About Los Angeles Trade Technical College

Los Angeles Trade–Technical College (L.A. Trade–Tech, LATTC) is a public community college in Los Angeles, California. It offers academic courses towards 4-year colleges and vocational training programs. It is part of the Los Angeles Community College District and is accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC), Western Association of Schools and Colleges, The American Culinary Federation, and the League of Nursing among others.

The 25-acre campus is located just south of the Historic Core of Los Angeles. The campus is served by the Metro Busway J Line, Grand/LATTC Station of the Metro Rail A Line and the LATTC/Ortho Institute of the E Line and is approximately one mile north of the University of Southern California.

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.

L.A. Trade Tech's fashion design program is the oldest in Los Angeles, having started in 1925. 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 also boasts the only sign graphics program in the country, based at a community college. L.A Trade Tech offers more career education programs on one campus, than any other community college west of the Mississippi.