The College is ranked among the number one providers of undergraduate education, workforce development, technology training, and lifelong learning/life enrichment in the Baltimore, Maryland. The main goal of the College is to provide rigorous, intellectually challenging and relevant outcomes-based curricula in all programs; work with students to help them identify and achieve their goals by offering comprehensive programs and services.

CCBC offers the community accessible educational opportunities, which are designed to help students: 
1) enrich themselves academically and culturally 
2) prepare to enter the workforce
3) transfer to 4-year institutions
4) improve professional skills

The Community College of Baltimore County focuses on quality education that combines outstanding teachers, the responsibility of learners for active engagement, appropriate technology and facilities, steady progress and attainment of goals and the evaluation of student learning. University’s faculty and staff are aimed to help student obtain a degree, transfer to a four-year university, update your job skills or just take a course for pleasure. 

The College offers more than 100 associate degree and certificate programs from which student can choose suitable one. Students can also find here online programs and courses. Online classes, also referred to as "Internet" or "Web-based" courses, offer busy students an excellent opportunity to pursue their educational goals at times and locations convenient to them. 

CCBC offers a variety of courses that use various technologies to deliver instruction. Such courses are designed to allow students to schedule learning activities at times more convenient to their schedules, and to have some control over how quickly they progress in the course.
 Distance learning courses are an ideal learning method because it provides educational opportunities to many people who cannot participate in regularly scheduled classes.

The Financial Aid Program is designed to assist the student who, without financial assistance, would find it difficult, if not impossible, to attend university. Such aid is available in the forms of grants, scholarships, loans and work provided through federal and state.Funds are awarded to help defray direct educational costs, such as tuition and fees, and indirect educational costs, such as room and board, books, transportation and other miscellaneous expenses.