Does Centre College have a tennis program?

Yes. Centre College fields men's tennis (NCAA Division III, Southern Athletic Association) and women's tennis (NCAA Division III, Southern Athletic Association), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.

Where is Centre College?

Centre College is in Danville, KY, in the Southeast region of the United States.

How much does Centre College cost?

The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $67,787 a year, and an average net price of $20,781 after grants and scholarships.

Centre College

Danville, KY · private, nonprofit · 1,400 undergraduates

Which tennis teams does Centre College field?

Centre College, in Danville, KY, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NCAA Division III as a member of the Southern Athletic Association.

Both rosters carried the same number of players, 12, in the school's latest Equity in Athletics filing.

Centre College's men's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 12 players in 2025, down from 15 in 2020. That 2025 roster is in line with the Southern Athletic Association median of 13, and about the same distance from the NCAA Division III median. Centre College lists a single head coach and no assistant on the 2025 filing for men's tennis, which works out to about 12 players per coach, well above the Southern Athletic Association median of 5, by 140%.

Centre College's women's tennis roster has moved around, as low as 9 in 2023 and as high as 12 in 2021, and ended 2025 at 12. That 2025 roster is 20% above the NCAA Division III median of 10, and in line with the Southern Athletic Association median of 11. Centre College lists a single head coach and no assistant on the 2025 filing for women's tennis, which works out to about 12 players per coach, well above the NCAA Division III median of 5, by 140%.

Each team page below covers roster size and its trend, coaching staff, spending per player against conference and division medians, and what the school and town are like for a recruit.

How does Centre College fund its athletes?

Centre College reported 656 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 390 men and 266 women, a roster count that leans heavily male.

It reported no athletically related student aid for that year, which is what to expect from NCAA Division III: any help with cost here comes through academic or need-based aid, not a tennis scholarship.

Recruiting spending was $94,379 for men's sports and $78,818 for women's, roughly balanced between the two, or about $242 and $296 per athlete.

What is Centre College like academically?

Centre College is a small private, nonprofit college whose highest award is the bachelor's degree that admits 54% of applicants, moderately selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.

Admitted students' SAT scores average 1352, a profile that puts academic standing ahead of tennis for most recruits here.

The full cost of attendance is around $67,787 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $20,781 after grants and scholarships, in the above the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 69% of the sticker price on average.

81% of students finish their degree within six years, in the top quarter of colleges nationally and 88% of first-year students return for a second year.

Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $66,240, among the top quarter of colleges.

What can you study at Centre College?

Social Sciences is the largest field at 28% of degrees, followed by Psychology (16%) and Biological & Biomedical Sciences (14%).

The bachelor's degree programs below awarded the most degrees in the most recent College Scorecard field-of-study data.

Economics (53 degrees)
Psychology, General (26 degrees)
Biology, General (23 degrees)
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (23 degrees)
International/Globalization Studies (23 degrees)
Research and Experimental Psychology (22 degrees)
Political Science and Government (20 degrees)
History (19 degrees)
Sociology and Anthropology (17 degrees)
Natural Resources Conservation and Research (16 degrees)

What is Danville, KY like to live in?

Centre College sits in Danville, a town well outside any metro area of about 17,000 people in Boyle County, Kentucky.

The median household in Danville earns about $53,370, which is below the Kentucky median ($62,417) but far below the national median ($78,538).

Home values are in step with the rest of Kentucky, around $202,200 and a typical rent of $767 a month is 18% under the state figure.

Getting around is quick: the average commute is 19 minutes against a national average near 27, and most people drive, though 6% of workers walk.

It reads as a college town: 10% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 1.6 times the national share, and the median age of 36 is close to the country's 39.

Frequently asked questions

Does Centre College have a tennis program?: Yes. Centre College fields men's tennis (NCAA Division III, Southern Athletic Association) and women's tennis (NCAA Division III, Southern Athletic Association), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
Where is Centre College?: Centre College is in Danville, KY, in the Southeast region of the United States.
How much does Centre College cost?: The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $67,787 a year, and an average net price of $20,781 after grants and scholarships.