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How do I request a transcript?

In Person
Stop by the Central Service Center, 2nd floor of Central Hall, and fill out a Request for Transcript form.

Via Fax
Fax your request to the Academic Records & Registration office at 641-628-7688.

Via Mail
Mail your request to:

Central College
Academic Records & Registration
Box 6400
812 University Street
Pella, IA 50219

All transcript requests must include the following:

• Your full name (and any former names, i.e. maiden name)
• Your social security number
• Your current mailing address and daytime phone number
• Address to which the transcript is to be mailed
• Your original signature
• Check, cash, money order or Discover/MasterCard/Visa number (w/expiration date)

Download the Request for Transcript form and then return it to the office of Academic Records & Registration.

(Note: Adobe Acrobat reader is required to open the course schedule.)

The transcript fees are as follows:

• One transcript: $4.00
• Each additional transcript to be processed at the same time as the first: $1.00

Additional fees for special postal services (other than 1st class):

• UPS next day air (guaranteed overnight):
  • $18.00 per delivery location
    (Note: To use UPS, the recipient address must include a specific street address; no P. O. box numbers!)
• U.S. Postal Service priority mail:
  • $4.60 (up to 1 lb., and flat rate envelope) per delivery location
• U.S. Postal Service express mail:
  • $16.25 (up to 1/2 lb., and flat rate envelope) per delivery location
  • $19.50 (over 1/2 lb., up to 2 lbs.) per delivery location

How long will it take?

You should plan on a two-business day processing time for all transcript requests. Assuming that you do not have outstanding financial obligations at Central College, we often process transcripts in less time, but we cannot make any guarantees. Please plan ahead in order to meet your deadlines.

Additional notes for your reference:

In compliance with federal law as established by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 as Amended, transcripts cannot be issued without your written consent as demonstrated by an original signature approving the release of the transcript. Computer-generated signatures are not acceptable and e-mail requests for transcripts will not be honored.

Transcripts may be picked up in person, or can be mailed. Transcripts are not normally faxed due to the poor quality that results from faxing a transcript printed on security paper. Most colleges/universities, and many employers, do not consider a faxed copy of a transcript to be official anyway. For urgent transcript requests, please consider overnight or priority mail service instead.

We can process your transcript request only upon receipt of payment of the transcript fee via check, cash, money order or credit card. Also, we are unable to issue transcripts if you have outstanding financial obligations at Central College, as determined by the Controller's and Student Financial Planning offices.

Questions? Contact the office of Academic Records & Registration at registrar@central.edu.