- The Inkwell
- Louisiana
- Centenary College of Louisiana
Shreveport, LACity: midsizeZIP 71104Founded 1825
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1825
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate: arts & sciences focus
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1983
- Website
- www.centenary.edu
LouisianaReligious affiliationPrivate nonprofit
Centenary College of Louisiana
Centenary College of Louisiana is a private nonprofit college in Shreveport, Louisiana, with 685 undergraduates. It admits 56% of applicants, graduates 62% within six years and costs $25,053 a year after aid.
62%graduate
Admission rate56%
Retention70%
4-year graduation54%
Pell Grant share49%
Federal loans69%
$25,053net price / year
56%admission rate
1144average SAT
62%graduate in 6 years
$59,034median earnings, 10 yrs
$26,000median debt
#839 of 1,704 for earnings#1,229 of 1,739 for lowest net price#609 of 1,738 for graduation rate#303 of 1,552 for selectivity
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $62,350tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $43,450
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $43,450
- Average net price
- $25,053national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$22,490
$30,001–48,000$22,971
$48,001–75,000$21,934
$75,001–110,000$21,481
$110,001+$32,412
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 56%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1144
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 530–600
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 530–610
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- 20–25
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college56%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college70%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college62%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college49%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 62%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 54%
- First-year retention
- 70%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 60%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $46,328
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $59,034middle 50%: $38,894–$83,746
- Median debt at graduation
- $26,000
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$83,746
Median, Centenary College of Louisiana$59,034
Lower quarter$38,894
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 685
- Part-time
- 0.4%
- Women / men
- 50% / 50%
- Average age at entry
- 19.9
- First-generation students
- 22%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 49%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 8 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 37%
- Average faculty salary
- $7,808 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $11,660
- Endowment, end of year
- $135,148,021
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White52%
Hispanic12%
Black26%
Asian2.5%
Two or more races6.0%
U.S. nonresident0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%
13 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Business & management26%
Biological & biomedical sciences23%
Visual & performing arts12%
Psychology8.9%
English language & literature6.7%
Social sciences6.7%
Communication & journalism3.3%
Foreign languages & linguistics3.3%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 158477. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q5059076.