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The college received a National Recognition Award as just one of seven Cisco Network Security Training Sites in the world. The college also offers summer technology programs for middle and high school students.

Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Academic Award given to the Inver Hills ASAP program (Adult Success through Accelerated Programs), a degree-completion program for adult students that awards credit for life/career experience and demonstrated competencies and provides specially scheduled classes and other credit-earning opportunities. (2004)

Number 1 with adult learners
Noel-Levitz, a premier college research and consulting company, surveyed students around the country at 26 member colleges of the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning that were seeking designation as Adult-Learner Focused Institutions. The Inver Hills ASAP adult accelerated program was ranked number one in four of eight critical areas of student satisfaction including career planning, technology, and assessment of credit for prior learning. Inver Hills was the only two year college in the group.

One of Inver Hills' ASAP students was named "Adult Learner of the Year" at the CAEL 2007 International Conference held in San Francisco.

A 2007-2008 MnSCU Academic and Student Affairs Award was given to Inver Hills in the Innovative Partnering & Collaboration category for its submission "Keeping Minnesota's Information Technology Workforce on Top of a Flat World."

In fall 2008, Minnesota's Secretary of State awarded Inver Hills student clubs a "Voters Cup" for registering the most students to vote of any two-year institution in the state.