Centre College
Danville, Kentucky · Also known as Centre College of Kentucky · Website
$66,240
median earnings, 10 years after starting
$66,240
median earnings, 10 years after starting
Centre College is a private nonprofit 4-year college in Danville, Kentucky with 1,400 undergraduates. Its average net price after grants is $20,781 a year (tuition and fees $52,820). It admits 54% of applicants and 81% of students finish within 6 years. Former students earn a median $66,240 a year 10 years after they started, and graduates leave with a median $27,000 in federal student loans.
Updated Oct 10, 2026 · June 2026 data
Net price
$20,781
US median $17,138
Tuition and fees
$52,820
US median $11,837
Admission rate
54%
US median 78%
Completion rate
81%
Within 6 years, US 58%
Median debt
$27,000
About $286 a month
Earnings at 10 years
$66,240
Rank 480 of 5,094 in the US
Cost
What a year costs: posted prices and the average after grants
Net price by family income
Average yearly cost after grants, for students who get aid
- Net price
- $20,781
- Tuition and fees
- $52,820
- Cost of attendance
- $67,787
- Students with a need-based grant
- 23%
- Students with federal loans
- 49%
- Net price, family income under $30K
- $11,364
- Net price, family income $30K to $48K
- $10,388
- Net price, family income $48K to $75K
- $15,847
- Net price, family income $75K to $110K
- $18,920
- Net price, family income over $110K
- $30,571
Net price is what students who get aid pay on average after grants.
Tuition and net price by year
School years 2015-16 to 2024-25. The year on the chart is the year the school year starts.
Yearly cost
Tuition and fees went from $38,200 in 2015-16 to $52,820 in 2024-25.
Admission, completion and retention
Share of applicants admitted, of students who finish and of first-year students who come back
Admission and students
- Admission rate
- 54%
- Average SAT
- 1,352
- SAT reading, middle
- 650
- SAT math, middle
- 700
- ACT, middle
- 30
- Undergraduates
- 1,400
- Part-time students
- 0.4%
- Women
- 52%
- Students per teacher
- 10
- Completion rate
- 81%
- Retention rate
- 88%
- Highest degree
- Bachelor's degree
- Programs
- 25
- Endowment
- $402.7M
Earnings and debt
Compared with the medians of the colleges of its state, of colleges of the same kind and of all US colleges
Median earnings 10 years after starting rank 480 of 5,094 US colleges and 1 of 70 in Kentucky (1 = highest).
| Measure | College | KY median | Same kind | US median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net price | $20,781 | $16,512 | $22,320 | $17,138 |
| Tuition in-state | $52,820 | $11,652 | $31,170 | $11,837 |
| Admission rate | 54% | 81% | 74% | 78% |
| Completion rate | 81% | 53% | 57% | 58% |
| Retention rate | 88% | 69% | 77% | 75% |
| Median debt | $27,000 | $13,521 | $24,287 | $13,271 |
| Earnings after 6 years | $50,073 | $31,816 | $44,392 | $35,656 |
| Earnings after 10 years | $66,240 | $36,235 | $52,928 | $40,813 |
Best-paid programs
Median earnings 1 year after graduation
Same kind: US private nonprofit 4-year colleges. Earnings and debt are medians of former students who received federal student aid. 80% of borrowers lowered their balance within 3 years. 78% earn more than a typical high school graduate 6 years after starting.
Programs
25 fields of study and credentials, with graduates, debt and earnings
| Field of study | Graduates | Median debt | Earnings 1 yr | Earnings 4 yr | US median 4 yr | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EconomicsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 52 | $27,000 | $51,077 | $75,885 | $82,686 |
| Political Science and GovernmentBachelor's | Bachelor's | 29 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $63,293 |
| Biology, GeneralBachelor's | Bachelor's | 24 | $27,000 | Withheld | Withheld | $57,214 |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 23 | $23,480 | $19,503 | Withheld | $55,000 |
| International/Globalization StudiesBachelor's | Bachelor's | 22 | $27,000 | $35,367 | $59,531 | $59,972 |
| Research and Experimental PsychologyBachelor's | Bachelor's | 21 | $27,000 | Withheld | Withheld | $55,695 |
| HistoryBachelor's | Bachelor's | 20 | $27,000 | Withheld | $51,094 | $50,680 |
| English Language and Literature, GeneralBachelor's | Bachelor's | 19 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $48,590 |
| MathematicsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 18 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $69,562 |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular BiologyBachelor's | Bachelor's | 15 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $65,466 |
| Psychology, GeneralBachelor's | Bachelor's | 15 | $27,000 | $26,636 | Withheld | $50,706 |
| Sociology and AnthropologyBachelor's | Bachelor's | 15 | $27,000 | $29,054 | Withheld | $46,959 |
| Computer ScienceBachelor's | Bachelor's | 12 | Withheld | Withheld | $93,000 | $107,009 |
| Data ScienceBachelor's | Bachelor's | 11 | - | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Natural Resources Conservation and ResearchBachelor's | Bachelor's | 9 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $55,012 |
| ChemistryBachelor's | Bachelor's | 8 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $65,120 |
| Drama/Theatre Arts and StagecraftBachelor's | Bachelor's | 7 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $39,775 |
| Fine and Studio ArtsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 7 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $41,367 |
| Germanic Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 3 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $55,459 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesBachelor's | Bachelor's | 3 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $53,072 |
| PhilosophyBachelor's | Bachelor's | 3 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $54,455 |
| PhysicsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 2 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $76,786 |
| MusicBachelor's | Bachelor's | 2 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $42,892 |
| Religion/Religious StudiesBachelor's | Bachelor's | 1 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $41,390 |
| Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 0 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $49,429 |
In the area
- Jobs, pay and new homes: the county of Danville and Kentucky on Local Economy
- More colleges: All colleges in Kentucky
- Homes: Homes for sale in Kentucky
Questions and answers
How much does Centre College cost?
$20,781 a year is the average net price at Centre College after grants and scholarships. Tuition and fees are $52,820, and the full cost of attendance with housing, food and books is $67,787. Families earning under $30,000 pay $11,364 on average.
What is the acceptance rate at Centre College?
54% of applicants are admitted to Centre College. The average SAT score of admitted students is 1,352 and the middle ACT score is 30. The median admission rate of colleges in Kentucky is 81%.
How much do Centre College graduates earn?
$66,240 a year is the median pay of former Centre College students who work, 10 years after they started ($50,073 after 6 years). That ranks 480 of 5,094 US colleges and 1 of 70 in Kentucky. Its best-paid program one year after graduation is Economics (Bachelor's) at $51,077.
How much student debt do Centre College graduates have?
$27,000 is the median federal student loan debt of Centre College graduates, about $286 a month over 10 years. The median across US colleges is $13,271. 49% of undergraduates take out federal loans.
What is the graduation rate at Centre College?
81% of first-time, full-time students at Centre College finish within 6 years. 88% of first-year students come back for a second year. The median of private nonprofit 4-year colleges is 57%.
What are the most popular majors at Centre College?
Economics (52 bachelor's graduates), Political Science and Government (29 bachelor's graduates), Biology, General (24 bachelor's graduates) had the most graduates in the newest year, out of 25 programs.
Official public data, June 2026 release. Net price is for first-time, full-time students who get aid. Completion counts first-time, full-time students who finish within 150% of the normal time. Debt and earnings are medians of students who received federal student aid, measured a few years after they left, in the dollars of the year measured; earnings count former students who work and are not enrolled, including those who did not finish.