Lorain County Community College history

In 1964, the citizens of Lorain County supported a 1.25 mil levy to provide funding for their college.

LCCC’s main campus on North Abbe Road in Elyria, Ohio, opened as a permanent facility in 1966 with three buildings – Engineering Technologies, Mechanical Services, and Physical and Social Sciences.

In 1971, LCCC received full accreditation by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, the highest-ranking accrediting association of higher education institutions.

In 1998 the University Center opened and now 14 Ohio colleges and universities offer more than 50 bachelor’s and master’s degrees on the LCCC campus through the University Partnership program.

LCCC’s enrollment has continued to grow rapidly since the fall of 1999.

The Innovative Learning Opportunities for Tomorrow (iLOFT) building, opened in 2012, provides the College with its first prototype of future learning spaces for the LCCC campus.

LCCC is now able to prepare highly qualified graduates for careers in the hospitality and tourism industry with the 2013 opening of its Culinary and Digital Arts facility.

In April 2014 LCCC launched the MyUniversity plan.

LCCC also scored highest among all Ohio community colleges in earnings for graduates in a 2015 value-added report by the Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings.

Its fifth president, Marcia Ballinger, was inaugurated on July 1, 2016.

In 2018, the college was recognized by the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) as the 2018 Recipient of the AACC Award of Excellence in Student Success.