Centre College
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Pell and non-Pell students graduate at nearly identical rates — a notably small equity gap.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 30 Title IV programs, 4 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 26 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing4 · 13.3%
- No Data26 · 86.7%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
Action history · 3
- Jun 2022Heightened Monitoring or Focused ReviewSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Jan 2022Heightened Monitoring or Focused ReviewSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Jun 2018Accreditation Reaffirmed: Probation RemovedSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 417 students received $2.5M in Pell grants, alongside $6.0M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 238 borrowers who entered repayment, 2 (0.8%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at Centre College
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 13
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus5
Includes 5 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
- Pearl1 fireSmoking materialsDamage $0-$99
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Centre College vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Centre College selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectCentre College | 81% | — | 1,404 | $21,497 | Baccalaureate |
| 58% | 19.3% | 1,527 | $4,483 | Baccalaureate | |
| 49% | 91.1% | 1,345 | $13,485 | Baccalaureate | |
| 71% | 86.5% | 1,006 | $23,560 | Baccalaureate | |
| 8% | 100.0% | 506 | $19,960 | Baccalaureate | |
| 34% | 45.2% | 1,302 | $20,011 | Baccalaureate | |
| Peer group median | 53% | 86.5% | 1,324 | $19,986 |
Institutions like Centre College
Explore the federal data for institutions in Centre College's comparison group.
- BaccalaureateKentucky
Berea College
Grad rate58%Admit rate19.3%Enrollment1,527Net price$4,483View data - BaccalaureateKentucky
Georgetown College
Grad rate49%Admit rate91.1%Enrollment1,345Net price$13,485View data - BaccalaureateKentucky
Transylvania University
Grad rate71%Admit rate86.5%Enrollment1,006Net price$23,560View data - BaccalaureateKentucky
Simmons College of Kentucky
Grad rate8%Admit rate100.0%Enrollment506Net price$19,960View data - BaccalaureateNorth Carolina
Johnson C Smith University
Grad rate34%Admit rate45.2%Enrollment1,302Net price$20,011View data
Centre College Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The mission of Institutional Research is to aid in the timely collection, analysis, and dissemination of institutional related information. This includes providing information to support planning, evaluation, and management.
Visit IR office page- Erjon GjociDirector of Institutional Research and Enrollment Data Modeling
Common Data Set
Centre College's own annual Common Data Set: the most detailed self-reported reference for selectivity, cost, outcomes, and the student body.
Selectivity & Admissions
Admissions funnel
C125,000 applied → 7,000 admitted (28.0%) → 2,500 enrolled.
Selectivity
C1Selective — 28.0% acceptance rate.
Admit rate by gender
C1Admit rates are similar across genders (Men 27.5%, Women 28.5%).
SAT range (middle 50%)
C9Middle 50% SAT 1200–1300 (median 1250).
ACT range (middle 50%)
C9Middle 50% ACT 25–30 (median 27).
High-school class rank
C10Share of enrolled first-years by HS class-rank band.
Waitlist outcome
C21,000 offered a waitlist spot, 500 accepted it, 100 admitted (20.0% of those who stayed on).
What matters in admission
C7Relative importance of each admission factor.
Affordability & Value
Cost of attendance
GTotal sticker cost of attendance is $15,380 (None).
Sticker vs. net price
G+HSticker $15,380 → about $2,421 net for aided students after the average need-based grant ($12,959); 63% of demonstrated need is met.
Where grant aid comes from
H10% of need-based grant dollars come from the institution itself.
Graduate debt
H4/H559% of graduates borrowed; those who did owed $30,000 on average.
Academic Experience
Class-size distribution
I328% of classes have under 20 students; 4% have 50+.
Faculty profile
IKey faculty indicators.
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