Lon Morris College is a church-related, two-year college of the arts and sciences with a core curriculum emphasizing the liberal arts.

As a two-year college, Lon Morris College offers two years of higher education, foundational for advanced degrees, for those going on to more extended general education or to specialized and professional study.
 
The college also serves its community by opening its classes to those seeking higher education for personal enrichment and by opening its cultural events to the general public.

While maintaining university-level academic standards, Lon Morris College seeks to bring students into an atmosphere of warmth and friendliness where individual help is available to assist
the student to meet these standards, to offer personalized guidance, and to stimulate creative academic progress through close relationships with students and teachers.

To this end, as a college of arts and sciences, Lon Morris College offers courses of study and other opportunities for learning that will enable students to solve problems analytically;
to understand their heritage, the world in which they live, and the arts and humanities; and to engage more effectively in both oral and written communication.

As a church-related college, Lon Morris College seeks to be a community in which Christian ideas and values give meaning and enrichment to college life.
While welcoming students of diverse background and allowing genuine religious freedom, Lon Morris College seeks to uphold the United Methodist heritage, polity, and doctrine.