Central College

Central College incoming freshman academic profile

Average high school GPA

3.592025-26 · CollegeData source

SAT composite middle score

Not reported

ACT composite middle score

252024-25 CDS · Source

Average GPA of enrolled freshmen (scale may be weighted or unweighted). SAT/ACT are median scores of students who submitted them — not scholarship cutoffs.

Freshman financial need & merit gifts

2024-25 financial-aid profile · CollegeData source

Average freshman need met

80%

Average undergraduate need met

77%

These groups use different denominators and should not be added together. Need met is an average share of assessed financial need—not a share of tuition or an aid guarantee. The source’s detailed aid table reports 2024-25, although its general page note says 2025-26.

Central College net price by family income

Historical average cost after all grants and scholarships — not need-based aid eligibility. 2024–25 academic year.

Families earning $150,000+ should not assume they'll get need-based grants; the "Over $110K" group mixes very different incomes.

At what family income does financial aid stop at Central College?

There's no universal cutoff. Need-based aid depends on income, assets, family size and college rules; merit scholarships are based on grades and scores, so high income doesn't rule them out. Use Central College's net price calculator for a personal estimate, and the federal aid estimator for federal aid.

Graduation, earnings & student debt

6-year graduation

59.1%Fall 2019 / 2019–20 entering cohort

First-year retention

79.9%Fall 2023 entering cohort; return in fall 2024

Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry

$57,3872011–12 and 2012–13 entering cohorts; earnings in 2022 and 2023, in 2024 dollars

Median federal debt

$25,125Federal fiscal years 2024 and 2025, pooled

Historical group figures, not individual predictions. Debt excludes private and Parent PLUS loans. Source: College Scorecard (ID 153108).

Colleges with acceptance rates similar to Central College

Central College accepts about 87% of applicants. These colleges have the closest reported acceptance rates.

• Hope College · Holland, MI87% acceptance
• Southern Connecticut State University · New Haven, CT87% acceptance
• Campbell University · Buies Creek, NC87% acceptance
• Carlow University · Pittsburgh, PA87% acceptance
• Carthage College · Kenosha, WI87% acceptance
• Central Yeshiva Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitz · Brooklyn, NY87% acceptance
• Christian Brothers University · Memphis, TN87% acceptance
• College of Micronesia-FSM · Pohnpei, FM87% acceptance
• Harrisburg University of Science and Technology · Harrisburg, PA87% acceptance
• Iona University · New Rochelle, NY87% acceptance

Colleges with merit aid similar to Central College

Central College reports average merit aid of $10,506 per year. These colleges report the closest average non-need-based awards.

• University of Louisville · Louisville, KY$10,432.3 avg merit aid / yr
• The University of Texas at Dallas · Richardson, TX$10,677 avg merit aid / yr
• University of Mississippi · University, MS$10,714 avg merit aid / yr
• Temple University · Philadelphia, PA$10,264 avg merit aid / yr
• Arizona State University Campus Immersion · Tempe, AZ$10,188 avg merit aid / yr
• Bethune-Cookman University · Daytona Beach, FL$10,832 avg merit aid / yr
• University of Colorado Boulder · Boulder, CO$10,166 avg merit aid / yr
• University of Rhode Island · Kingston, RI$10,107 avg merit aid / yr
• Michigan State University · East Lansing, MI$11,014 avg merit aid / yr
• Hiram College · Hiram, OH$11,092 avg merit aid / yr