[1] At first, all of its classes were held in the evening at Hagerstown High School, with the majority of the students veterans of World War II studying on the G.I.

[2] In 1956, the college expanded to a new facility on the campus of South Hagerstown High School.

This location, nicknamed the "Cracker Box" would prove too small for the expanding enrollment of the school.

[5][6] The school a two-year public community college offering both transfer and career-oriented programs, as well as continuing education classes.

[2] HCC offers more than one hundred programs of study and awards associate degrees, certificates and letters of recognition.