Centre College
Investment & Impact
| Men's tennis expenses | $90,365 |
|---|---|
| Women's tennis expenses | $84,103 |
How much does Centre College spend on men's tennis?
Centre College reported $90,365 in total men's tennis expenses in the 2025 EADA survey, ranking #590 of 962 men's tennis programs nationally. Figures are school-reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Does Centre College offer athletic scholarships for men's athletes?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Centre College's athletically related student aid averaged about $0 per men's athlete across all men's sports. Aid is reported at the school level, not per team.
How much does Centre College spend on recruiting men's athletes?
Centre College reported $94,379 in total recruiting expenses for men's teams in the 2025 EADA survey (school-wide, all men's sports).
How does Centre College's spending compare between men's and women's tennis?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Centre College reported $90,365 in total men's tennis expenses and $84,103 in total women's tennis expenses.
Can college athletes in Kentucky earn NIL money?
Kentucky permits college NIL (first via a 2021 executive order), and a March 2025 state law additionally allows schools to enter NIL deals directly with their athletes. (Verified 2026-06-11; source: https://khsaa.org/common_documents/handbook/2024-2025/2024-25%20Handbook-02-Bylaws.pdf.)
Public DOE EADA filing, 2025 survey · figures are school-reported
How big is the Centre College men's tennis roster?
Centre College listed 12 players on its men's tennis roster in its 2025 filing, in line with the Southern Athletic Association median of 13.
Centre College's men's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 12 players in 2025, down from 15 in 2020.
| Survey year | Players | Coaches |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 15 | 2 |
| 2021 | 17 | 2 |
| 2022 | 17 | 2 |
| 2023 | 12 | 1 |
| 2024 | 14 | 1 |
| 2025 | 12 | 1 |
How many coaches does Centre College men's tennis have?
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%.
More players per coach generally means practice time is shared more widely and an assistant or volunteer coach carries more of the day-to-day work.
What does Centre College spend on men's tennis?
Centre College reported $90,365 in total men's tennis expenses for 2025, 46% above the NCAA Division III median of $61,890.
Day-to-day operating spending on the men's team came to about $3,595 per player in 2025, well above the NCAA Division III median of $1,918, by 87%.
Recruiting spending, which EADA reports for all men's sports at the school together rather than for tennis alone, was about $242 per male athlete in 2025, well above the NCAA Division III median of $120, by 101%.
Total men's tennis expenses rose 71% between 2020 and 2025, from $52,911 to $90,365.
NCAA Division III programs do not award athletic scholarships; aid at this level is academic and need-based.
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; a recruit should ask the coach how practice and travel fit around a specific major’s lab or clinical hours.
- 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.
What other teams does Centre College field?
Centre College also fields one other team with a public profile here.
Program Info
| Division | NCAA Division III |
|---|---|
| Conference | Southern Athletic Association |
| Sport | Men's Tennis |
| Location | Danville, KY |
| Enrollment | 1,400 |
| Type | private-nonprofit |
| Highest degree | Bachelor's |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Centre College have a men's tennis team?
- Yes. Centre College fields a NCAA Division III men's tennis team in the Southern Athletic Association and reported 12 players in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing.
- What division is Centre College men's tennis?
- Centre College competes in NCAA Division III in the Southern Athletic Association. NCAA Division III programs do not award athletic scholarships; aid at this level is academic and need-based.
- How does the Centre College men's tennis roster compare with other Southern Athletic Association programs?
- With 12 players in 2025, Centre College is in line with the Southern Athletic Association median of 13, based on 10 Southern Athletic Association programs that reported men's tennis that year.
- How many coaches does the Centre College men's tennis team have?
- 1 on the 2025 filing (1 head, 0 assistant), about 12 players per coach, 140% above the Southern Athletic Association median of 5.
- How much does it cost to attend Centre College?
- 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. Athletic aid, where the division allows it, comes on top of that and varies by recruit.
- Where is Centre College?
- Centre College is in Danville, KY, in the Southeast region, in what the Department of Education classes as a town.
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