Colby College is a private liberal arts college founded in 1813 in Waterville, Maine, offering undergraduate programs across a broad range of STEM fields. Its departments of computer science, mathematics, statistics, physics, chemistry, biology, and earth sciences provide rigorous quantitative and scientific training, and Colby offers a distinctive interdisciplinary data science major developed jointly by computer science, mathematics, and statistics. The geology and earth sciences department is known for research in Maine's glacially shaped landscape and New England's bedrock geology, while environmental studies draws on Maine's lakes, forests, and rivers for field-based ecology and sustainability coursework. Computational biology and environmental computation interdisciplinary majors prepare students for careers at the intersection of data science, programming, and the natural sciences. Graduates pursue careers in biotechnology, software development, environmental consulting, data analysis, and graduate programs at leading research universities.

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