Centre College acceptance rate and your odds of getting in

Centre College, a private college in Kentucky, reports a 54% acceptance rate and sits in the moderately selective band. In practice that means it admits more applicants than it rejects, so a strong application is judged against an applicant pool that is already self-selected.

Use this page to see what Centre College weighs, where it ranks among Kentucky schools, and how a profile like yours is likely to land. Admitted students post a 75th-percentile SAT around 1330, a useful checkpoint for where your scores sit, though it is a reference range and not a cutoff.

What are my chances at Centre College with a 3.5 GPA and a 1310 SAT?

About 83% (Safety), by CollegeCalcAI's deterministic model, for an applicant with a 3.5 unweighted GPA and a 1310 SAT, the middle of Centre College's admitted range, applying Regular Decision without a hook. A 3.8 GPA with a 1450 SAT comes out near 95%. Courses, activities, essays and the application round move the number; the free calculator includes them.

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There is no formula that guarantees a spot at Centre College, but the applicants who get in tend to do the same four things. Here is what the numbers say each one looks like.

Centre College admitted 1,753 of the 3,226 students who applied for fall 2023, which works out to 54.3%. 361 enrolled. Only about 21% of admitted students enrolled, so the school admits several students for every seat it expects to fill, which is why its acceptance rate reads higher than its selectivity feels. Centre College enrolls about 1,400 undergraduates in total, 52% of them women, with a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, IPEDS 2023 admissions and enrollment.

The middle 50% of admitted students at Centre College scored between 1160 and 1450 on the SAT (average 1352). On the ACT the middle 50% runs from 25 to 32. A score above 1450 puts you in the top quarter of admits and turns the test into an asset; a score below 1160 puts you in the bottom quarter, where the rest of the application has to carry more weight. Centre College is test-optional: scores are considered if you submit them but not required. Send a score at or above the middle of the admitted range; otherwise apply without one and let your transcript lead.

Source: College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), release 2026-06-10.

The factors that carry the most weight at Centre College are rigor of secondary school record, academic GPA, and application essay. Solid grades in a challenging schedule do most of the work here, with the rest of the application providing context. These ratings come from Centre College's reported Common Data Set, so the full chart below reflects what the school itself says it values, not a generic guess.

Centre College's published cost of attendance, before any aid, is roughly $67,787 per year. Tuition and fees alone are $52,820. What families actually pay is different: the average net price after grants and scholarships is $20,781 a year, and it ranges from $11,364 for families earning under $30,000 to $30,571 for families earning over $110,000. 23% of undergraduates receive a federal Pell Grant.

Source: College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), release 2026-06-10. Net price is what students receiving aid paid after grants, by family income.

Ten years after enrolling, the median Centre College student who received federal aid earns $66,240 a year, up from $50,073 at six years. 81% of first-time, full-time students graduate within six years, and 88% return for a second year. Among graduates who borrowed, median federal debt at graduation is $27,000; 49% of undergraduates take federal loans.

Source: College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), release 2026-06-10. Earnings cover students who received federal aid.

Among the 23 Kentucky schools we track, Centre College ranks #3 most selective by acceptance rate. Schools like Berea College (19%) and Brescia University (35%) sit nearby, which makes Kentucky a useful frame for calibrating a balanced list.

Applicants targeting Centre College often weigh Moravian University, St. Lawrence University, and Allegheny College, which sit at a similar level. Running the same profile against each one in the free calculator is the fastest way to see where you are a reach, a match, or a likely.

Acceptance rate, application counts, admitted test ranges, cost, and outcomes reflect publicly reported federal data (U.S. Department of Education: IPEDS 2023 and the College Scorecard) and each school's Common Data Set; figures are rounded and lag the current cycle by one to two years, so confirm deadlines and policies on the school's own site. The typical-admit GPA and SAT are CollegeCalcAI's modeled estimates. Estimates from CollegeCalcAI are a planning tool computed by a fixed, transparent model, not a guarantee of any admission decision.