Cara Monical enrolls at Centre College

2009 Sep 22

Cara Monical of Houston has enrolled this year at Centre College, joining Centre's largest-ever first year class and largest overall enrollment. Academically, more than half of students (59.5 percent) were in the top 10 percent of their high school class, and the average ACT score is 28.5. Both represent the strongest new-student profile of any Kentucky college or university.

Monical is the daughter of Mark and Valerie Monical of Houston and is a graduate of Clear Lake High School.

Founded in 1819, Centre is ranked by U.S. News and World Report among the country's top 50 national liberal arts colleges and is the most affordable college in that group. Centre is ranked by Forbes magazine as No. 14 among all colleges and universities, and Consumers Digest as the No. 1 educational value among U.S. liberal arts colleges. In addition, over the last 25 years Centre leads all colleges and universities in the percentage of alumni who give annual financial support.