The North Carolina General Assembly provided a fund to establish a 2-year vocational and technical training institution.
[2] The community college is situated on a 41-acre tract of land and has seven buildings which house instructional space and administrative functions.
A seven-acre Arboretum/Environmental Science Outdoor Laboratory is also part of the campus.
The college has expanded into the vacant Northampton High School-East building to offer General Educational Development and computer literacy programs.
has about 20 curricular programs in which students may seek degrees, diplomas, and short-term skills-based certificates.