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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.

Keyboard navigation tip: Use tab or shift+tab to navigate through the active three pathways in the following carousel, and the arrow buttons to progress to the next and previous groups.

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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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.

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    JJC Introduces First Crawford Honors College Students

    Joliet Junior College (JJC) proudly announces the inaugural class of 33 students accepted into the newly established Dr. Curtis J. and Mrs. Gina Crawford Honors College.

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    2025 Night of Stars

    The Joliet Junior College (JJC) Foundation will honor outstanding alumni and community members during its annual Night of Stars celebration Tuesday, Sept. 9 from 5–7 p.m. at the JJC Main Campus Theatre.

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    Next Step Coffee Shop

    JJC and Valley View School District will celebrate the ribbon cutting for the Next Step Coffee Shop at Romeoville Campus on Wednesday, Sept. 10.

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    JJC Joins Baccalaureate Effort

    Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker introduced a legislative priority that would allow community colleges in Illinois to offer baccalaureate degrees. This would continue Joliet Junior College’s long-standing mission of innovation and workforce development.

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Felix Rodriguez

JJC was my first real experience with college, and people were so nice and welcoming.
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Achieve More at Crawford Honors College

Thanks to the extraordinary vision and generous donation of Dr. Curtis J. and Mrs. Gina Crawford, JJC is pleased to introduce Crawford Honors College (CHC). This incredible opportunity is for the brightest minds in the College's district, offering a rigorous and challenging learning experience that will prepare students for a successful future.

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