Capitol offers undergraduate and graduate programs specializing in engineering, computer science, information technology, and business.

In 1964, it sold its correspondence school division (which comprised 20% of its business) and the Capitol Radio Engineering Institute name, to McGraw-Hill Continuing Education Center.

Anticipating the need for more space, the Institute decided to move to a leased facility in Kensington, Maryland, in 1969, which opened in January 1970.

In January 1989, six apartment-style residence halls were completed, named after various inventors: Bell, De Forest, Edison, Franklin, Morse, and Steinmetz.

Institute of Safety and Systems Management.. Over the following seven years, the college expanded its graduate degree offerings, partnered with NASA to offer preparatory summer courses in engineering for minority students, developed a Distance Learning Center, and opened the renovated Puente Library, also housing the McGowan Center for Innovative Teaching.

Since then, new undergraduate and graduate programs have been introduced, the Space Operations Institute was established and expanded,[11] the McGowan Academic Center was constructed,[12] and enrollment has increased.

[14] The university also has several doctoral programs including Ph.D.s in Technology, Manufacturing, Construction Science, Occupational Health & Safety, and Aviation.