There are about Three thousand five hundred credit students and One thousand five hundred non-credit students enrolled at Cleveland State Community College in a normal fall semester. The credit student group is split about evenly in the choice of career-technical or transfer programs. The average age of all students is Twenty eight years. All people are educated at Cleveland State and the student population is non-racially identifiable. There are over Two hundred employees at the school including more than Seventy full time faculty members.

The College is located in the scenic corridor of hills and valleys of Southeast Tennessee, Cleveland State Community College  presents an attractive atmosphere in which to enjoy varied facets of campus life . The community has an abundance of recreational opportunities and service facilities. The school is situated between Exits 25 and 27 on Interstate 75, thirty miles N/E of Chattanooga.