Founded: 1819
Campus: 115-acres; 17 buildings on National Register of Historic Places
Enrollment: 1,054 students from 35 states and 9 foreign countries. • 48.9% men, 51.1% women • 64.8% Kentucky, 35.2% out of state
Classes: Student-faculty ratio 10-1; average class size 17 students.
Full-time professors; 96% hold Ph.D. or equivalent.
Academics: 25 majors plus self-designed majors and dual-degree programs. Bachelor of arts and bachelor of science degrees. Emphasis on student collaboration with professors, including advanced research.
Outcomes: Rhodes Scholar and 15 Fulbright Scholars within last decade, along with Truman, Goldwater, and Marshall Scholars. Within nine months of commencement, 98% of Centre graduates are either employed or engaged in advanced study.
Alumni: Ranked first in the nation in rate of alumni giving (65.2% giving rate in 1998-99). Famous alumni range from U.S. Vice President Adlai Stevenson to Hard Rock Cafe founder Isaac Tigrett to contemporary playwright Mary Hall Surface.
Athletics: 19 varsity sports in the NCAA Division III (nine men's teams; 10 women's teams).
Overseas: study Among top ten U.S. schools in the study-abroad rate (approx. 65% of Centre seniors have studied abroad) • Residential programs in England, France, Mexico; exchange program in Japan. • Multiple short-term trips each year; recent destinations have included Vietnam, Japan, Africa, Greece, Italy, San Salvador Island, and India.
Special features: Emphasis on community service (60% of students do community service each year). Student access to acclaimed performance series at the Norton Center for the Arts. Hot glass studio open for public viewing each week.
Endowment: $162 million as of March 31, 2000.
Library: Grace Doherty Library, 275,000 volumes and 900 subscriptions, on-line catalog.
Information technology: Ethernet-wired residence halls
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Updated: June 1, 2000
