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Centralia College

Public, four-year or above, in Centralia, Washington.

Students and awards

From NCES’s 2025–26 IPEDS collection.

3,161
Students enrolled during the year
Everyone enrolled at any point in the 12 months, not fall enrollment.
3,161
Undergraduates
0
Graduate students

From NCES’s 2025–26 IPEDS collection.

95
Bachelor's degrees awarded
448
Associate's degrees awarded
0
Master's degrees awarded

Graduation, admissions and price

From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.

42.0%
Graduation rate
Reported
Bachelor's within six years

From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.

Not in the publisher’s file for this year
Applicants admitted
Not in the publisher’s file for this year
Admitted students who enrolled

From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.

$5,266
Tuition and fees
$27,847
Price in state, living on campus
$28,232
Price out of state, living on campus

Tuition and fees

From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.

Centralia College published $5,266 in in-state tuition and fees for 2024–⁠25, against $4,770 for 2021–⁠22

Published in-state tuition and fees for full-time, first-time undergraduates, each academic year, as the college reported them to NCES: the price before any grant, in the dollars of each year. All four years are from one IPEDS release, which restates the years before it.

Source: IPEDS

About this chart

The figures

Centralia College published $5,266 in in-state tuition and fees for 2024–25, against $4,770 for 2021–22. Published in-state tuition and fees for full-time, first-time undergraduates, each academic year, as the college reported them to NCES: the price before any grant, in the dollars of each year. All four years are from one IPEDS release, which restates the years before it.
Academic yearIn-districtIn-stateOut-of-state
2024–⁠25$5,266$5,266$5,651
2023–⁠24$5,109$5,109$5,643
2022–⁠23$4,891$4,891$5,381
2021–⁠22$4,770$4,770$5,239
The price of a year on campus for an in-state student, 2024–25
ItemPrice
In-state tuition and fees$5,266
Books and supplies$528
Food and housing on campus$17,307
Other expenses on campus$4,746
Total, as NCES adds it$27,847

The published price, before any grant or scholarship: what a student is charged, not what a student pays. Each NCES release restates the years before it, so all of these are from the one release.

Faculty pay

From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.

Full-time instructional staff and average salary by academic rank, 2024–25
RankFull-time staffAverage salary, nine-month basis
No academic rank64$84,550
All ranks64$84,550

Full-time, non-medical instructional staff as of November 1. NCES equates 10-, 11- and 12-month contracts to nine months and averages base salary only; supplements and stipends are excluded. Ranks are the college’s own, and the newest collection is provisional.

How this compares

Students enrolled during the year: 3,161
Larger than 20% of the 859 colleges in its sector (public, four-year or above) that report an enrollment. Compared within its sector, because a two-year college and a research university are not the same kind of place.
Graduation rate: 42%
Higher than 41% of the 821 colleges in its sector (public, four-year or above) that report one.
Average faculty salary, all ranks: $84,550
Higher than 51% of the 844 colleges in its sector (public, four-year or above) in NCES's salary survey. Full-time instructional staff, equated to a nine-month contract.

What former students earn and owe

From the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard, used under Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY). Earnings are of students who received federal aid.

$52,981
Median earnings four years after completing
$45,534
Median earnings ten years after entering
Not available
Median federal debt of graduates
Not available
Three-year default rate

The college’s entry

Sector
Public, four-year or above
Control
Public
Grants degrees
Yes
Locale
Town, distant
County
Lewis County
IPEDS ID
234845

Sources

Compiled automatically from Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), 2025–26 collection and College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

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