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(Nationwide) |
| County |
Will County, IL |
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| 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 |
4,895 students |
998 students |
| Part-Time Undergraduate |
8,127 students |
1,405 students |
| Total Enrollment |
13,022 students |
2,164 students |
| % Students Receiving Some Financial Aid |
33% |
78% |
| % Students Receiving Federal Grants |
20% |
47% |
| Avg. Amount Of Federal Grants Received |
$2,494 |
$2,810 |
| % Students Receiving State/Local Grants |
23% |
28% |
| Avg. Amount Of State/Local Grants Received |
$831 |
$1,211 |
| % Students Receiving Institutional Grants |
11% |
11% |
| Avg. Amount Of Institutional Grants Received |
$1,136 |
$1,117 |
| % Students Receiving Loans |
14% |
37% |
| Avg. Amount Of Loan Received |
$1,599 |
$3,048 |
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- 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: 00/00/0000.
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