South Suburban College Wins 3rd Place in The Times “Best of the Region 2024” for Best Adult Educational Institution

South Suburban College Today

More than 9,000 students, on average, are enrolled at South Suburban College during a typical year. The College offers a wide selection of career education and college transfer credit programs. Additionally, South Suburban College’s Business & Career Institute offers non-credit customized training, short-term instruction for business, and dozens of special interest classes.

The College has a state-of-the-art Performing Arts Center. A variety of cultural events are sponsored by the College, including plays, comedy acts, special lectures, and concerts, adding to the richness of the performing arts in the south suburbs.

In the future, SSC will continue to provide educational opportunities to the community in traditional areas, as well as in new and emerging fields. Through our distance learning endeavors we hope to be able to reach tomorrow’s student in even more exciting ways.

Our Mission:

The mission of South Suburban College is to Serve our Students and the Community through lifelong learning.

SSC is dedicated to:

High quality education, training, and services for all individuals who have the ability to benefit from our programs.
Programs that are accessible and affordable provided to a diverse community of learners.
Training delivered in collaboration with local businesses.
A community of staff, faculty, and students that create an environment and resources for learning.
Up-to-date facilities and technology that help prepare students for transfer to baccalaureate programs or the job market.

Our Vision:

South Suburban College is a welcoming, attractive, efficient, safe, transparent, and financially secure institution that fosters creative communication and synergy within the campus community and between that community and its partners.

Through innovative teaching, integration of technology, modeling sustainable practices that value the environment, cultivation of external partnerships and a culture of assessment, SSC will play a pivotal role in transforming the lives of its diverse student population.

SSC 360 - Julia Dixon

SSC 360 - Julia Dixon

Julia Dixon's interest in engineering began as a child with taking apart electronic devices. Today, she is the President of the National Society of Black Engineers at SSC, and was recently accepted into the NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars Program.
SSC 360 - Badar Sabeen, Electrocardiography Alumnus

SSC 360 - Badar Sabeen, Electrocardiography Alumnus

Badar Sabeen is an alumnus who found success with SSC's Electrocardiography Program, having not only secured employment with Advocate Trinity Hospital but also as a teacher here at the school.
SSC 360 - Keyanna White, Building & Construction

SSC 360 - Keyanna White, Building & Construction

Keyanna White talks about her experience with the Building Construction Technology Program.

South Suburban College Wins 3rd Place in The Times “Best of the Region 2024” for Best Adult Educational Institution

By: South Suburban College Last Updated: May 21, 2024

South Suburban College Wins 3rd Place in The Times “Best of the Region 2024” for Best Adult Educational Institution South Suburban College (SSC) is thrilled to announce that we have won 3rd place in The Times "Best of the Region 2024" for Best Adult Educational Institution! A ginormous thank you to everyone who voted for SSC. We are honored to be chosen as one of...

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