- The Inkwell
- Kentucky
- Centre College


Danville, KYTown: distantZIP 40422Founded 1819
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1819
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate: arts & sciences focus
- Highest degree
- Bachelor's degree
- Federal aid since
- 1966
- Website
- www.centre.edu
KentuckyPrivate nonprofit
Centre College
Centre College is a private nonprofit college in Danville, Kentucky, with 1,400 undergraduates. It admits 54% of applicants, graduates 79% within six years and costs $19,980 a year after aid.
79%graduate
Admission rate54%
Retention88%
4-year graduation77%
Pell Grant share30%
Federal loans46%
$19,980net price / year
54%admission rate
1352average SAT
79%graduate in 6 years
$66,582median earnings, 10 yrs
$27,000median debt
#500 of 1,704 for earnings#870 of 1,739 for lowest net price#198 of 1,738 for graduation rate#285 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
- $70,693tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $55,490
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $55,490
- Average net price
- $19,980national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$11,861
$30,001–48,000$9,762
$48,001–75,000$13,123
$75,001–110,000$17,802
$110,001+$28,448
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 54%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1352
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 590–720
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 570–730
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- 25–32
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college54%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college88%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college79%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college30%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 79%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 77%
- First-year retention
- 88%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 85%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $57,520
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $66,582middle 50%: $47,399–$95,738
- Median debt at graduation
- $27,000
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$95,738
Median, Centre College$66,582
Lower quarter$47,399
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
- 1,400
- Part-time
- 0.4%
- Women / men
- 52% / 48%
- Average age at entry
- 19.4
- First-generation students
- 20%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 30%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 10 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 92%
- Average faculty salary
- $9,723 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $24,174
- Endowment, end of year
- $402,704,759
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White72%
Hispanic7.4%
Black6.4%
Asian4.9%
Two or more races4.0%
U.S. nonresident3.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%
Unknown0.9%
15 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Social sciences22%
Psychology18%
Biological & biomedical sciences15%
Business & management9.4%
Physical sciences7.2%
Computer & information sciences5.9%
Multi/interdisciplinary studies4.1%
Foreign languages & linguistics3.4%
keep comparing
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|---|---|---|---|
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Same Carnegie class, similar price
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|---|---|---|---|
| DePauw University Greencastle, IN | $19,916 | 78% | $77,170 |
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| Colby College Waterville, ME | $19,835 | 87% | $88,776 |
| St Olaf College Northfield, MN | $21,546 | 83% | $68,656 |
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 156408. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q1804942.