MTI College was founded in Southern California in 1954. It was called Modern Technology Industrial College and its mission was to train cashiers for the growing supermarket industry. Due to demand for trained cashiers and staff the college grew to include several branches and satellite classes located mostly in the Inland Empire. By the early 1970's the college boasted a student body of several hundred with major campuses in San Bernardino and Irvine. The college was then known as MTI College Inland Empire. The introduction of scanners in the late 1970's saw the demand for cashiers decline dramatically and the college was obliged to close its branches and satellite campus and to change its mission and direction.

So it was in 1980 that the college added its first drafting program and became an Auto-Cad Training Center. The college received recognition from local workforce and employment agencies and was consistently recognized for its high education standards and its placement record. In 1991 the college was granted Degree Granting Status by the California Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education and relocated to Santa Ana and opened a branch in Moreno Valley.

During the 1990s the college applied for and was approved to offer certificate programs in architectural design, computer operations and legal studies as well as dozens of shorter registered programs. After 2007 a faltering economy lead to a dramatic drop in enrollment and the college was sold in July 2009.

A NEW VISION

The new owners have moved the main campus to Los Angeles and maintain a branch campus in Orange County. It is their intent to establish the college as a leader in educational offerings in the fields of: 

• Architectural Design

• Allied Health

• Business Studies

 By introducing new programs that better reflect the current needs of the job market it is the intention of the new ownership and its governing board to offer quality education and training both residential and online degree programs at affordable tuition fees. The college is dedicated to bringing the motivated student into a learning environment taught by faculty who are experts in their fields.  English as a second language is offered to students in need of English language training in order to achieve their occupational goals.