The Alabama Fire College and Personnel Standards Commission is also located on the Martin campus of Shelton State.

The Tuscaloosa Trade School was created by the Alabama State Board of Education in 1950 and opened for classes in 1952.

Its campus was located southeast of downtown, near what is now the intersection of 15th Street/Veterans Memorial Drive and McFarland Boulevard.

In 1977, Brewer State moved to a renovated strip mall on Skyland Boulevard.

Around this time, Shelton broke ground on a new campus on Alabama Highway 69 in the growing suburb of Taylorville.

Shelton State's sports teams are called the Buccaneers and their colors are gold and emerald.