Central College

812 University, Pella, IA 50219 -  View Map

Tel: 641-628-9000, 877-4

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• Central College offers 39 majors and pre-professional programs and advising. Pre-professional programs include architecture, dentistry, engineering, law, medicine, ministry, optometry, physical therapy and veterinary medicine.
• U.S.News and World report ranks Central College among the top liberal arts colleges and Central's study abroad program as a "program to look for."
• Nealy 50 percent of Central College students study one or two semesters abroad before graduation in one of Central's eight programs in Vienna, Austria; Hangzhou, China; London, England; Paris, France; Merida, Mexico; Leiden, the Netherlands; Granada, Spain; and Bangor, Wales. Service-learning and internship opportunities are available. Or, participate in Central's metropolitan programs in Chicago and Washington, D.C.
• Central is affiliated with the National Collegiate Aghletic Association (Division III) and Iowa Intercollegiate Athletics Conference for men and women. Central fields 19 varsity teams. The Dutch have won 11 NCAA Division III national championships in six sports.
• There are over 80 clubs and organizations on campus ... something for everyone.
• Central is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and a member of North Central Association, Iowa Department of Public Instruction, AACTE, National Association of Schools of Music and the American Chemical Society.
• Central College is located in Pella, Iowa, a picturesque community of 10,000 set amid gently rolling hills 40 miles southeast of Des Moines. Pella was once described by a magazine writer as "European." Its flower-lined streets, distinctive Dutch architecture, charming retail shops, and famous bakeries attract tourists from around the world.
• Profile last updated: 01/10/2011.

In the News:

• Central College to induct three into Hall of Honor (Newton Daily News)
  posted on August 9, 2011 at 04:47:07 pm
  PELLA (CC) — Three star athletes who went on to careers of distinction in collegiate teaching and coaching are the newest inductees in the Central College Athletics Hall of Honor.
• Old Time Photo of the Week: Ron Schipper (The Des Moines Register)
  posted on August 6, 2011 at 09:46:27 pm
  1984: Central College football coach Ron Schipper, right, and assistant Dan Wright celebrate a touchdown during a 20-0 victory over Washington & Jefferson (Pa.) College in the NCAA Division III semifinals. The win on Nov. 24, 1984, put the Dutch in the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl, where they lost 21-12 to Augustana. Central will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the debut of Schipper, who compiled ...
• Central ranks among women’s basketball academic leCentral ranks among women’s basketball academic leaders (Newton Daily News)
  posted on July 19, 2011 at 05:46:47 pm
  PELLA (CC) — Central College ranks 20th on the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association Division III Team Honor Roll.
• Area sophomores attend seminar (Logan Herald-Observer & Woodbine Twiner)
  posted on July 13, 2011 at 05:21:16 pm
  Nine area high school sophomores joined more than 200 students from throughout the state at the Iowa Hugh O’Brian Leadership Seminar June 10-13 at Central College in Pella.
• Local Central students to study abroad this fall (Newton Daily News)
  posted on July 13, 2011 at 04:30:14 pm
  PELLA— Kelsey Moes of Newton, Nicole Ferguson of Baxter and Megan Joy of Colfax will participate in the Central College Abroad program during the 2011 fall semester.

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