The college was created by a vote of the public in 1960 and the first classes were held in 1961 at Victor Valley High School in an unused building.

Construction on the second satellite campus, the "Westside" Workforce Development Center in West Hesperia remains in the planning stages with hopes to complete the project before 2020.

The college provides nearly 40 major courses of study, with the most popular being Liberal Arts, Registered Nursing, and Business Management.

Offices are also present on-site from universities in partnership with VVC to allow distance education coursework in a handful of majors that provide students with bachelor's degrees.

The college sits directly to the south of Spring Valley Lake (a planned unincorporated community in San Bernardino County).

The Community College District boundaries are set east of Antelope Valley, south of Barstow, north of both San Bernardino and Rancho Cucamonga (both sharing a common border from Victorville), and northwest of Joshua Tree.

Victor Valley College is split into Upper and Lower campuses by a 60 feet (18 m) escarpment running through the school property.

The land directly north of the campus property (adjacent to Spring Valley Lake and golf course) offers additional expansion room, which is somewhat limited by hilly terrain, washes, and a natural debris flow zone.

These construction projects are documented in the District's Five-Year Plan[10] and are ongoing (estimated completion academic years listed below).