Colgate University is a private liberal arts college located on 575 acres (2.08 km²) in Hamilton Village, Hamilton Township, Madison County, New York, United States. Colgate has 55 undergraduate concentrations that culminate in a Bachelor of Arts degree. The student body comes from 47 states and 42 countries. In its 2017 edition, U.S. News & World Report ranked Colgate as the 12th best liberal arts college in the country.