Centre College Career Outcomes: $65K Median Earnings (2026)

How much do Centre College graduates earn?

The reported median is $64,933 four years after completion. The peer comparison uses $55,915 as its benchmark; the difference is $9,018 per year.

Centre College graduates earn above the median for comparable institutions, with a return that sits in the 62nd percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Four years after completing a degree, federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $64,933, placing the college in the 65th percentile.

That is $9,018 above the $55,915 median for comparable institutions (same type and size). The spread across earnings scenarios, estimated from the program mix, shows the variation by field.

The downside earnings scenario is $49,708, the typical is $64,933, and the upside reaches $79,184. Computer Science graduates earn $93,000 at the high end, while History graduates earn $51,094 at the low end.

Earnings scenarios estimated from the program mix run from $49,708 on the downside to $79,184 on the upside. These are scenarios, not observed groups of graduates.

The highest-earning program is Computer Science, where graduates earn a median of $93,000 four years after completion, from 16 degrees awarded a year. Economics, the largest program, reports $75,885 on 53 degrees.

An estimated 43.8% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix rather than observed enrollment. Because four-year earnings cover completers who are working and not enrolled, those continuing their education are outside that snapshot.

How many Centre College first-year students return?

First-time, full-time bachelor’s cohorts · CDS 2025-26

Returned the following fall: 89.0%

Source: Centre College Common Data Set 2025-26, B22 retention.

How could earnings differ from the median?

Earnings four years after completion

Planning rangeReported median

Lower estimate: $49,708
Median · reported: $64,933
Higher estimate: $79,184

Downside shows a lower-earning scenario based on the college’s mix of programs; upside shows a higher-earning scenario. Typical is the school’s reported median four years after completion. These are planning scenarios, not a forecast of your salary or percentiles of individual graduates.

Why the downside matters explores the risk hidden by medians, using older ten-year entrant data. Read about the move to four-year earnings.

Do Centre College graduates earn more than expected?

Azimuth models what we would expect graduates to earn based on who the college enrolls, how selective it is and its local economy. The difference between that expectation and reported earnings is what Azimuth calls value added.

That comparison is not reported for Centre College. Unlike a peer comparison, it adjusts for who enrolls.

The breakdown separates the contribution attributed to observed factors from the remaining difference. Neither component establishes how much attending Centre College caused a student to earn. Read how expected earnings are estimated.

Which fields at Centre College report the highest earnings?

Earnings four years after completion vary widely by field at Centre College. Computer Science graduates earn a median of $93,000, the highest among the programs with published data, from 16 degrees awarded a year.

The largest program, Economics, awards 53 degrees and shows median earnings of $75,885. That figure is below the top of the range.

At the more moderate end, History graduates earn $51,094 from 19 degrees awarded. Among the largest four programs, the highest-earning is Computer Science at $93,000 and the lowest-earning is History at $51,094.

Social Sciences accounts for 27.1% of bachelor's degrees awarded, followed by Psychology at 14.5% and Biological Sciences at 11.8%. The largest single program is Economics, at 53 degrees a year.

Its graduates earn a median of $75,885 four years after completion. Computer Science is the highest-earning program, with a median of $93,000 from 16 degrees awarded.

International/Globalization Studies (23 degrees awarded) and History (19 degrees awarded) round out the largest fields with published earnings, with median earnings of $59,531 and $51,094 respectively.

Further analysis

Earnings scenarios estimated from the program mix range from a downside of $49,708 to a typical outcome of $64,933 and an upside of $79,184. The spread shows how much field of study matters.

Computer Science graduates reach $93,000, while History, a larger program, sits at $51,094.

Four years after completing a degree, federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $64,933. That places Centre College in the 65th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions, based on an earnings cohort of 246 completers.

Earnings scenarios estimated from the program mix show a typical figure of $64,933, with a downside scenario of $49,708 and an upside scenario of $79,184. The range between the downside and upside scenarios is estimated from the institution’s program mix.

An estimated 43.8% of graduates continue to graduate study, based on the program mix. That share means a substantial portion of the earnings picture unfolds beyond the four-year mark captured here.

Data & methodology

Sources and reporting periods: methodology.

Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.

Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.

Figure notes link to sources and limitations. About College Azimuth.