Centre College vs WKU

The next list compares two colleges briefly in important perspectives. You can compare two colleges with comprehensive information on the full comparison page.

Centre College is a private (not-for-profit) and WKU is a public school and both are four-years schools.
Centre College has more expensive tuition & fees ($50,550) than WKU ($27,000).
It is harder to admit to Centre College than WKU.
Centre College has a higher submitted SAT score (1,320) than WKU (945).
Centre College has higher submitted ACT score (29) than WKU (18).
WKU has more students with 16,493 students while Centre College has 1,357 students.
Centre College has a lower number of students per faculty with 10 to 1 while WKU's ratio is 18 to 1.
WKU has more full-time faculties with 658 faculties while Centre College has 132 full-time faculties.

The following table compares the two rival schools - Centre College and Western Kentucky University.

Centre College	vs.	WKU
Danville, Kentucky	Location	Bowling Green, Kentucky
Four-years, Private (not-for-profit)	School Type	four-years, Public
Bachelor's degree	Highest Degree Offered	Doctor's degree
Baccalaureate College - Arts & Sciences	Carnegie Classification	Doctoral / Research University
$50,550	2024 Tuition & Fees	In-State$11,436 Out-Of-State$27,000
99%	% Receiving Financial Aid	85%
$35,350	Average Amount of Financial Aid	$8,499

54.00 %	Acceptance Rates	96.99 %
21.01 %	Yield (Enrollment Rates)	37.99 %
1,320	SAT Score	945
29	ACT Score	18
86 %	Graduation Rate	51 %
-	Transfer-out Rate	24 %
89 %	Retention Rate	77 %
1,357	Student Population	16,493
132	Number of Faculties	658
10 to 1	Students to Faculty Ratio	18 to 1
ROTC, Study Abroad	Special Learning Opportunities	Distance Learning (Online Classes), ROTC, Study Abroad, Teacher Certification
Academic/career counseling service, Employment services, Placement services	On Campus Student Services	Academic/career counseling service, Employment services, Placement services, On-campus daycare

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