The 1961 Arkansas General Assembly established Petit Jean Vo-Tech as the state's second adult vocational-technical school.

UACCM currently consists of 92 acres (370,000 m2) with 14 educational buildings and various support facilities.

UACCM is located along Interstate 40 approximately 50 miles (80 km) west of Little Rock in the town of Morrilton in Conway County, Arkansas.

In the fall 2017 semester, UACCM served 1,925 total credit students.

Since UACCM's last year as a vocational technical school in 1990, overall enrollment has grown over 500 percent, with the student population doubling in size since merging with the University of Arkansas System in 2001.