In 2006, the Virginia Community College System's annual enrollment rate topped 233,000 students.

The VCCS also had an additional 170,000 students in workforce development services and noncredit courses.

[3] In March 2022, the system hired Russell Kavalhuna as its next chancellor.

[4] In June 2022, the board announced that Kavalhuna was no longer taking the job and the system was restarting the search for a new chancellor.

[5] On January 4, 2023, Virginia's Community Colleges announced that David Doré would be the next chancellor of the system.