[6] El Camino College offers 2,500 classes in 85 programs, including vocational, undergraduate, and honors courses, many available in online and televised formats for distance education.

On November 11, 1994, KECC signed on the air for the first time as a regularly scheduled carrier current broadcast station.

Visitors to the IBM pavilion at the 1964-65 World's Fair in New York City saw an Eames film that featured El Camino coach Kenneth Swearingen and the school football team.

[12] The Marsee Auditorium is the venue for the South Bay Ballet's annual production of The Nutcracker,[13] and is known for showcasing dance and opera companies, traveling artists, and other Broadway, film and television veterans, such as Shirley Jones[14] and Gregory Hines.

[15] The Marsee Auditorium as well as the other on-campus venues also host El Camino College resident performers.