The National Strength and Conditioning Association named Central College’s personal training program as an NSCA Education Recognition Program. 

The ERP recognizes and distinguishes programs with approved and standardized strength and conditioning or personal training curricula. The achievement of the NSCA recognition through the ERP demonstrated that Central meets the requirements to prepare students for the NSCA-CPT and/or CSCS certifications and is committed to quality. The NSCA approved Central’s strength and conditioning and personal training programs for ERP, distinguishing them from other programs in Iowa and across the nation.

Central’s kinesiology and strength and conditioning programs earned accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs per the recommendation of the Committee on Accreditation for the Exercise Sciences making faculty experts in the field. Central’s strength and conditioning program became the first college in Iowa to earn accreditation from the Council on Accreditation of Strength and Conditioning Program in 2022.