Centra College
Lynchburg, VA · Private · Small city
Private institution in Lynchburg, VA · 212 undergraduates · 100% acceptance rate · $60,122 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 0%Graduation rate (4-year)
- Top 0%Full-time retention
- Top 4%Student-faculty ratio
- Top 13%Median earnings, 6 years after entry
Stats
College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.
Cost
- Average net price
- $24,8681,477th cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $12,263776th cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $12,263397th cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $31,771992nd cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $15,250340th lowest of 1,880 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $60,122538th highest of 1,969 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $60,052252nd highest of 1,964 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 100.0%1st highest of 2,031 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 100.0%1st highest of 1,853 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 100.0%1,557th most selective of 1,608 reporting
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
- —
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 2121,865th largest of 2,162 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 6.0:195th smallest of 2,159 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 43.7%566th highest of 2,140 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 142 mi (IAD)
List appearances
This school doesn’t place in the top slice of any of our 111 lists. Most lists are Top 25–50, so absence here is common and says little on its own.
Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 1 of 1 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingHealth Professions | bachelors | — | — |
Key links
- Official websitecentrahealth.com
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 232618)
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