We actually do what many other institutions just promise: we provide challenging, personal education that transforms students and enables them to achieve extraordinary success in advanced study and their careers.

Education at Centre is individualized and intense. It takes place both inside and outside the classroom in a global context.

And after four years, Centre graduates feel the difference. They have the confidence and ability to take on the world and succeed. And they do! That's why they give back to the College at a record-setting rate that's earned them the title "America's most loyal alumni!"

After you read the top 10 list, continue exploring the site to find out how the Centre difference can make a difference in your life.

The Top 10 Ways That Centre is Different
1. A top-50 school (U.S. News & World Report), the highest ranking of any Kentucky college or university—and the most affordable of any top-50 liberal arts college in the nation.

2. Ranked No. 1 in "Top 25 Best Values for Private Liberal Arts Colleges" by Consumers Digest—the highest ranking of any Kentucky institution.

3. Loyal alumni—over the last 25 years, leads the nation in the percentage who make an annual financial gift.

4. Ranked No. 9 in the nation for study abroad (by U.S. News)—four of every five Centre students participate in international study, the highest percentage of any Kentucky college or university.

5. The Centre Commitment: All students who meet the College's academic and social expectations are guaranteed an internship, study abroad, and graduation in four concurrent years, or the college will provide up to a year of additional tuition free.

6. Ninety-eight percent of faculty hold the most advanced degree in their field, and there are no teaching assistants.

7. Highest graduation rate in KY—more than 80% graduate in four years.

8. Highest entering test scores of any Kentucky college or university.

9. Two-thirds of Kentucky's Rhodes Scholars have come from Centre in the last 50 years.

10. Twenty-four Fulbright winners in past 10 years—highest per capita rate of any Kentucky institution.


10 More Ways That Centre is Different

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NSSE Results (National Survey of Student Engagement Reports)
Centre has participated in NSSE every year since the survey began. Results reveal Centre students to be among the most educationally engaged in the country.