Los Angeles Trade-Technical College
Former names
Frank Wiggins Trade School, Metropolitan Business School (merged)
TypePublic community college
Established1925 (1925)
PresidentAlfred McQuarters
Academic staff
190 (2022)
Administrative staff
269
Students16,766 (2022)[1]
Location
400 West Washington Blvd.
Los Angeles, California, United States

34°01′53″N 118°16′14″W / 34.0315°N 118.2706°W / 34.0315; -118.2706
CampusUrban
ColorsViolet and Gold
   
NicknameBeavers
MascotBucky Beaver
Websitewww.lattc.edu

Los Angeles Trade–Technical College (L.A. Trade–Tech, LATTC) is a public community college in Los Angeles, California. It is part of the Los Angeles Community College District and is accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC), American Culinary Federation, and League of Nursing, among others.[2]

About

Fall Demographics of student body
Ethnic Breakdown2018[3]2017[4]
Hispanic and Latino American 69% 67%
African American 13% 15%
Asian American 2% 3%
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander 0% 0%
White 3% 4%
Multiracial Americans 1% 1%
International students 2% 2%
Unknown 9% 8%
Female 48% 48%
Male 52% 52%

The 25-acre campus is located just south of the Historic Core of Los Angeles.[5]

The campus is adjacent to two Los Angeles Metro Rail light rail stations: Grand/LATTC station on the A Line, which runs between Long Beach through Downtown Los Angeles up through Pasadena to the San Gabriel Valley, and the LATTC/Ortho Institute station on the E Line, which runs from Santa Monica in the west through Downtown Los Angeles and in the east through the Boyle Heights neighborhood and East Los Angeles. The Grand/LATTC station is located directly adjacent to the college on Washington Boulevard, while the LATTC/Ortho Institute is on the southwest side of the institute on Flower Street.

History

The original Frank Wiggins Trade School building, in Los Angeles Historic Core, c. 1925.
The original Frank Wiggins Trade School building, in Los Angeles Historic Core, c. 1925.

Founded as the Frank Wiggins Trade School in 1925, the college is the oldest of the nine campuses of the Los Angeles Community College District.

After World War II, the school moved to the former campus of John H. Francis Polytechnical High School, which had relocated to Sun Valley. It then expanded the campus and combined with Metropolitan College to expand its programs.

In 1954, the school was renamed Los Angeles Trade–Technical Junior College. In 1969, the college became a part of the Los Angeles Community College District.[6]

L.A. Trade Tech's fashion design program is the oldest in Los Angeles,[7] having started in 1925.[8] During World War Two, the college offered around-the-clock courses so women could train in vocational areas to help the war effort.

The college was featured on the PBS television series Downtown with Huell Howser.[9]

Campus modernization

The campus is currently in the midst of a multimillion-dollar modernization and revitalization project. Two new buildings have been constructed, a student services building and a technology building that will include new lecture halls, classrooms, computer labs and faculty offices.

The in-state tuition and fees for 2017-2018 were $1,220, and out-of-state tuition and fees were $7,538. There is no application fee. The school utilizes a semester-based academic year. The student-faculty ratio is 21-to-1. Total enrollment of 12,984. Full-time 2,964 and part-time 10,020 students.

Notable alumni

See also

References

  1. "At A Glance". LATTC. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. "LATTC Accreditation". Retrieved 10 September 2011.
  3. "2018 Los Angeles Trade–Technical College USNEWS: Overview".
  4. "2017 Los Angeles Trade–Technical College USNEWS: Overview".
  5. "LATTC About Page". Los Angeles Trade Tech. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
  6. "Los Angeles Trade-Technical College 2014-2016 General Catalog" (PDF). lattc.edu. September 2014.
  7. "LATTC | Fashion Center – FAQs". college.lattc.edu. Retrieved 2017-12-16.
  8. "LATTC | Fashion Center – About the Fashion Center". college.lattc.edu. Retrieved 2017-12-16.
  9. "Trade Tech – Downtown (112) – Huell Howser Archives at Chapman University".
  10. Wilson, Dreck Spurlock (2004-03-01). African American Architects: A Biographical Dictionary, 1865-1945. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-95628-8.
  11. Slotnik, Daniel E. (2020-04-23). "Don Campbell, Hip-Hop Dance Innovator, Is Dead at 69". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
  12. Woo, Elaine (27 September 2015). "Carole Little, designer of working women's fashion, dies at 80". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035.
  13. Hevesi, Dennis (2011-10-20). "Matthew G. Martinez, Ex-Democratic Lawmaker, Dies at 82". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
  14. "Allan McCollum". The Guggenheim Museums and Foundation. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
  15. Tung, Jennifer (September 2008). "Straight Outta Cali". Los Angeles Times Magazine. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012.
  16. Albert, John (2006-09-24). "Rock / Drugs / Scissors". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
  17. Schmidt, Ingrid (2017-05-11). "Designer Tadashi Shoji is busy expanding his fashion brand beyond red carpet gowns and evening wear". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
  18. Stecher, Nicolas (2023-10-30). "Mister Cartoon On Art, Tattoos, Streetwear & Classic Cars". Maxim. Retrieved 2024-01-03.
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