of its rural location by having a full outdoor education program. A base camp is located on campus and allows students to rent equipment for skiing, camping, and other outdoor events. Each year, twelve to fifteen students are selected to become staffers for Outdoor Education. The training takes more than six months and includes a Wilderness First Responder certification. Incoming first-year students are offered a week-long trip spent backpacking, canoeing, kayaking, caving or rock climbing in the Adirondacks.
== Alumni ==
Colgate has more than 34,000 living alumni. As of 2016, Colgate alumni have a median starting salary of $53,700 and have a median mid-career salary of $119,000. In 2016, Forbes ranked Colgate 16th in colleges that produce the highest-earning graduates. As of 2009, among small schools, Colgate was the tenth-largest producer of alumni who go onto the Peace Corps.
Some of the most notable alumni from the List of Colgate University people include:
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