In 2010 the Outdoor Learning Lab, a focal point of green technology and center for MCC's new Alternative and Renewable Energy certificate program, opened.

These courses enabled young men and women to prepare themselves for a specific field of employment in two years of training beyond high school.

In the post World War II years, enrollment climbed quickly and the Community College "campus" had to grow accordingly.

By the early 1960s, enrollment had topped 2,000 and the college was operating full-time at Hackley, Vanderlaan, and Wilson schools and part-time at eight other locations.

The Board of Education formed a Special Citizens Committee to study the entire program and make recommendations.

Formal dedication ceremonies were held October 22, 1967, with Dr. Ashley Montagu, one of the world's foremost anthropologists, delivering the dedicatory address.

January 1995 brought the completion of the Stevenson Center for Higher Education on the campus of Muskegon Community College.

These institutions, along with Muskegon Community College, have formed a "consortium" to coordinate offerings to meet the needs of West Michigan residents.

Attached to the main building near the Technical Wing, the James L. Stevenson Center for Higher Education contains communication technology with all of its 35 rooms connected via fiber optics for voice, video and data transmission.

In November 2013, Muskegon voters approved $24 million to support four MCC facilities expansion projects outlined as goals in the college's 2010-2015 Master Plan.

In June 2015, local developer Jonathan Rooks donated the 23,790 square-foot former Masonic Temple to MCC for its Entrepreneurial Studies program and related business-generating activities.

Nick Sarnicola, a West Michigan native and highly successful entrepreneur, and his wife, Ashley, then created a $200,000 permanent endowment through their Next Gen Foundation to the Foundation for Muskegon Community College to support an annual $10,000 cash award for the best business idea generated by an MCC entrepreneurial program graduate.

In 2017, MCC was the top-ranked Michigan community college by BestColleges.com for its gainful employment, graduation rates, and earnings outcomes.

The facility houses the college's Health, Physical Education and Recreation Department; the Medical Assistant Program; the Athletic Department Office; a state-of-the-art Health Simulation Lab for MCC students in nursing, respiratory therapy, and medical assistant programs; learning spaces and classrooms; the Ron Gaffner Multipurpose Room; a regulation wood floor gymnasium; a one-tenth mile indoor running track; and a fitness center.

It extends westward towards Harvey Street along U.S. Highway 31, where the Muskegon Area Career Technical Center is located.

As defined by the Michigan Legislature, the official service area of Muskegon Community College includes territory within the following school districts: The Stevenson Center for Higher Education opened in 1995.

The top floor houses a television studio, a computer laboratory, a conference room, a lecture hall, media services, graphics technology.

The Career Technical Center houses K-12 vocational-technical programs in partnership with the Muskegon Area Intermediate School District.