Welcome to Lone Star College System
Lone Star College System welcomes over 90,000 students each semester providing high-quality, low-cost academic transfer and career training education. LSCS is training tomorrow's workforce today and redefining the community college experience to support student success.
Mario K. Castillo, J.D., serves as Chancellor of the Lone Star College System, the largest institution of higher education in the Houston area and has been named a 2024 Great Colleges to Work For® institution by the Chronicle of Higher Education. LSCS consists of eight colleges, seven centers, eight Workforce Centers of Excellence and Lone Star Corporate College.


Our Vision
The System will lead higher education in offering high-quality, affordable education while consistently evolving to meet the community's needs in academic and workforce education.
Our Mission
The System provides transformational educational opportunities that help individuals get from where they are to where they want to be.
One LSC Philosophy
Lone Star College System delivers excellent and uniform customer service, providing consistent information, and uniformly helping every student regardless of physical location, modality, college, campus, center, or medium.
Faculty Qualities of Excellence
As faculty members of Lone Star College System, we strive to create a nation of world citizenry in our students. Our culture, then, requires the possession of transcendent qualities that, while immeasurable, are evident in global citizens. We are self-accountable to being respectful of others through clear and professional communication. We are compassionate with our students, colleagues, and ourselves. We are innovative in the pursuit of learning. Ultimately, we create a culture where learning thrives, people are safe, and we mirror the qualities of world citizenry. View the complete Faculty Qualities of Excellent detailed flyer (PDF).

Student Invested
An excellent LSCS faculty member demonstrates commitment to student success by maintaining academic rigor, fostering student accountability, and embracing diversity in all its forms.

Content Expert
An excellent LSCS faculty member is dedicated and invested in one's discipline and exhibits a continual pursuit of knowledge.

Pedagogically Excellent
An excellent LSCS faculty member employs engaging instructional strategies to foster student learning.

Institutionally Dedicated
An excellent LSCS faculty member will collegially participate, communicate, and collaborate within the college and community.
"Graduating from Lone Star College System helps me set an example for the younger generation in my family and also inspires me to keep moving forward."
Justin Braxton, LSCS Graduate