Bucks County Community College was founded in 1964 in response to a growing need to establish a public 2 year collegiate institution to serve graduates of the Bucks County's high schools and other citizens of Bucks County who would benefit from higher education opportunities.

The first proposal for a Junior College was developed and presented to the public in 1963 by the then Office of Bucks County Superintendent of Schools. Subsequently, the Bucks County School Directors Association, urged the Bucks County Board of Commissioners in 1964 to become the sponsor for the proposed institution under the provisions of Act 848 (the Community College Act).

The Board of Commissioners unanimously agreed to sponsor the school in a resolution adopted June 22, 1964. The Pennsylvania State Board of Education approved the proposal in September and a Fifteen member Bucks County Community College  Board of Trusties was appointed October 5,1964, by the Bucks County Commissioners.

Most graduates of the College's transfer programs have attended Pennsylvania's 4 year colleges or other State-related institutions. Other graduates of the College have gone on to continue their studies at more than Three hundred other 4 year institutions in 45 states as well as the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, France, Great Britain, Germany and Sweden.