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Registration for the fall semester is open. Register early to get the classes you need. Fall classes start August 19.

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Essential Applications of AI Certificate

This new certificate will teach you how to harness the transformative power of AI. Complete it in a year or less and innovate in your current field or pivot to a career in tech!

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Cardiac Sonography A.A.S. Degree

Learn how to operate the tools that will help doctors make lifesaving diagnoses for cardiac patients. Focused on heart health, this in-demand occupation has a median annual salary of more than $83,000 in Illinois.

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Radiography A.A.S. Degree

Learn how to operate advanced technologies like X-rays, PET Scans and MRIs with this specialized degree program that offers grads a chance to make a median annual salary of more than $64,000 in Illinois.

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Surgical Technology A.A.S. Degree

Learn how to set up surgical environments, maintain sterility, and manage equipment and supplies as part of a surgical team. This in-demand occupation has a median annual salary of more than $51,000 in Illinois.

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Find Your Interest

Find Your Interest

Explore Oakton's degrees and certificates by zeroing in on your area of interest. Our programs include nine subject areas across numerous careers and fields. Once you are enrolled, work with an Oakton academic advisor to build an academic plan that aligns your career goals and guides your educational investment.

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Computer and Information Technology

Computer and Information Technology

Technology is at the heart of the world’s most exciting innovations. Here, you’ll gain top-tier skills as you hone problem-solving abilities for a career in computer and information technology.

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Social and Behavioral Science, and Education

Social and Behavioral Science, and Education

Explore the world around you and apply the lessons of history to today’s problems. Through Oakton’s education programs, you’ll learn to help the next generation of students prepare for their future.

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Health Careers and Nursing

Health Careers and Nursing

Your options for a career in health care may include nursing—or may extend into other important areas. Consider your options for high-demand health fields that emphasize information technology, billing and coding, laboratory work and more.

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Humanities and Languages

Humanities and Languages

As technology becomes more intricately woven into our interactions, the study of humanities and languages is more important than ever. At Oakton, you’ll gain the ability to make important connections and add meaning to human relationships.

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Public and Professional Business Services

Public and Professional Business Services

Become a first responder or study for a career in finance, law or business at Oakton. Enter the workforce well-prepared and confident to serve your community in an essential field.

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Science, Technology, Engineering and Math

Science, Technology, Engineering and Math

Future jobs—including many that don’t yet exist—will come from the STEM disciplines. Explore your love for the sciences and develop in-demand skills that can be applied to numerous career fields.

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Fine, Performing and Applied Arts

Fine, Performing and Applied Arts

Art has always been central to the human experience. Whether you’re pursuing meaning through beauty or enhancing the value of a new product through graphic design, Oakton is your training ground.

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Manufacturing, Facilities and Automotive

Manufacturing, Facilities and Automotive

Skilled technicians are in high demand. If you love work that combines problem-solving with hands-on experiences, Oakton’s manufacturing, facilities and automotive programs will train you for a rewarding career.

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Hear from Oakton.

"Community college gave me the armor I needed to be successful at a four-year university. Your journey is written for you, but you have to be courageous enough to believe it and allow it to take you where you’re meant to go."
Filza Ali
Alumni
Oakton College
"Teaching feels like a direct intervention in the lives of students in the classroom where you can, over time, see some kind of impact or change in students. That exposure to content in the classroom helps some students self-actualize, or at least develop some idea of what self-actualization might look like for them."
Julian Thompson
Alumni
Oakton College
"Honestly, even before I had my nursing license, I knew nursing ran in my veins: medicine and helping others is part of my identity. As a practicing RN, I take pride in the work I do and am beyond grateful that I get to be wholly me both in and out of the workplace."
Susanna Wagner
Alumni
Oakton College
"This is the first time that I’ve gotten to take a class to learn about a hobby, and I’ll be gaining professional certification for it. I’d be growing cannabis no matter what; I came to Oakton and it really opened my mind to having a career in cultivation."
Amber Johnson
Student
Oakton College
"I didn’t have the support system to go to college while my older kids were young. Once my daughter started kindergarten, I had more free time, and I said ‘OK, I’m going to go into education.’"
Ely Lemus
Student
Oakton College
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What's Happening

Get the latest news and information on a wide range of Oakton programs, events and initiatives.

Revving Up Art: John Himmelfarb's ‘How Things Stack Up’ Rolls into Oakton

Gear up for the artistic big rig! Oakton College Koehnline Museum of Art is thrilled to announce the arrival of “John Himmelfarb: How Things Stack Up,” an electrifying exhibition celebrating the iconic image of the truck, July 11 - Sept. 20.

Oakton Students Embark on Cultural Odyssey to Ghana for Immersive Learning Experience

Five adventurous Oakton College students and alumni have set out to Ghana for a life-changing study abroad adventure.

Submit Your Work for Oakton's 2024 Women’s Art Show: "Inflection Point: Gender Futures, Political Possibilities"

Seeking artists with an original point of view! Oakton College is excited to announce the call for submissions for this year’s Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) Art Show. This year's theme is "Inflection Point: Gender Futures, Political Possibilities.”

Oakton College Recognizes Record Number of High School Students for Completion of Basic Nurse Assistant Training Program

Oakton College celebrated a milestone achievement as 83 high school students received a Basic Nurse Assistant Training (BNAT) Certificate, May 22.

City of Evanston Partners with Oakton for C.A.R.E. Responders Training

The City of Evanston has partnered with Oakton College to provide comprehensive training and certification for the recently announced Crisis Alternative Response Evanston (C.A.R.E.) responder program.

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