Associate Degree:

The associate degree traditionally takes a full-time student two years or four to five semesters to complete.

• To earn the associate degree, students must successfully complete about 60 to 77 credit hours, depending on the program.
  
  
• Associate degrees include transfer degrees, and technical/professional degrees, many of which can also transfer to four-year programs.

Diploma:

The diploma is designed to prepare students for employment in a a specific technical field in one to two years.

• To earn a diploma, students must successfully complete 36 to 68 credit hours.
• Diplomas are offered in fields such as surgery technology and automotive technology.

Certificates:

A certificate can be earned in as little as one semester, depending on the program. Other certificates may require multiple semesters. Certificates are offered primarily in technical programs.

• Certificates often can be earned one at a time, building towards a degree program, or can be earned in addition to a degree or diploma.
• Some certificate programs prepare students to take industry certification exams.

Transfer:

The degree transfers as a block into a four-year program at other college or university.

ACADEMIC PROGRAMS

Jefferson offers more than 300 options in academic and technical programs.

The colored squares listed below indicate which option is available in the respective program at Jefferson.

Associate degree
Diploma option(s)
Certificate option(s)
Degree transfers into 4-year program(s)

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•   Associate in Arts* 
•   Associate in Science**   
•   Accounting Technology
•   Apprenticeship Studies 
•   Automotive Technology 
•   Aviation Maintenance Technology 
•   Biomedical Technology    
•   Business Administration 
•   Commercial Art  
•   Computer Information Systems
•   Construction Technology 
•   Cosmetology 
•    Criminal Justice 
•   Culinary Arts
•   Education  
•   Engineering Technology 
•   Electrical Technology
•   Fire & Rescue Technology 
•   General Occupational & Technical Studies
•   Global Studies 
•   Health Information Technology 
• Heating & Air Conditioning Technology  
•   Human Services 
•    Industrial Chemical Technology 
•   Industrial Electronics Technology  
•   Industrial Maintenance Technology   
•   Information Technology 
•   Interdisciplinary Early Childhood Education 
•   Machine Tool Technology 
•   Medical Assisting 
•   Medical Coding and Reimbursement Specialist
•   Nuclear Medicine Technology
•   Nursing-Associate Degree Nursing (to become an RN) 
•   Nursing-Practical Nursing (to become an LPN)
•   Occupational Therapy Assistant 
•   Office Systems Technology 
•   Phlebotomy 
•   Physical Therapist Assistant 
•   Plumbing Technology
•   Radiography
•   Respiratory Care 
•   Real Estate 
•    Surgical Technology 
•   Visual Communication:  Printing 
•   Volumetric Medical Imaging  
•   Welding 
•   Wood Manufacturing Technology
•   Zoo Animal Technology

*Includes concentrations in Communication, Drama/Theater Arts, Economics, English, History, Journalism, Language and Literature, Linguistics/Foreign Language, Music, Philosophy, Visual and Performing Arts.

** Includes concentrations in Biology, Chemistry, Engineering, Geology, Mathematics, Pre-med, Pre-pharmacy, Physics