that our individualized educational experience, small classes, experiential learning, required internships and Capstone projects, and preparation for purposeful careers and graduate studies would be out of their reach financially,” Colby-Sawyer College President Susan D. Stuebner said. “However, our institution is enhanced by having students with a diversity of perspectives and backgrounds. By guaranteeing a new, lower tuition of $17,500, we want to make it clear that a Colby-Sawyer experience is possible for any student who wants to call us home.”