A top-50 national liberal arts college, Centre provides a personal education that enables students to achieve extraordinary success.

"Centre ranks 14th among all U.S. colleges and universities."
Forbes (August 2009)

Centre is the No. 1 value among private liberal arts colleges in the United States.
Consumers Digest

“An intense academic atmosphere and personal interaction between students and their impressively dedicated professors are highlights at Centre College. Centre’s rigorous core curriculum ensures that [students] don’t leave without the ability to think critically, speak publicly, and write thoughtfully.”
The Princeton Review, The Best 368 Colleges (2009)

“No university faculty compares with Centre’s in the impact it has on the growth of young minds and personalities. Its faculty is earnestly committed to and excels at the art of teaching.”
Loren Pope, author of Colleges That Change Lives

“Students are progressive, intellectual, and perhaps more well-rounded than their peers at neighboring schools ... [Centre has] a safe, bucolic campus, an emphasis on academic excellence, and faculty and students who care about forming lasting friendships with each other.”
Fiske Guide to Colleges (2009)

"Centre promises every student that he or she will graduate in four years, receive an internship, and study abroad for a semester or Centre will pay for one additional year's tuition. This promise is known as the Centre Commitment ... Centre's great academics (as one student noted, 'We are the Harvard of the South'), its commitment to its students through both the Centre Commitment and its professors, as well as its two centuries worth of history and tradition make Centre an appealing choice for many students."
Yale Insider's Guide to the Colleges (2009)

"Centre is all about personal education, even during the admissions process ... The workload is heavy, but the professors are personable and friendly and are willing to meet and talk if there are any problems with the workload. Professors take part in the students' lives by coming to football games, art exhibits, and other student-centered events, and because of this, professors are thought of more than just teachers in the classroom but also friends and mentors."
The College Buzz Book (2009)

“There's a little college down in Kentucky which in 60 years has graduated more men who have acquired prominence and fame than has Princeton in her 150 years.”
Woodrow Wilson in 1903

“The college regularly reaps a bumper crop of Fulbright and Rhodes scholarships among its thousand-plus students. It ranks among the 50 best colleges in the world, and 80 percent of the student body does community service.”
The Washington Post

“Among all of Kentucky’s private colleges, Centre College in Danville routinely gets the highest ratings for academic quality.”
The Courier Journal

"Centre is setting the bar for liberal arts colleges in the United States."
George Kuh, director of the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE), leading authority on assessment in higher education, at the Centre Board of Trustees luncheon, January 26, 2007

“Centre College graduates have a proud tradition of service and dedication to the good of the nation.”
Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, speaking at a recent Commencement

updated 10/28/2009
by mkjones@centre.edu