Joliet Junior College

Choose Your Pathway

JJC offers nine customized pathways that separate career clusters into easy-to-understand groupings, making it easy for students to choose a major based on their interests and strengths.

Agricultural Sciences & Veterinary Technology

This pathway is a great fit if you’re practical, enjoy hands-on work outdoors or working with animals. You can expect to learn from experienced, expert instructors who care about student success.

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Architecture, Manufacturing & Automotive

If you enjoy building or repairing machines or other structures, figuring out how things work and solving hands-on mechanical problems, this pathway is for you.

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Business, Finance & Information Technology

If you would like to be a business leader, help organizations to be financially successful, or if you enjoy working with technology and data analytics, this pathway may be for you.

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Culinary, Hospitality & Tourism

This pathway is a great fit if you are a creative team player who enjoys learning new things and hands-on work.

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Health, Public Safety & Human Services

If you are a quick problem solver, enjoy lab work and conducting research, this field was designed for you.

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Liberal & Fine Arts

If you enjoy expressing yourself in an artistic or creative way and consider yourself a good writer, speaker or designer, this pathway is for you.

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Social & Behavioral Sciences

If you’re an empathetic servant leader who enjoy helping others, learning about human behavior and working in groups, this pathway is for you.

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STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math)

This pathway focuses on science, technology, engineering and math and is perfect for those who are analytical and mathematically-minded.

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Workforce & Training

If you aren’t looking to earn college credit, but instead want to either prepare for the GED, learn English as a second language or find a hands-on, non-credit career training program like truck driving, forklift driving, dental assisting and more, this pathway is for you.

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We Make Headlines

JJC is home to new beginnings and exciting adventures, championship teams and innovative ideas. We aim to tell these stories of unexpected opportunities and shared experiences, stories that value and cultivate diversity and help us grow possibilities for our entire campus community.

JJC Announces Crawford Honors College

Thanks to a $1.79 million donation from Dr. Curtis J. and Mrs. Gina Crawford, JJC is establishing an honors college.
JJC Awarded $3 Million from Illinois DCEO

Joliet Junior College was awarded $3,086,111 from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to implement the Clean Jobs Workforce Network Program for Joliet and the surrounding region.
JJC Horticulture Receives Grant Funding

The American Floral Endowment has awarded $3,500 in grant funding to the Joliet Junior College horticulture program.
Men's Cross Country Concludes 2024 Season with National Finish

Congratulations to the JJC men's cross country team on a third-place finish at the 2024 NJCAA Cross Country National Championships and to freshman Nathan Ciarlette on winning the individual title!
JJC Wins ACCT Equity Award

The American Association of Community College Trustees has named Joliet Junior College the national winner of the 2024 Charles Kennedy Equity Award

Our Students Speak Out

Nathan Ciarlette

The transition from high school to college was a lot easier because of dual credit.

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Make Joliet Junior College your first choice.

Joliet Junior College is an innovative and accessible institution, dedicated to student learning, community prosperity, cultural enrichment, and inclusion. Joliet Junior College delivers quality lifelong learning opportunities empowering diverse students and the community through academic excellence, workforce training, and comprehensive support services.