The College also offers free Adult Education courses for GED and HiSet test preparation and English as Second Language programming.

Its Economic Development and Continuing Education division provides customized business and industry training to strengthen the workforce pipeline in Metro Atlanta.

On July 1, 1996, DeKalb Tech began operating as a unit of the Technical College System of Georgia.

The facility on North Indian Creek Drive in Clarkston opened in October 1963 and consists of five buildings, totaling 275,000 square feet of floor space.

As a result, the college's president, Jabari Simama, was fired and four other administrators were placed on leave.