Program structure: Newer formal Business major blending business/economics coursework with Centre's liberal-arts model. Its entrepreneurial identity is more hands-on and community-integrated than a mature standalone business-school pipeline.
Major options: Business major (14 courses); Economics & Finance; broad liberal-arts minors
Program admission: Admit to Centre; no separate selective business-school gate noted
Ecosystem: Centre's business program is newer and deliberately experiential. Official reporting shows students testing products and customer assumptions through real-world projects such as Vendors' Village, alongside CentreWorks innovation programming.
Resources: CentreWorks plus experiential business coursework and local/regional entrepreneurship projects.
Best entrepreneurship fit: Most naturally suited to a student who values close faculty access, small-team experimentation, local/community entrepreneurship and a highly personalized liberal-arts environment.
Model: 97% of students gain hands-on experience through internships/research; business major includes experiential learning and access to entrepreneurs/executives
Internship / co-op: Strong internship/research participation, but no Centre equivalent to DePauw Management Fellows' structured paid semester internship
Distinctive feature: Business students have used Vendors' Village as a live low-risk market test for product choice, target audience, pricing and retail execution.
Placement: 98% employed or in graduate school within one year (Class of 2025); 62% employed, 36% graduate school
Compensation: Not prominently published for business on reviewed official pages
Employment geography: Official pages reviewed emphasize Kentucky/regional employers alongside national names; Centre does not publish a directly comparable top-destination-city list on those pages
Need / institutional aid: Meets 100% of calculated financial need; 90% receive aid
Merit / major upside: Lincoln Scholars: premier full-cost route; verify Fall 2027 cycle details
Financial/admission powerhouse, but small-school environment remains the major personal-fit objection.