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.
View Programs View Areas of InterestComputer 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.
Learn MoreSocial 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.
Learn MoreHealth 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.
Learn MoreHumanities 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.
Learn MorePublic 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.
Learn MoreScience, 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.
Learn MoreFine, 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.
Learn MoreManufacturing, 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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"I’m getting a strong foundation in computer science at Oakton. I have a huge opportunity to represent women in the field of technology."
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Oakton Community College faculty earn national credential in online teaching excellence
The Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) Effective Online Teaching Practices course empowers participants to be impactful online instructors and ensure student success today and in the future.
Oakton partners with TMA to offer revamped Advanced Automation Certificate Program
Oakton Community College has partnered with the Technology and Manufacturing Association (TMA) to launch a newly reimagined Advanced Automation certification program that prepares students for modern manufacturing jobs.
Oakton hosts exhibit exploring the cultural impact of shoes
Patrick Miceli: Played Out is on display through June 30 at Oakton's Koehnline Museum of Art, 1600 E. Golf Road, Des Plaines.
Students eligible for free tuition at Oakton through Illinois’ Workforce Equity Initiative
The free short-term certificate programs can be completed in as little as one semester. Information session are scheduled in May.
Oakton formally dedicates new PharmaCann Cannabis Cultivation Lab
The first-of-its-kind community college facility and new PharmaCann Scholarship for Cannabis Education were supported by a $600,000 PharmaCann donation announced in 2021.