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El Centro College

El Centro College
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El Centro College in the West End
Type Community college
Established 1966
Parent institution
Dallas County Community College District
Chancellor Joe May
President Jose Adames
Location Dallas
Campus Urban
Colours Blue and black
Mascot Chaparrals
Website www.elcentrocollege.edu
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El Centro College is a community college of the Dallas County Community College District (DCCCD) in Dallas, Texas.

The college is located at 801 Main Street in downtown Dallas, in the former Sanger Harris department store building listed on the National Register of Historic Places. El Centro College became the flagship college of the DCCCD in 1966, when it first opened. Its Spanish name reflects the center of the downtown area.

El Centro's location allows students from all parts of Dallas County to take advantage of core educational courses transferable to four-year institutions, as well as career training in more than 50 fields and a variety of continuing education and workforce education courses. Many of the degree plans offered at El Centro specialize in the medical and technological fields including nursing, culinary, and fashion design and marketing.

El Centro College is a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) and a member of the Hispanic Association of Colleges & Universities (HACU). An HSI college is defined as a college or university where total Hispanic enrollment constitutes a minimum of 25% of the total enrollment.

El Centro has grown from just one campus in downtown Dallas to three campuses in the central section of the city: El Centro main downtown campus, Bill J. Priest Campus and West Dallas Campus. Two additional buildings are now part of the Downtown Campus – The R building which once was home to DCCCD district offices and the Paramount building where El Centro's Center for Allied Health and Nursing is located. The Paramount building is located in the West End.

The Downtown campus also houses the Dr. Wright L. Lassiter Jr. Early College High School.

In 2016 El Centro leased over 50,000 square feet on the 10th and 11th floors of nearby One Main Place (Dallas) for the college's growing architecture, digital art, engineering, fashion design, fashion marketing, and interior design programs.


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