History
Del Mar College was founded in 1935, under the control of the Board of Trustees of the Corpus Christi Independent School District, to provide two years of post-secondary education. In 1951 the College became an independent political subdivision, legally Corpus Christi Junior College District. In 1999 the Board of Regents adopted Del Mar College District as the official name of the institution.
Del Mar College started in borrowed classrooms with 154 students in the first class. Today the College registers more than 25,000 persons each year in academic, occupational, and continuing education courses. The College now offers programs on three primary campuses and one campus annex, the Center for Economic Development.