[5] The college's service area is a seven-county region containing over one-quarter million people.

The college has an intricate history due to the many mergers it has engaged in over the years.

In 1993 the Hamilton Campus of Northwest Alabama Community College (founded 1966) was merged with Bevill and in 1998 UAB/Walker College (founded 1938) completed the Bevill campus system.

[6] Walker College was founded in 1938 by Dr. Carl Jesse and after an association from 1993 to 1998 with the University of Alabama at Birmingham, became the Jasper Campus of BSCC.

[8] In 2017, it was announced that Bevill State would be bringing back athletics for the 2017–18 school year after its previous suspension.