[3][4] As defined by the Texas Legislature,[5] the official service area of CTC comprises: Due to its proximity to the US Army installation at Fort Cavazos, Central Texas College has a large number of military-affiliated students.

By the early 1980s, CTC offered classes to military personnel in the Pacific Command, Alaska, and Panama.

Central Texas College had a nationally ranked tennis team in the early 1970s, playing as the Golden Eagles.

In 2013, a campus-wide vote led to the selection of CTC's new official mascot, the Eagle.

[9] At the main campus in Killeen, the central courtyard has a memorial statue to Lyndon Baines Johnson, and a fountain by which are metal markers indicating the boundary between Bell and Coryell counties.