Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana began offering courses in Warsaw in 1978. For several years, classes and administrative offices occupied a variety of sites in the community, including the National Bank, the old McKinley School and the downtown Saemann Building. As enrollment grew, the campus sought larger quarters, moving in 1991 into a portion of the Lakeview Middle School Building. In fall 2002, the campus moved to its new home at 3755 Lake City Highway.

The Warsaw campus serves over 1,000 students annually. Like many students throughout the Ivy Tech system, Warsaw students are older than traditional college students and have greater demands on their time and financial resources: The median age of students is 26, two out of three are female, and nearly 90 percent attend on a part-time basis to accommodate work and family schedules. The Warsaw campus is committed to providing these students with the convenient and flexible educational offerings they need to develop to their fullest potential.

An expanded selection of classes and programs transferable to four-year colleges and universities is attracting more students of traditional college age, and the campus looks for significant growth in the percentage of students it serves in the 18-24 age group.