Centre College
Private College in Danville, KY. Six-year graduation rate 81%. Median 10-year earnings $66,240.
Students who entered Centre College reach a median of $66,240 ten years later, which puts this school in the upper band of undergraduate earnings outcomes. The six-year graduation rate of 81% is well above average and the clearest sign this school holds onto its students. Graduates leave owing a median of $27,000 — a substantial load to service on these earnings.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Graduation rate 81% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Mobility score 0.7 — limited economic uplift documented
Admissions
Selectivity is real here: only 54% of applicants are offered a place. The applicant pool runs to 3,747, typical for a school of this reach. A 19% yield rate is low: the admitted pool is much larger than the entering class. 8% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score. The bands below describe the middle half of that group, not of the class.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | 590–720 | 33 (8%) |
| SAT Math | 570–730 | |
| ACT Composite | 25–32 | 182 (46%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
Apply at Centre College →Academics
A 81% six-year graduation rate is the strongest academic signal on this page. First-year retention of 88% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. A 10:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. As a private nonprofit four-year college, the relevant comparison is other four-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions. At 1,356 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,346 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $23,860 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $11,364 at the $0–30k band to $30,571 at $110k+. 100% of students get grant aid averaging $40,715, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. About 49% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 360 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $11,364 |
| $30–48k | $10,388 |
| $48–75k | $15,847 |
| $75–110k | $18,920 |
| $110k+ | $30,571 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 660 of these 1,346 students, totalling $4,247,518 — an average of $6,436 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Boyle County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)