Centralia College Data & Information Overview

If you want to know more about Centralia College, such as what majors does it offer, how diverse it is, how well it ranks, and more, this is your one-stop resource. If you're interested in learning more about a particular stat, just click on its tile to go to a new page that covers the topic more in-depth. Also, you can jump to any section of this page by clicking one of the links below.

• Rankings
• Admission and Acceptance
• Faculty
• Retention and Graduation Rates
• Diversity
• Cost
• Student Debt
• Average Earnings
• Location
• Majors
• Online Learning

How Well Is Centralia College Ranked?

2021 Rankings

College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.

Centralia College was awarded 2 badges in the 2021 rankings.

Overall Quality

Centralia College was not ranked in College Factual's 2021 Best Overall Colleges report. This could be for a number of reasons, including lack of data.

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Is It Hard to Get Into Centralia College?

Acceptance Rate

Returning adults and other non-traditional students may appreciate the fact that Centralia College has an open admissions policy. This means that you'll only have to submit basic materials, which may include proof that you completed high school or an equivalent program.

Learn more about Centralia College admissions.

Centralia College Faculty

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At Centralia College, this ratio is 14 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.

The full-time faculty percentage at Centralia College is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

Retention and Graduation Rates at Centralia College

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Below Average Overall Diversity at Centralia College

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 3,077 undergraduates at Centralia College with 1,561 being full-time and 1,516 being part-time.

Centralia College Diversity Score

When calculating the overall diversity score for a school, College Factual does not just look at the percentage of women and racial-ethnic minorities*. Instead, it looks to see how good of a mixture a school has with regard to gender, ethnicity, age, and location of origin.

The overall diversity score for Centralia College is 36.98 out of 100. This is below average when compared to other schools in the United States.

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How Much Does Centralia College Cost?

The overall average net price of Centralia College is $6,565. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Centralia College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Centralia College, approximately 2% of students took out student loans averaging $7,233 a year. That adds up to $28,932 over four years for those students.

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How Much Money Do Centralia College Graduates Make?

Yearly salaries vary depending on what you major in, but on average, bachelor's degree recipients from Centralia College make around $32,000 per year during the early years of their employment. Unfortunately, this is 20% less that the average college graduate's salary of $39,802 per year. However, graduates in your major field may make more.

See which majors at Centralia College make the most money.

Location of Centralia College

Located in Centralia, Washington, Centralia College is a public institution. The surrounding location of Centralia is ideal for students who enjoy the charms of a college town.

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Contact details for Centralia College are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	600 Centralia College Blvd., Centralia, WA 98531-4099
Phone:	360-736-9391
Website:	www.centralia.edu

Centralia College Majors

Most Popular Majors	Bachelor’s Degrees	Average Salary of Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific	43	NA
Business Administration & Management	33	NA
Computer Information Systems	16	NA
Vehicle Maintenance & Repair	9	NA
General Biology	0	NA
Marketing	0	NA
Computer Programming	0	NA
Information Technology	0	NA
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	NA
General Business/Commerce	0	NA

Learn more about the majors offered at Centralia College along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at Centralia College

Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.

In 2017-2018, 865 students took at least one online class at Centralia College. This is a decrease from the 906 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year	Took at Least One Online Class	Took All Classes Online
2017-2018	865	338
2016-2017	906	356
2015-2016	915	318
2014-2015	825	294
2013-2014	778	263

Learn more about online learning at Centralia College.

Notes and References

Footnotes

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

References

• National Center for Education Statistics
• College Scorecard
• Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System

More about our data sources and methodologies.