High school students apply for admission through their sending high school and receive their diploma from their sending high school. There are a limited number of students accepted into a program to allow for individualized, high-skilled instruction. To be considered for enrollment, students should have their application on file at an LCCTC campus by the end of January. Late applications will be considered only if space is still available in a program. In the months preceding enrollment, students are presented with course information by LCCTC personnel and are invited to visit the career and technology centers during the day or attend open houses with their families in the evening. Students should check with their sending school guidance counselors for the scheduled visitation dates.

      Students who live in Lancaster County and attend parochial or private schools may also attend an LCCTC campus. Service fee students from outside the Lancaster County area are accepted into the programs if space is available and their school district agrees to pay the necessary costs of attendance. Home schooled students must contact the superintendent's office of the school district in which they reside to obtain enrollment procedures.

      Tuition-free public education is provided to high school students through the tax support of citizens and businesses from each of the sixteen Lancaster County school districts. The programs offered at LCCTC are elective and require that students purchase uniforms. For some programs, there are fees for items that the student will keep, such as a tool kit or books.