Norco College is a two-year public institution of higher education, one of three colleges in the Riverside Community College District (RCCD). The Norco College campus is located approximately forty miles east of Los Angeles in the city of Norco, Riverside County, California. Established as a campus of the RCCD in 1991, Norco College was granted Initial Accreditation by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC1) in January of 2010 and is the 112th independent college of the California Community College system.

Norco College is governed by the RCCD Board of Trustees, a five member Board elected at large for four-year terms by the voters of Riverside Community College District. The College offers 64 locally- or state-approved certificates and eight associate degree options.