Great Plains College provides certificates, diplomas, undergraduate and graduate degrees, as well as safety training, adult basic education and English-language education, in six locations in western Saskatchewan. The programs include business, early childhood education, practical nursing, welding and power engineering.

For safety education, Great Plains offers the only indoor fall protection and rig rescue tower in the province. Its six-week heavy equipment operator program allows students to learn through field projects and training on state-of-the-art Cat simulators.

Campuses are located in Swift Current, Kindersley, Warman, Biggar, Maple Creek and Martensville. At the Swift Current campus, students can take the first year of almost any University of Regina or University of Saskatchewan degree, and are also able to complete a full social work degree.

Great Plains is one of seven regional colleges in Saskatchewan that broker courses created by other schools in the province and across Canada.