{{Short description|College in Los Angeles, California, US}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox university | name = Los Angeles Trade-Technical College | established = {{Start date|1925}} | type = Public community college | president = Alfred McQuarters | vice-president = | faculty = 190 (2022) | administrative_staff = 269 | students = 16,766 (2022)<ref name="ataglance">{{cite web | title = At A Glance | website = LATTC | url = https://www.lattc.edu/about/who-we-are/at-a-glance | access-date = 15 November 2022}}</ref> | undergrad = | postgrad = | doctoral = | other = | city = | state = | location = 400 West Washington Blvd.<br/> Los Angeles, California, United States | coor = {{coord|34.0315|N|118.2706|W|display=title}} | campus = Urban | former_names = Frank Wiggins Trade School, Metropolitan Business School (merged) | free_label = | free = | sports = | colors = Violet and Gold <br /> {{color box|#57068C}} {{color box|#DAA520}} | nickname = Beavers | mascot = Bucky Beaver | athletics = | website = [http://www.lattc.edu/ www.lattc.edu] | image = LATTC full color RGB logo.png | caption = Logo | footnotes = }}
'''Los Angeles Trade-Technical College''' ('''L.A. Trade-Tech''', '''LATTC''') is a public community college in Los Angeles, California, US. 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 National League for Nursing, among others.<ref>{{Cite report|title=Accreditation|date=March 2009|publisher=Los Angeles Trade-Technical College|url=https://www.lattc.edu/sites/lattc.edu/files/2022-07/lattc-self-evaluation-report-march-2009.pdf}}</ref>
== History == thumb|206x206px|The original Frank Wiggins Trade School building, in Los Angeles Historic Core, c. 1925.|alt=The original Frank Wiggins Trade School building, in Los Angeles Historic Core, c. 1925.|leftFounded 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 Polytechnic 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://college.lattc.edu/catalog/files/2014/09/General-Information.pdf|title=Los Angeles Trade-Technical College 2014-2016 General Catalog|date=September 2014|website=lattc.edu}}</ref>
L.A. Trade Tech's fashion design program is the oldest in Los Angeles,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://college.lattc.edu/fashion/faqs/|title=LATTC {{!}} Fashion Center – FAQs|website=college.lattc.edu|access-date=2017-12-16}}</ref> having started in 1925.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://college.lattc.edu/fashion/about-the-fashion-center/|title=LATTC {{!}} Fashion Center – About the Fashion Center|website=college.lattc.edu|access-date=2017-12-16}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |title=Trade Tech – Downtown (112) – Huell Howser Archives at Chapman University |url=https://blogs.chapman.edu/huell-howser-archives/2007/01/01/trade-tech-downtown-112/}}</ref>
== Campus == {| class="wikitable floatright sortable collapsible"; text-align:right; font-size:80%;" |+ style="font-size:90%" |Student body composition as of 2022 |- ! Race and ethnicity<ref>{{cite web |title=Student Life (Fall 2022): Los Angeles Trade Technical College|url=https://www.usnews.com/education/community-colleges/east-los-angeles-college-CC02516 |publisher=USNEWS |access-date=8 May 2023}}</ref> ! colspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Total |- | Hispanic |align=right| {{bartable|70|%|2||background:green}} |- | Black |align=right| {{bartable|13|%|2||background:purple}} |- | White |align=right| {{bartable|7|%|2||background:cyan}} |- | Asian |align=right| {{bartable|4|%|2||background:orange}} |- | Unknown |align=right| {{bartable|3|%|2||background:brown}} |- | Two or more races{{efn|Other consists of Multiracial Americans & those who prefer to not say.}} |align=right| {{bartable|2|%|2||background:violet}} |- | Foreign national |align=right| {{bartable|1|%|2||background:yellow}} |- ! colspan="4" data-sort-type=number |Gender Distribution |- | Male |align=right| {{bartable|49|%|2||background:blue}} |- | Female |align=right| {{bartable|51|%|2||background:pink}} |- ! colspan="4" data-sort-type=number |Age Distribution |- |Under 18 |align=right| {{bartable|13|%|2||background:red}} |- |18–24 |align=right| {{bartable|42|%|2||background:creme}} |- |25–64 |align=right| {{bartable|45|%|2||background:black}} |}
The 25-acre campus is located just south of the Historic Core of Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite web |title=LATTC About Page |url=https://www.usnews.com/education/community-colleges/los-angeles-trade-technical-college-CC04838https://www.usnews.com/education/community-colleges/los-angeles-trade-technical-college-CC04838 |publisher=Los Angeles Trade Tech}}{{dead link|date=November 2024}}</ref> The Los Angeles Trade-Technical College (LATTC), is located at 400 West Washington Boulevard. LATTC offers courses ranging from automotive technology and culinary arts to nursing and construction trades.
The campus spans multiple city blocks and features laboratories, classrooms, a library, and a student center.
Also on-campus, Bucky's Pride Center features computer stations, printers, and a social lounge area, while also providing mental health and wellness services, sexual education, and financial assistance.<ref>{{cite news|title=L.A. Trade Tech unveils new LGBTQ+ center|author-last1=Vergara|author-first1=Allyson|newspaper=Pasadena Star-News|date=12 October 2024|page=A3|volume=140|number=286|publisher=Southern California News Group}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; float:right; margin-left:2em; margin:auto;" |+ ''Fall Demographics of student body'' ! '''Ethnic Breakdown''' || '''2018<ref>{{cite web|title=2018 Los Angeles Trade Technical College USNEWS: Overview|url=https://www.usnews.com/education/community-colleges/los-angeles-trade-technical-college-CC04838}}</ref>''' || '''2017<ref>{{cite web|title=2017 Los Angeles Trade Technical College USNEWS: Overview|url=https://www.usnews.com/education/community-colleges/los-angeles-trade-technical-college-CC04838}}</ref>''' |- ! 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% |} {{clear}}
==Notable alumni== [[File:MatthewGMartinez.jpg|thumb|183x183px|Matthew G. Martínez member of the United States House of Representatives]] * Lester Oliver Bankhead (1912–1997), architect, attended in around 1945, and known for church architecture in Los Angeles, California<ref>{{Cite book |last=Wilson |first=Dreck Spurlock |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t8iTAgAAQBAJ |title=African American Architects: A Biographical Dictionary, 1865-1945 |date=2004-03-01 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-135-95628-8 |language=en}}</ref> * Don Campbell (1951–2020), creator of the hip-hop dance style called locking<ref>{{Cite news |last=Slotnik |first=Daniel E. |date=2020-04-23 |title=Don Campbell, Hip-Hop Dance Innovator, Is Dead at 69 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/23/arts/dance/don-campbell-dead.html |access-date=2023-02-12 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> * Matthew G. Martínez (1929–2011), United States House of Representatives member<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hevesi |first=Dennis |date=2011-10-20 |title=Matthew G. Martinez, Ex-Democratic Lawmaker, Dies at 82 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/20/us/politics/matthew-g-martinez-ex-democratic-lawmaker-dies-at-82.html |access-date=2023-02-12 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> * Allan McCollum (born 1944), New York City-based contemporary artist<ref>{{Cite web |title=Allan McCollum |url=https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/artist/allan-mccollum |access-date=2023-02-12 |website=The Guggenheim Museums and Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref> * Rick Owens (born 1962), fashion designer, owner of the Rick Owens clothing label<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.latimesmagazine.com/2008/09/rick-owens-fashion.html | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120318151825/https://www.latimesmagazine.com/2008/09/rick-owens-fashion.html | archive-date = 18 March 2012 | title = Straight Outta Cali | last = Tung | first = Jennifer | date = September 2008 | website = Los Angeles Times Magazine}}</ref> * Jeffrey Sebelia, fashion designer, winner of Project Runway Season 3, and founder of the clothing label "Cosa Nostra"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Albert |first=John |date=2006-09-24 |title=Rock / Drugs / Scissors |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-sep-24-tm-sebelia39-story.html |access-date=2023-02-12 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> * Tadashi Shoji (born 1948), Japanese-American fashion designer, and owner of Tadashi Shoji and T by Tadashi clothing labels<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schmidt |first=Ingrid |date=2017-05-11 |title=Designer Tadashi Shoji is busy expanding his fashion brand beyond red carpet gowns and evening wear |url=https://www.latimes.com/fashion/la-ig-tadashi-shoji-20170511-htmlstory.html |access-date=2023-02-12 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> *Mister Cartoon (born 1968/1969), tattoo artist and painter<ref name="Stecher 2023">{{cite web | last=Stecher | first=Nicolas | title=Mister Cartoon On Art, Tattoos, Streetwear & Classic Cars | website=Maxim | date=2023-10-30 | url=https://www.maxim.com/entertainment/mister-cartoon-on-art-tattoos-streetwear-classic-cars/ | access-date=2024-01-03}}</ref>
== See also == * California Community Colleges System
== Notes == {{notelist}}
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{Official website}}
{{LACCD}} {{Colleges and universities in Los Angeles County}} {{California Community College System}} {{authority control}}
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