The University of Arkansas Community College at Batesville (UACCB) was originally opened in September 1975 as Gateway Vocational Technical School, designed to provide vocational training to the area.

In 1991, the facility was organized as Gateway Technical College, offering courses in electrician and mechanical fields.

In 1997, Gateway merged with the University of Arkansas system, and a few months later renamed it as the University of Arkansas Community College at Batesville with the passage of a county sales tax in March 1998.

The first major renovation, completed in 1999, added an 11,000-square-foot (1,000 m2) Arts and Sciences building, as well as various landscaping and parking additions.

In 2002, the college acquired adjacent 24 acres (97,000 m2) of unimproved land and constructed a 14,000-square-foot (1,300 m2) Physical Plant.