Centre College
Personal education, extraordinary success
Centre College is known for the leadership of its widely recognized academic program—Centre has the highest national U.S. News ranking of any institution in Kentucky . The College is also known for the unusual career success of graduates. Alumni span the range of occupational possibilities from U.S. Vice Presidents to Supreme Court Justices (including a Chief Justice) to the founder of the Hard Rock Café.
The Centre record of accomplishment is based on a personal approach to education and rigorous academic standards. Centre students have out-of-the-ordinary opportunities to conduct research with their professors, frequently co-authoring papers with them and presenting the findings at professional conferences.
The College also makes The Centre Commitment to its young men and women: students who meet the college’s academic and social expectations are guaranteed an internship, study abroad, and graduation in four years—or the College will provide up to an additional year of study tuition-free.
And Centre is known for having one of the nation’s top international programs. Three out of four Centre students participate in foreign study, the highest rate of any Kentucky institution and in the top 10 in the nation.
Centre also plays a leadership role in a number of other ways, being the state’s leader in entrance-test scores, and over the past 20 years the nation’s leader in annual alumni-support percentage.