MISSION
Ivy Tech Community College prepares Indiana residents to learn, live, and work in a diverse and globally competitive environment by delivering professional, technical, transfer, and lifelong education. Through its affordable, open-access education and training programs, the College enhances the development of Indiana’s citizens and communities and strengthens its economy.

VISION
Indiana’s residents, communities, and economy will be transformed by Ivy Tech Community College’s leadership in higher education.

PURPOSE
Ivy Tech Community College changes lives and changes Indiana through education and workforce development.

ACCREDITATION
Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (312-263-0456). The college has also earned other regional accreditations.

In addition, Ivy Tech is a member of the following organizations:

• The American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers
• The American Association of Community Colleges
• The Association of Community College Trustees
• EDUCAUSE
• The National Association of College and University Business Officers
• The National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators
• The National Council on Student Development
• The Society for College and University Planning
• The American Council on Education (ACE)
• The Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB)
• The Council for Higher Education Accreditation

In 1963, the Indiana General Assembly established Indiana Vocational Technical College as Indiana's first statewide vocational technical college. The North Central Association of Schools and Colleges (NCA) granted correspondence status to the Indianapolis, South Bend and Terre Haute regions in 1970. In 1994, the College requested and received NCA accreditation as a single institution.

In 1995, the Indiana General Assembly changed the name of the school to Ivy Tech State College. In 2005, Senate Enrolled Act 296 was passed by the state legislature, and the college's name changed to reflect its role as Indiana's statewide community college system- Ivy Tech Community College. The State Board of Trustees appointed Thomas J. Snyder as the seventh president of Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana in July 2007.

Ivy Tech's growth in its relatively short history has been impressive. Statewide, the College had only 3,233 students in the fall of 1968. Enrollment in 2004-2005 reached over 100,000. Within the state-wide Ivy Tech system, more than 4,800 full- and part-time faculty members teach in the program areas offered in six instructional divisions: Business, General Education , Health Sciences, Public Services, Technology, and Arts and Design. Ivy Tech's regional Corporate and Continuing Education Services staff works closely with Indiana businesses to offer customized training, re-training and continuing education in response to specific company needs. These training programs are available at Ivy Tech or in-plant. The College has campuses in twenty-three communities in Indiana and offers courses in over 60 other communities.