Centre College
Danville, Kentucky
- Private nonprofit
- Town
- 1,400 undergrads
- Admit rate
- 54%Source: College Scorecard
- Average net price
- $19,980per year, after grantsSource: College Scorecard
- Graduation rate
- 80%within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $66,58210 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
What's special
Centre College operates on an academic calendar consisting of two full semesters (Fall and Spring) and a three-week winter term known as CentreTerm.
Getting in
- Admit rate
- 54%About 5 in 10 applicants get in.Source: College Scorecard
- Test policy
- Test-optionalScores are considered if you send them, but not required.Source: College Scorecard
- SAT (middle 50%)
- 1160–1450Reading + math, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
- ACT (middle 50%)
- 25–32Composite, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
Where you'd stand
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Sources: College Scorecard. Test ranges describe enrolled students who sent scores.
What it really costs
Most families pay less than the sticker price. Net price is what's left after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $19,980full-time first-years who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $70,693sticker price incl. housing, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition
- $55,490Source: College Scorecard
After you enroll
- Graduation rate
- 80%first-time, full-time students finishing within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Came back for year two
- 88%full-time first-year studentsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $66,58210 years after starting, for students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at graduation
- $27,000federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Students
- Undergraduates
- 1,400Source: College Scorecard
- Receive Pell grants
- 30%a sign of economic diversitySource: College Scorecard
- First-generation students
- 20%parents didn't go beyond high schoolSource: College Scorecard
Similar schools
Similar, and easier to get into
- Transylvania University Lexington, KY — admits 87%
- Bellarmine University Louisville, KY — admits 86%
- College of Saint Benedict Saint Joseph, MN — admits 92%
- Saint Johns University Collegeville, MN — admits 91%
Also worth a look
- Asbury University Wilmore, KY — admits 63%
- The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Louisville, KY — admits 56%
- Ohio Wesleyan University Delaware, OH — admits 56%
- Russell Sage College Troy, NY — admits 53%
- McMurry University Abilene, TX — admits 57%
- DePauw University Greencastle, IN — admits 57%
Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Centre College, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. We last pulled the data on November 4, 2026. Different measures cover different years; here's how each one works.
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