Centralia College | Field Guide 2026
Robert Mohrbacher, EdD
- Annalee Tobey, chair
- Pretrina Millins, vice-chair
- Court Stanley
- Mark Scheibmeir
- Chris Thomas
1925
Lewis and Thurston counties
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Centralia College has been serving students in Lewis and south Thurston counties since 1925. As a comprehensive
community college, Centralia College offers a wide variety of academic transfer and
career training programs, as well as transitional education and early childhood programs.
The college also offers five bachelor of applied science degrees: Behavioral Healthcare,
Information Technology–Application Development, Diesel Technology, Applied Management
(business), and Teacher Education (K-8), and, starting in 2026, a Bachelor of Science
in Computer Science.
Key Facts
- Associate in Arts – Transfer
- High School Completion
- Registered Nursing
- Business Administration/Management
- Substance Use Disorder Professional
- Headcount (all sources): 4,840
- FTES (all sources): 2,238
- Headcount (state-funded): 2,800
- FTES (state-funded): 1,515
- Applied bachelor's: 223
- Corrections: 492
- I-BEST: 10
- International: 4
- Running Start: 591
- Worker Retraining: 306
Student Profile
- Academic/transfer: 32%
- Basic skills: 16%
- Workforce education: 26%
- Other: 25%
Students of color: 32%
- American Indian/Alaska Native: 5%
- Asian: 3%
- Black/African American: 6%
- Hispanic/Latino: 20%
- Pacific Islander: 1%
- White: 65%
- Full-time: 45%
- Part-time: 55%
- Students receiving need-based financial aid: 40%
- Students with dependents: 35%
- Female: 2,396
- Male: 1,802
- X: 20
- Not reported: 622
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Points of Interest
Centralia College continues to be a national leader in esports (competitive online gaming). Launched in 2018, Centralia College’s team was the first official collegiate team in Washington and the first to offer scholarships to esports student-athletes. In 2024, Centralia College placed second in the National Junior Athletic Association Esports (NJCAAE) Super Smash Brothers National Championship and was overall West Super Regional Champion. In the NJCAAE Contender Series, Centralia won the National Championship in Valorant and earned sixth place in Overwatch.
In 2025, Centralia College was named an Emerging Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) by the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) and Excelencia in Education. An HSI is defined as a college or university with 25 percent or more of the undergraduate enrollment identifying as Hispanic. This recognition is the result of the college’s dedicated efforts to serve the Hispanic community, including prioritizing bilingual hiring of faculty and staff, increasing outreach efforts to Hispanic-serving groups and services, and creating or expanding bilingual programs, including bilingual GED classes and bilingual preschool through the on-campus Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program.
Centralia College has been designated an Opportunity College by the Carnegie Classifications, part of a new Student Access and Earnings Classification from the Carnegie Foundation and the American Council on Education. It used federal data to assess how Centralia College reflects the demographics of its communities and how its graduates’ earnings compare to peers. The collected data indicated Centralia College offers higher access and higher earnings for graduates compared to other similar institutions. Centralia was one of only two two-year colleges in the state to earn this distinction.
Data is from the 2024-25 academic year. Reflects headcount unless otherwise noted. Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding.
*Students of color percent based on unduplicated headcount. Students may be counted in more than one race, so race/ethnicity percentages may not total 100%. Percentages calculated on reported value.
**Excluding Running Start.
