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Given Centre College's 54.3% acceptance rate and exceptional academic standards, students should consider alternative options that provide similar liberal arts education or career outcomes with different admission profiles.
These schools offer higher acceptance rates while delivering comparable career outcomes.
For similar liberal arts outcomes with higher acceptance rates, consider Bellarmine University (93.6% acceptance, $62,069 median earnings) just 64 miles away in Kentucky. Thomas More University offers 97% acceptance rates with $59,384 graduate earnings, also within Kentucky. University of Kentucky admits 92.4% of applicants while producing graduates earning $59,025, located only 31 miles from Centre College.
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Students wanting to remain in Kentucky should explore Bellarmine University (64 miles away, $62,069 earnings) or Thomas More University (96 miles away, $59,384 earnings). Transylvania University offers another Kentucky option 32 miles away, though with lower earnings of $54,705. All three maintain private liberal arts missions similar to Centre College.
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