Technical colleges and community colleges offer a wide spectrum of two-year professional degree programs which often focus on the attainment of practical skills. Hundreds of community colleges and technical schools offering career-based degrees are available in the United States.
In the State of Louisiana, students have several technical and community colleges from which to choose. This article reviews some of the more established Louisiana junior colleges and Louisiana colleges offering associate-level degree programs.
Louisiana Community Colleges – Louisiana Technical College
Louisiana Technical College (LTC), with five different campuses located across the State of Louisiana, offers a range of associate-level and professional certificate programs in the following areas of study:
- Accounting technology
- Air conditioning and refrigeration
- Automotive technology
- Aviation maintenance
- Biomedical equipment technology
- Early childhood development
- Carpentry
- Clinical laboratory technician
- Computer electronics technology
- Criminal justice
- Culinary arts
- Drafting and design
- Forest technology
- Graphics
- Hotel and tourism operations
- Industrial instrumentation technology
- Respiratory therapist
- Surgical technology
- Veterinary technology
Students have the option of either pursuing full degree or certificate programs or taking individual classes in the disciplines offered. In addition, the school utilizes the Blackboard online management system in offering select online learning options to students off-campus.
For more information about tuition and requirements, contact this Louisiana junior college at (985) 380-2436.
Louisiana Colleges – SOWELA Technical Community College
SOWELA Technical Community College, located in Lake Charles, Louisiana, is a member of the Louisiana Community and Technical College System.
The school offers two-year degree and certificate programs in numerous disciplines, including:
- Aviation maintenance
- Industrial electronics
- Automotive technology
- Welding
- Accounting
- Computer technology
- Criminal justice
- English
- History
- Culinary arts
- Drafting
- Process technology
- Practical nursing
- Office systems technology
In addition to degree and certificate programs, SOWELA also offers a dynamic continuing education division through which residents can enroll in individual courses.
For more information on one of the few Louisiana community colleges in the Lake Charles region, contact the school at (800) 256-0483.
Louisiana Junior Colleges – Baton Rouge Community College
Baton Rouge Community College, located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, focuses on career-based and professional disciplines. The school offers two-year, associate-level degrees and certificates in the following areas of study:
- Accounting technology
- Business
- Business technology
- Computer information systems
- Criminal justice
- Emergency management
- Entertainment technology
- Liberal arts
- Nursing
- Process technology
- Environmental technology
- Engineering technology
- Teaching
The curricular structure for the school's two-year degrees are designed to allow for students to continue on to four-year degree programs at outside Louisiana colleges and universities.
For more information, contact BRCC at (225) 216-8000.
Benefits of Louisiana Community Colleges
Louisiana junior colleges offering two-year professional degrees both prepare students for immediate careers after graduation and provide students with the opportunity to enter four-year degree programs at additional Louisiana colleges and universities.
Such schools are particularly important in that they provide post-secondary educational opportunities for those students who were unable to gain acceptance to larger, four-year institutions (either due to poor high school performances or other issues). Fortunately for such students, Louisiana community colleges are found in most communities throughout the state.
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