[7] Two years later, Achieving the Dream awarded the college the 2020 Leah Meyer Austin Award,[8] ATD's national prize reserved for network colleges that show greatest, sustained improvements in student outcomes and student success.

LCCC's Division of Arts and Humanities is home to several distinguished scholars and artists, notably 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry finalist and 2006 Lannan Literary Award-winning poet and memoirist Bruce Weigl and composer Jeffrey Mumford, 2013 composer-in-residence at the National Gallery of Art.

Marilyn Valentino, professor emeritus of English, served as national chair of the Conference on College Composition and Communication in 2010.

The MEMS program prepares students for entry into a career after completing hands-on paid internships.

[9] LCCC is also currently the only community college in Ohio to offer a MEMS associate degree program.

Students receive degrees from their partner institutions with the benefit of paying part of their tuition at community college rates.

Students can also work toward STNA or medical assisting degrees at LHS and take College Credit Plus courses.

The Wellington Learning Center also allows students in the southern part of Lorain County a chance to take LCCC courses in their local community.