Laney College

Laney College has been a leader in academic and vocational education for decades with renowned Journalism, Culinary Arts, Mathematics, Machine Technology, and Ethnic Studies programs. A talented faculty and dedicated staff, not to mention a new state-of-the-art technology center, ensure that Laney College will remain at the forefront of information age community education for years to come.

Laney College has also preserved and continuously updated a remarkable set of career and technical (CTE) programs. These programs include traditional trade areas like Electrical Technology (state certified), Welding, Industrial Maintenance, Machining, and Carpentry. The college has also developed new programs in other advanced technical fields such as Building Automation Systems (one of three programs in the USA), Digital Design, Medical Device Engineering Technology, 3-D design and Rapid manufacturing, and Advanced Lighting Technology. Additionally, Laney College offers programs in the applied arts such as Professional Photography and Graphic Design.

Located in the heart of vibrant, multicultural downtown Oakland, California, Laney College features a big-city university's cosmopolitan atmosphere and human energy. Across the street from the Oakland Museum of California, blocks from historic Chinatown, and a pleasant stroll from Lake Merritt and the Oakland Estuary, Laney gives its 17,000+ students ready access to the city’s formidable intellectual, cultural, and natural resources. Laney College students also have relatively easy access to San Francisco and other Bay Area attractions and amenities.

Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California. A major West Coast port, Oakland is the largest city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. Oakland  experiences warm, dry summers, and cool, wet winters. In terms of culture and entertainment, Oakland has a vibrant art scene and claims the highest concentration of artists per capita in the United States. Oakland has been designated as one of America's top twelve art communities, recognizing Downtown (including Uptown), Chinatown, Old Oakland, and Jack London Square as communities that have most successfully combined art, artists and venues for creativity and expression with independent businesses, retail shops and restaurants, and a walkable lifestyle to make vibrant neighborhoods. Oakland also has many parks and recreation centers which total 5,937 acres (2,403 ha). Some of the more notable parks and natural areas include Bushrood Park, Joseph Knowland State Arboretum and Park (home of the Oakland Zoo), Lake Merritt, Morcom Rose Garden, Mosswood Park, and Allendale Park.