It also provides offerings in occupational and technical courses and has assumed the San Antonio Independent School District's continuing-education programs.

In August 1946, San Antonio Junior College was renamed again after control of the school passed from the board of trustees.

In December 2007, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board awarded San Antonio College a rating of "exemplary" for seven of its academic programs.

[3][4] The 11 programs receiving this designation are business management, computer-aided design, dental assisting, radio-TV and film, nursing education, finance and financial management, medical assisting, mortuary science, American sign language/interpreter training, public administration, and real estate.

The designation was made in recognition of significant contributions in meeting the national demand for cyber defense education, developing cyber defense experts and ultimately contributing to the protection of the national information infrastructure.

[citation needed] The SAC Recreation Sports department provides scheduled intramural and extramural activities.

As a community college, SAC allows students to pursue associate degrees and certifications and take courses transferable to many institutions of higher education.

The school pride colors are red, black, and royal blue School colors were previously orange and white (1925 – late 1980s), orange, blue, and white (late 1980s – mid 1990s), and red and black (mid-1990s – ?).

The mascot was unanimously voted to be removed by the college board on July 14, 2020, due to the image of the Ranger representing perceived racism towards Hispanics and Mexican-Americans.