Kennebec Valley Community College, one of the seven colleges in the Maine Community College System, is a commuter college located on a sixty-four acre campus in central Maine.

KVCC was organized in 1969 by the 104th Maine Legislature and first classes began in the fall of 1970, with 35 full-time and 131 part-time students. Since then, KVCC has undergone many changes and has grown to an enrollment of 2,292 full and part-time students enrolled in credit courses for the fall semester, 2009. In addition, KVCC offers a comprehensive schedule of continuing education courses and business and industry outreach programs.

The College is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc. ; Commission on Institutions of Higher Education; the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education; the Maine State Board of Nursing; the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission; the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education of the American Physical Therapy Association; the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM); the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Educations Programs on recommendation of the Curriculum Review Board of the American Association of Medical Assistant's Endowment; the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs upon recommendation of the Committee on Accreditation for Respiratory Care; the Joint Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology and the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs.