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Los Angeles Trade Technical College, Education

Los Angeles Trade Technical College, oldest of the L.A. Community District campuses, in Downtown L.A. Los Angeles Almanac Photo.


Also see: -- Private Accredited 2-Year Colleges
-- Four-Year & Graduate Colleges & Universities in Los Angeles County



Community College District Colleges 2023-24 Enrollment* Year Founded Address
Antelope Valley Antelope Valley College 59,173 1929 3041 West Avenue K, Lancaster 93536
Cerritos Cerritos College 63,887 1956 11110 Alondra Blvd, Norwalk 90650
Citrus Citrus College 37,301 1915 1000 West Foothill Blvd, Glendora 91741
Community College District Colleges 2023-24 Enrollment* Year Founded Address
Compton Compton College 14,697 1927 1111 E Artesia Blvd, Compton 90221
El Camino El Camino College 47,467 1947 16007 Crenshaw Blvd, Torrance 90506
Glendale Glendale College 36,627 1927 1500 N Verdugo Rd, Glendale 91208
Community College District Colleges 2023-24 Enrollment* Year Founded Address
Long Beach Long Beach City College 68,388 1927 4901 E Carson St, Long Beach 90808
(Liberal Arts Campus)

1305 E Pacific Coast Hwy, Long Beach 90806;
(Pacific Coast Campus)
Los Angeles East Los Angeles College 104,962 1945 1301 Avenida Cesar Chavez, Monterey Park 91754
Los Angeles Los Angeles City College 55,455 1929 855 N Vermont Ave, Los Angeles 90029
Community College District Colleges 2023-24 Enrollment* Year Founded Address
Los Angeles Los Angeles Harbor College 30,369 1949 111 Figueroa Place, Wilmington 90744
Los Angeles Los Angeles Mission College 37,042 1974 13356 Eldridge Ave, Sylmar 91342
Los Angeles Los Angeles Pierce College 61,535 1947 6201 Winnetka Ave, Woodland Hills 91371
Community College District Colleges 2023-24 Enrollment* Year Founded Address
Los Angeles Los Angeles Southwest College 22,879 1967 1600 Imperial Hwy, Los Angeles 90047
Los Angeles L.A. Trade Technical College 44,590 1925 400 W Washington Blvd, Los Angeles 90015
Los Angeles Los Angeles Valley College 51,683 1949 5800 Fulton Ave, Van Nuys 91401
Community College District Colleges 2023-24 Enrollment* Year Founded Address
Los Angeles West Los Angeles College 36,559 1969 4800 Freshman Drive, Culver City 90230
Mt. San Antonio Mt. San Antonio College 150,411 1946 1100 N Grand Ave, Walnut 91789
Pasadena Area Pasadena City College 178,287 1924 1570 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena 91106
Community College District Colleges 2023-24 Enrollment* Year Founded Address
Rio Hondo Rio Hondo College 144,336 1960 3600 Workman Mill Rd, Whittier 90601
Santa Clarita College of the Canyons 48,052 1969 26455 Rockwell Canyon Rd, Santa Clarita 91355
(Valencia Campus)

17200 Sierra Hwy, Santa Clarita 91351
(Canyon Country Campus)
Santa Monica Santa Monica College 55,828 1929 1900 Pico Blvd, Santa Monica 90405

* Count for all enrolled students, full and part-time, credit and non-credit.
† Compton College lost its accreditation in 2006 and continued as a satellite campus under El Camino College. In 2017, the college once again achieved full accreditation and became an independent college within the El Camino Community College District. In 2018, Compton College received approval to again operate under its own independent community college district.

Source: California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office


Citrus College in Glendora, California
Citrus College in Glendora, established in 1915, is the oldest community college in Los Angeles County. Photo by Simon Shek from Azusa, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.


Los Angeles Trade Technical College is the oldest of the nine public community colleges in the Los Angeles Community College District. It was founded in 1925 as the Frank Wiggins Trade School.