Initiative for Wellness and Athletic Excellence
The largest, most comprehensive construction project to date at Centre College will create a 135,000-square-foot facility devoted to wellness and athletic excellence.
Personal, supportive, enriching experiences with a four-year graduation guarantee—a Centre education revolves around you.
A life-changing global experience? You can count on it. And when Centre students travel the world, they take their favorite professors with them.
Expand your knowledge—and your network—with valuable learning experiences in professional settings.
In the lab. In the field. Maybe even underwater or in a cave. Centre students ask big questions and collaborate with top researchers, often their own professors, to discover what’s possible.
The largest, most comprehensive construction project to date at Centre College will create a 135,000-square-foot facility devoted to wellness and athletic excellence.
Your source of information for all things Commencement at Centre—from schedules to orders to live streams and archives, it's all here.
We believe in big-picture learning — and so do today’s employers. A well-rounded liberal arts education prepares you to succeed and adapt in an ever-changing world.
Founded by Centre students and CentreWorks R-Corp members Phoenix Staten '23 and Adonis Logan '22, ReBegin's textiles upcycling concept places in the KYPitch competition—designed to inspire innovators and entrepreneurs to develop and pursue ideas.
I chose Centre because of the unmatched study abroad program, the academic rigor, the variety of programs—and because it felt like home.”
Major + Year
Anthropology/Sociology Class of 2023
Hometown
Nashville, TN
Centre gives you the opportunity to get really, really close with your classmates…. gives you the opportunity to be somebody on campus.”
Major + Year
International Studies Class of 2022
Hometown
Los Angeles, CA
The Ephraim McDowell Health Program internship combined my passion for people and medicine and would help to confirm my aspirations of being a physician.”
Major + Year
Biology Class of 2021
Hometown
Louisville, KY
ONE OF THE BEST SMALL TOWNS IN AMERICA
Just a few blocks from campus, Danville’s welcoming and warm downtown features cafes, shops, parks, local festivals, live music, and a thriving farmers market.
Living in a community with other bright and interesting students is the heart of the Centre experience. Relax with your roommate. Grab coffee with a classmate. Hit the gym with a teammate
From historic Old Centre to our newest, green, LEED-certified residence halls, our living, learning, and athletic spaces reflect our tradition of excellence and community.
At Centre, evenings aren’t for class — they’re for you. Making sure you have time for extracurriculars is important to us.
Gold and White in the Bluegrass. Centre is home to 23 NCAA Division III men’s and women’s teams that boast plenty of conference titles and post-season appearances. Plus, nearly three-quarters of students participate in intramural and club sports.
For three weeks in January, between the fall and spring semesters, you will immerse yourself in a focused course, internship, research, or international experience. We call it CentreTerm.
From its downtown Danville location, CentreWorks provides the creative environment for today and tomorrow’s entrepreneurial, social, civic, and community leaders to learn, collaborate, and innovate.
Guaranteed real-world learning gives you the knowledge, know-how, and global perspective to thrive in your career.
The Centre experience is more affordable than you might think
Centre graduates start their careers sooner, have less debt, and are among the nation’s happiest alumni.