University Description

Lawson State Community College (Lawson State, Lawson, LSCC) is a public, historically black community college with campuses in Birmingham and Bessemer, Alabama. The technical division of the college was founded as Wenonah State Technical Institute in Birmingham in 1949. . Read More

University History

The technical division of Lawson State was founded in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1949, when the Wallace Patterson State Trade School Act of 1947 permitted the establishment of Wenonah State Technical Institute. The school was created to offer trade courses to Black students. Dr. Theodore Alfred Lawson served as the first director of the school, which was renamed Wenonah Technical College in 1963.
Graduation Rate: 17% Acceptance Rate: 100% Student Faculty Ratio: 16:1 School Setting: Urban

Academic Programs

  • General Business Administration and Management
  • General Computer and Information Sciences
  • Radio and Television Broadcasting Technology
  • Social Work
  • General Business Administration and Management
  • General Computer and Information Sciences
  • Social Work
  • Diagnostic Medical Sonography and Ultrasound Technology
  • Registered Nursing
  • Registered Nursing
  • Registered Nursing
  • General Business Administration and Management
  • Accounting Technology and Bookkeeping
  • Child Care and Support Services Management
  • Culinary Arts
  • General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science
  • General Computer and Information Sciences
  • General Drafting and Design Technology
  • Child Care and Support Services Management
  • General Computer and Information Sciences
  • Registered Nursing
  • General Computer and Information Sciences
  • Child Care and Support Services Management
  • Management
  • Social Work
  • Social Work
  • Accounting Technology and Bookkeeping
  • General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science
  • Criminal Justice and Police Science
  • Criminal Justice and Police Science
  • General Business Administration and Management
  • Social Work
  • General Drafting and Design Technology
  • General Drafting and Design Technology
  • Automotive Engineering Technology
  • General Business Administration and Management
  • Registered Nursing
  • Criminal Justice and Police Science
  • Other Construction Finishing
  • Management
  • and Inspection
  • Radio and Television Broadcasting Technology
  • General Computer and Information Sciences
  • Radio and Television Broadcasting Technology
  • General Computer and Information Sciences
  • Accounting Technology and Bookkeeping
  • Culinary Arts
  • General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science
  • General Computer and Information Sciences
  • General Drafting and Design Technology
  • Automotive Mechanics Technology
  • Barbering
  • Diesel Mechanics Technology
  • General Cosmetology
  • Heating
  • Air Conditioning
  • and Refrigeration Technology
  • Licensed Practical and Vocational Nurse Training
  • General Computer and Information Sciences
  • General Computer and Information Sciences
  • Autobody
  • Collision and Repair Technology
  • Automotive Mechanics Technology
  • Barbering
  • General Cosmetology
  • Accounting Technology and Bookkeeping
  • Autobody
  • Collision and Repair Technology
  • General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science
  • Commercial and Advertising Art
  • Heating
  • Air Conditioning
  • and Refrigeration Technology
  • General Drafting and Design Technology
  • General Drafting and Design Technology
  • Automotive Engineering Technology
  • Dental Assisting
  • Radio and Television Broadcasting Technology
  • Automotive Engineering Technology
  • Commercial and Advertising Art
  • Culinary Arts
  • Dental Assisting
  • Radio and Television Broadcasting Technology
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Sports Offered

  • Baseball (M)
  • Basketball (M)
  • Basketball (W)
  • Volleyball (W)
  • Cheerleading (W)
  • Dance Team (W)