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Register for your spring classes today. Registration started Nov. 15. Classes begin Monday, January 13.

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Extended Hours

To better support our students, selected student service offices will have extended hours in January and February.

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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

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.

"While AI is often seen as the end of human connection in technology, I believe technology still has the power to bring us closer together as human beings.”
AnnLouise Applewhite
IT Professional
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
“My professor created a wonderful environment for all students. She was incredibly supportive and available. She cracks the surface of each of her students in different ways and it works.”
Franklin Ocaña II
Student Trustee
Oakton College
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Get the latest news and information on a wide range of Oakton programs, events and initiatives.

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Oakton College Equity Leader Honored with Women Under 40 Award

Oakton College’s Esperanza “Espy” Salgado-Rodriguez earned national recognition for her commitment to supporting historically underrepresented students.

Oakton’s CDL Open House Showcases a Fast Track to High-Paying, In-Demand Trucking Careers

Oakton College and 160 Driving Academy celebrated the one-year anniversary of bringing Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) training to Oakton’s Des Plaines campus with an Open House on Oct. 16.

Oakton Faculty Member Honored with Prestigious YWomen Leadership Award

Oakton College Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice program faculty member and Evanston Police Department detective Amanda Wright received the 2024 YWCA Evanston/North Shore YWomen Leadership Award.

Oakton Marketing and Communications Leader Named 2024 Rising Star

Oakton College’s senior manager of content marketing, Kelsey Kapolnek, has been named the 2024 District 3 Rising Star by the National Council for Marketing & Public Relations (NCMPR).

Oakton Unveils Fall 2024 Performing Arts Season: A Dynamic Lineup of Theater, Music and More

Get ready for Oakton College’s fall 2024 Performing Arts season!

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