Seattle Central College

Located in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood, Seattle Central College is a public two-year institution that serves as part of the Seattle Colleges District. The urban campus occupies several blocks along Broadway Avenue, with its main building housed in a modernist concrete structure that previously served as Seattle's first high school. Founded in 1966, the college maintains strong connections with the local tech and healthcare industries through its professional-technical programs, while also offering traditional transfer degrees. Seattle Central's academic programs include notable offerings in nursing, information technology, culinary arts, and maritime studies. The campus features laboratory facilities, a teaching restaurant, and the Broadway Performance Hall, which serves both as an educational venue and community theater space.