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Are you passionate about expanding young minds? Helping undergrads find their career calling? Encouraging lifelong learning? Greater Peoria is home to high-quality institutions serving students of all ages and abilities. Whether you’re an educator or administrator, you’ll find opportunities to shape the future here. View top employers and connect to open positions below.
No matter your career aspirations, we’ve got you covered. A greater career is waiting.
Education by the Numbers
Bradley University
Programs At Bradley
For five straight years, the Wall Street Journal and Times Higher Education have ranked Bradley as Illinois’ top university for student engagement. Key areas of study are found in the following colleges:
- Foster College of Business
- Slane College of Communications and Fine Arts
- College of Education and Health Sciences
- Caterpillar College of Engineering and Technology
- College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Charley Steiner School of Sports Communication
- Turner School of Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Illinois Central College
Programs at ICC
Illinois Central College offers career programs, certificate programs and transfer programs in more than 150 areas of study. That includes:
- Agriculture and Natural Resources
- Architecture and Construction
- Business Management and Administration
- Education and Training
- Health Science
- Hospitality and Tourism
- Information Technology
- Law, Public Safety, Corrections and Security
- Manufacturing
- Transportation, Distribution and Logistics
UICOMP
The University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria (UICOMP) opened its doors in 1970 in an effort to expand medical education opportunities throughout Illinois. The Peoria campus – one of three that comprise the nation’s largest medical school – is also active in basic science and clinical research. Its faculty, residents and fellows contribute greatly to providing outstanding patient care in the region.
Programs at UICOMP
As an institution of academic medicine, UICOMP elevates healthcare in the Greater Peoria region. Its 250 full-time faculty in addition to 1,300+ part-time and volunteer faculty provide care for 45,000+ patients annually while educating, training, and mentoring the next generation of physicians. Additionally, its alignment as R01 institution with the National Institutes of Health provides the foundation for excellence in research. UICOMP’s Centers of Excellence provides expertise and focused effort surrounding specific community and population health needs, including Center for Healthy Development and Aging, Center for Wellbeing and Center 4 Health Research.
Peoria Public Schools
Programs at Peoria Public Schools
Peoria Public Schools operates three traditional high schools, one career and technical center, seven middle schools, ten primary buildings, three K-8 buildings, an early childhood center and a special education center, along with a host of special programs:
- Academic Acceleration Program
- Dual Credit Diploma/Degree Program
- Dual Language Immersion Programs
- International Baccalaureate (IB) Program
- Online Academy
- Reservoir Gifted Academy
