The school changed its name in 1971 to the Sumter Area Technical College, and it got its initial accreditation from the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools in 1974.
The school changed its name in 1971 to the Sumter Area Technical College; it took its current name in 1992. It received its initial accreditation from the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools in 1974.