About Lone Star College System

Lone Star College (LSC) is a public community college system serving the northern portions of the Greater Houston, Texas, area. In 2017 it enrolled practically 95,000 students. The headquarters of the Lone Star College System are located in The Woodlands and in unincorporated Montgomery County, Texas.

The Woodlands is a master planned community and census-designated place (CDP) in the U.S. state of Texas in the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan statistical area. The Woodlands is primarily located in Montgomery County, with portions extending into Harris County. In 2018, the Howard Hughes Corporation estimated the population of The Woodlands was 116,278. At the 2010 U.S. census, its population was 93,847, up from 55,649 at the 2000 U.S. census.

The Woodlands is located 28 miles (45 km) north of Houston along Interstate 45. Though it began as an exurban develop and a bedroom community, it has then attracted corporations and has several corporate campuses, most notably Chevron Phillips Chemical, Huntsman Corporation, Woodforest National Bank, Baker Hughes, McDermott International, McKesson Corporation, Aon plc, Maersk Line, Safmarine, and Halliburton. The community won a Special Award for Excellence in 1994 from the Urban Land Institute.