Joliet Junior College

1215 Houbolt Rd, Joliet, IL, 60431-8938 - View a map of this school Map

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Joliet Junior College is committed to providing a quality education that is affordable and accessible to the diverse student population it serves. Through a rich variety of educational programs and support services, JJC prepares its students for success in higher education and employment. As part of this College's commitment to lifelong learning and services to its community, it also provides a broad spectrum of transitional, extension, adult, continuing and work force education....

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School Overview:

  • Joliet Junior College
  • Community College Avg.
County Will County, IL -
Title IV Eligible Yes Yes
Carnegie Classification Associate of Arts Colleges Associate of Arts Colleges
Institution Level At least 2 yrs but < 4 yrs At least 2 yrs but < 4 yrs
Institution Control Public Public
Full-Time Undergraduate 5,103 students 1,015 students
Part-Time Undergraduate 7,821 students 1,441 students
Total Enrollment 12,924 students 2,177 students
% Students Receiving Some Financial Aid 37% 78%
% Students Receiving Federal Grants 24% 46%
Avg. Amount Of Federal Grants Received $2,515 $2,841
% Students Receiving State/Local Grants 20% 29%
Avg. Amount Of State/Local Grants Received $893 $1,267
% Students Receiving Institutional Grants 12% 12%
Avg. Amount Of Institutional Grants Received $1,457 $1,151
% Students Receiving Loans 13% 38%
Avg. Amount Of Loan Received $2,435 $3,120

School Notes:

  • Joliet Junior College is a comprehensive community college. The college offers pre-baccalaureate programs for students planning to transfer to a four-year university, occupational education leading directly to employment, adult education and literacy programs, work force and workplace development services, and support services to help students succeed.
  • JJC, America's oldest public community college, began in 1901 as an experimental postgraduate high school program. It was the "brain child" of J. Stanley Brown, Superintendent of Joliet Township High School, and William Rainey Harper, President of the University of Chicago. The college's initial enrollment was six students. Today, JJC serves more than 10,000 students in credit classes and 21,000 students in noncredit courses.
  • Joliet Junior College's Main Campus is located at 1215 Houbolt Road, Joliet. The Main Campus facility boasts the Arthur G. and Vera C. Smith Business and Technology Center, a 90,000-square-foot building which houses several state-of-the-art microcomputer labs used by many of JJC's academic departments. In 2000, the college opened the Veterinary Technology and Industrial Training Building, which houses the faculty, classrooms and laboratories of the Veterinary Medical Technology degree program and facilities for the Institute of Economic Technology to conduct industrial training programs for business and industry.
  • The Main Campus also has a full-service cafeteria, kitchen for Culinary Arts students, the Fine Arts Theatre, the Laura A. Sprague Art Gallery, the Herbert Trackman Planetarium, the Cyber Café, the Fitness Center, gymnasium, business offices, including the President's Office, human resources, financial aid, registration and payment center, and many other amenities.
  • Profile last updated: 08/22/2008.

In the News:

  • COLLEGE NEWS (The Herald News)
    posted on June 28, 2009 at 06:07:36 am
    The night before she gave the student speech to more than 300 of her fellow classmates at the 2009 Joliet Junior College spring commencement ceremony, Abbey Atkinson shared in a different academic celebration.
  • Culture Calendar: Chorus performs Tuesdays (The Herald News)
    posted on June 26, 2009 at 10:31:15 am
    Midwest Crossroads Chorus of Sweet Adelines International will be singing at 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays at Knights of Columbus, 100 S. 129th Infantry Drive, Joliet.
  • Getting a field of his own (The Plainfield Sun)
    posted on June 26, 2009 at 09:01:01 am
    Wayne King is by far the most successful coach in any sport in the history of Joliet Junior College, the nation's oldest two-year academic institution.
  • Getting a field of his own (The Homer Sun)
    posted on June 24, 2009 at 09:10:39 am
    Wayne King is by far the most successful coach in any sport in the history of Joliet Junior College, the nation's oldest two-year academic institution.
  • Call this lesson 'Educational history 101' (The Herald News)
    posted on June 24, 2009 at 06:16:24 am
    Retired teacher Marie Schwab Ghilain, Joliet Junior College's oldest alumna at age 101, made a special trip Tuesday morning to visit her first classroom.

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