El Centro College is a community college

Community college

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 of the Dallas County Community College District

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 (DCCCD), located at 801 Main Street

Main Street, Dallas

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 in downtown

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 Dallas, Texas

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 (USA

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) across Lamar Street from the Bank of America Plaza

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. The facility, previously the downtown store of the Sanger Harris department store chain (now part of Macy's

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), is listed on the National Register of Historic Places

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.

It was the first college established in the DCCCD and opened its doors in 1966. Its name is Spanish for "the center", reflecting its downtown location.

The school offers a number of degree plans, many specializing in the medical and technological fields. However, the school also has degree plans in Accounting, Business Administration,Fashion Design and Paralegal. El Centro has a Food and Hospitality program and offers weekly meals to the public.

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